the character between the binding

the character between the binding

 

 

 

I am merely an anecdote

a passing story

the end is near

quotation marks enclose

 

I am a group of run-on sentences

collaborating with several conjunctions

who forgot their commas

and then ran off with all the periods.

 

 I am the bearer of description

an adjective looking for an adverb

to join it as a scene is posed

and a theme arose

 

I am merely an anecdote

feeling supposition

from a reader 

who thoughtfully perused me

 

I am a grateful exclamation point

feeling the surrender

of joyful merging

my theme the dream to share

 

I am merely imagination

do you know who I am

are you the mirror's image of me

should we merge

 

into a novel?

a romance or mystery or 

something unedited

characters who think outside the pages

 

allowed to come to life

before they atrophy

into static beings

stuck between capital letters

 

and final punctuation.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

3/17/23

Reviews

[red93]

Excellent Jacob and this one really motors along. 'We are such stuff as dreams are made on'. ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, red,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob… our English Teacher taught us to love Grammar and Literature… she would love ❤️ your poems, especially this One. I know I am drawn to you even in Geometry. You are the Breeze on a Summer Day and even in Spring. gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kindness, Pat,
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

luv you man! brilliant as always says i ... thinking along your lines .. i wonder if we are all one cliché after another ... the scope of life in repetition maybe ... our human limitations run through over and over by poets and other artists ... holding up a screen for others to see something of their own life .. i'm inspired in reading your "'the character between the binding" ... self introspection needed for me :)
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I hate being a cliche but then...I certainly might be that.
thank you, E.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

i hope you don't think I was inferring that jacob! it was a train of thought (please forgive my cliché')
:))))))))))))) i had been thinking of the limitations human experiences have .. love, hate, outrage etc etc .. we all write about them and work to be honest and true to our selves ... at best ... some don't but i think most creative people strive for that honesty .. i edited my above review .. i had a lot of mistakes in it ;) old age i say ... just old age
:))))))))))))))

[jacob erin-cilberto]

no, I didn't think that for a second....I was just funning....

[Einstein Noodle]

good ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2sz_YwwwQ4 :)

[willweb]

I believe many of us have pages of this sort stashed away somewhere in case we need a word or an exclamation point at some point or the other. And maybe it is not so much the character between the binding as much as it is the character behind the binding. Really good my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I have an exclamation point hidden in my Zippo...
thank you for your words, will,
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

I loved this one! Personification of parts of speech...and yet it seems to be a bit of an autobiography as well. We all think of our demise as we age, but your final punctuation is not near, my friend. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks for saying that, Lydi...i hope i have more life and poems in me.
j.

[Chris Shaw]

The book of you, and how pleased am I that I found it. There are many chapters left yet to read. Plenty of opportunity left yet for you to add to your many achievements and for remaining dreams to be fulfilled. Great poetry J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and yet, why do I feel that the most serious publications don't take my work seriously...???/
oh well, thank you for the kind comments, Chris.
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

It would be a Pleasure if Poets share their feelings in the hereafter dancing 💜 to 💜… Romancing the Stars… Amen .. Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"I wanna dance with somebody" a poet somebody.
thank you, Pat,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

You are all that and more; you have brought many things to the table of love, life and education.
You must be proud and humbled at the same time of your accomplishment.
Long live professor Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very humbled, and I am just trying to get along.
thanks, Sami,
j.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir Jacob.

[John the Baptist]

you can tell you're getting old when you find yourself stuck between capital letters. And that final punctuation is a real killer.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

especially when it is an ellipsis...that is three periods...ugh.
j.

[DIVYA]

I sense an invitation in these words, a keen sense of desire to merge with another character and become something lasting and memorable.

I also feel the regret of not having found someone very complementary, perhaps akin to a soulmate, as the end is perceived nigh.

Lastly, I love this oh so poetic line, "
I am merely an anecdote"

A powerful poem... You have such an amazing style!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I really like where you took this, divya,
thanks for your words,
j.