 Poetry: November 20, 2024 Issue [#12855] |
This week: Off on a Wander/Wonder Edited by: Fyn  
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Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different ways.~~Errol Morris
I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary.~~Michelle Magorian
Calvin: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity. We laugh at nonsense. We like it. We think it's funny. Don't you think it's odd that we appreciate absurdity? Why would we develop that way? How does it benefit us?
Hobbes: I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life.~~Bill Watterson |
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After a full year of waiting, we finally have our cabinets! A year of chaotic disorganization with kitchen 'stuff' spread across three rooms. Thursday last we found out they were arriving Friday! Now all we had to do was move all the stuff 'in' the 'kitchen' out of the way--the temporary fixes for work surfaces etcetera ---except there was really no place to put any of it. Oh, and we had to paint. Fun, fun, FUN! Two major meltdowns because of 1. Wrong color. (Which I've now decided is far better than what we'd picked from available options--of which what we received was NOT one.) 2. The floor-to-ceiling pantry was two inches TALLER than the ceiling. 3. Assorted other things just being (seemingly) poor choices (?) on our part but that we've figured out how to muddle around, and 4. A huge pile of builder issues left me perilously teetering over the edge to flat-out craziness.
But they are in and the countertop guy is coming tomorrow! Won't have them by Thanksgiving, but we will before Christmas! I have discovered that Apple-Caramel Bailey's is marvelous medicine (temporarily) and life is good. We've reached the 'laughing stage' so it will all be fine. In the midst of all this, for some reason all I want to be doing is running away and writing. Oh, but I can't. Darn it!
I'd started researching some weird sayings that were uttered over the past few days, but it wasn't coming together Newsletter-wise. For example, 'Head over heels' - meaning happy. Except our heads are always over our heels and trust me, there were times I was NOT happy. Makes no sense whatsoever.
During the time I was looking for odd sayings, I ended off down a different rabbit hole reading about how old cliches came to be and quotes that made no sense at all. Then, in a list of those odd quotes, I found a bunch of thoughts that screamed - this needs to be a poem!- and here I am with no time to mess with them.
So, here's a list of some of these odd phrases that I oddified a bit more. Perhaps they may inspire you! I could (upon actually searches find actual people to whom they might be credited (unfortunately).
Truth is the wind that never forgets to fold the mountains.
Only the blind can see the light trapped in a tear of glass.
The tree of wisdom grows roots in the ashes of forgotten wings.
In the silence of absence, the echoes of presence remain deafening.
The sand holds the memory of every footprint, even those that never walked.
Only those who listen to silence can hear the symphony of colors.
The key to the heart’s door is hidden in the lock of the mind’s window.
The moon dances with the ocean, but its footsteps leave no ripples.
The wings of time are weighed down by the feathers of eternity.
Here's hoping you have some fun with these!!!
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Monty  says: You are great with choice of words. Some things I read of what you write, just your choice of words is interesting.
Beholden   writes: It is so true that some things cannot be described without resorting to opposites. And doing this is called poetry! Thanks for including my poem, by the way.
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