Head Chasing Tail

i was downstairs watching TV; a poem birthed to mind; i paused the show and ran upstairs; immediately had no idea what my "inspiration" had been. so here to you now is my head chasing tail.

Head Chasing Tail

I lost the most important elf

my thoughts to write and bring 

to you my friends and neighbors same;

a place where angels sing.

you see my friends, as muse unfurled

my hand was not so quick

i could not find a paper scrap

nor pen nor candles wick;

and so in darkness i appealed

to memory short and lost

to clue to me the mystery

of poems lost in frost.

E.

09/18/2016

Author's Note

Reviews

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I had a great review all ready to go, but my fingers forgot what my mind said lol. Personally, I can not relate to this at all...smirk. A friend of mine suggested a pocket recorder. A great idea, if I could remember to get one when I'm out.
You are a phenomenal writer, E!

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha! love your thoughts lynn ... now ...what where they again ....;}
E.
ps. thank you so much! :))

[TL Boehm]

Chasing the poem that gets away. The moment I put a pen and paper on the shelf by the shower door I Stopped getting ideas in the shower. This one made me smile...with you, not at you.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha ...well thank goodness not at me ;) its a fascinating thing ..inspiration ... so do you sing in the shower now? :) thanks for stopping TL ..much appreciated!
E.

[Neville]

Every now and then I stumble across words that make me smile from one ear to t'other & these did it for me again. Cheers my old mate....N

[Einstein Noodle]

we can get so serious about the "muse" ...glad to have put a smile on sir! gotta laugh for crying right!?
E.

[Neville]

Indubitably my ole mate...

[Ana Papaya]

:) This made me smile. I love the title and the poem too. We have these moments of inspiration sometimes that we feel are so important and they dissolve too quickly sometimes, as if a dream. I wonder if that is what hope is all about. We know something is within our grasp so we try to find it.

[Einstein Noodle]

and i am smiling now too! :) ... we have those moments to be true .. and they surely do dissolve .. i think your idea of hope involved is superlative .. and well worth the chasing .. thanks Papaya .. really appreciate your read and review!
E.

[aLittlePain]

My mind is often moment flitting away into the ether. Witty sharp melodic piece E. R xo

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you my little pain ;)) so glad you enjoyed ... big love and peace
E.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Einstein Noodle,
I thought of honesty. Honest to true thoughts and center; that is not trying to communicate who we are not......................................Good portrayal for me. Last line- lost in frost. Smile, smile. Blessings, Kathy

[Einstein Noodle]

a poor attempt at humor and to laugh at meself instead of crying ;} i confess the line you point out is my favorite as well .. humbly speaking of course. thank you for reviewing my new and inspirational friend
E.

[emmajoy]

Witty and musical.. two facets to a grand poem.. ahhhh - enjoyable and a lesson in how to = two more.. The more one reads, the more one sees, the more seen the more there is to remember. Listen to the air, is it there? Yes, where? Don't know, somewhere""

Love the tone of this, tickles the right place like a circle of red felt pen. .

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha! and hmmmmmmmmmmmm a circle of a red felt pen hmmmmmmmmm sounds experimental to me ;)
thanks emmajoy ... love your review .. you have caught the spirit ..perhaps not such a good thing eh!?)
E.

[emmajoy]

I run in circles sometimes, trying to find the spirit!

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ..............

[Tate Morgan]

I wish my name were attached to this one. I lay my pen in reverence upon the ground beside your feet

[Einstein Noodle]

again ..thank you .. its funny how one never knows how what we write affects people .. i honestly did not give a whole lot of work into this one .. if i had i probably would have taken too much time and forgot where is was going with it ;}
E.

[Tate Morgan]

Your best work so far In my opinion I am envious .

[Einstein Noodle]

always appreciate your thoughts and poetry as well Tate! Thank you so much! I will not let it go to swelling of the head .. i promise :)
E.

[KWP]

when I read this a thought of my own came to mind, it is one that has been rolling around in my head for the past few days. It's about just how much our mind drifts, quite often, all the time. I have been obd=serving my mind drifting - firstly when I Meditate, actually a great place to observe thoughts dancing to their own jig. Then other times such as when I am listening to an audiobook whislt out with the Dodgeman, I have been observing when my mind drifts, or when I am doing a spin class at the gym, my mind drifts and I observe it ...

as for forgetting stuff, well yeah, when your mind races in hundreds of different trajectories all at once how are we ever to keep a thought in line?

this is quirky and fun, I like the pace and style, it just adds tou your words ... nice one E X

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks KWP ... i sure feel happy when you visit :) glad you enjoyed ..you bring up a great point! ... i know what you mean about the drifting mind ..Western cultures have little emphasis on meditations .. most haven't tried so don't realize how raucous and rebellious the mind really is ...;} your thoughts on being an observer of wandering thoughts is great advice ... love and peace my friend
E.

[Lorry]

Ha, nicely done. I do this, despite the fact there are pens and notepads every six feet in my house.Even the act of thinking the word pen is sometimes enough to make any thought I had become shy and reclusive. And if it isn't that, it's walking into a room and forgetting why, then walking into other rooms to try to remember, only to forget which room I originally went into for the thing I have forgotten what or where it was :)

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha! yep ...i guess we all can't be crazy eh!? ... glad you enjoyed this one Nemo .. thank you for stopping by
E.

[Lorry]

You're welcome :)