or put on an advice tape—
actually, the older I
get
the more interesting tapes
of dos and don’ts become
as I compare my life’s dues—
Reminds me of astrology
charts: We got them at 22,
when we had already been
punished for attributes that
were clearly in our stars.
(Do we remember to look?)
Biography reads better as
patterns of lived
lives, of
story, history and her story,
within my own, within yours
stay in tune on scales of time
where advice flat lines forever.
Posted for Natasha Head's #WWUC @NWCreativeUnion ~Wisdom&LifeLessons. Re-posted for Poetry United's Poetry Pantry #135. Please check out BOTH sites!
Good one, Susan.....I cant get enough of peoples' stories. There is nothing one can make up in fiction that is more interesting and unbelievable than ordinary peoples' lives. Great write.
ReplyDeleteintriguing verse...life is a grand story, with lots of little chapters...its nice to look at do's and donts but in the end we cant change whats been, only echo forward...
ReplyDeleteLife holds so many stories...I find myself repeating them to those who will listen. How sad that there are those who go through life and never learn...
ReplyDeleteThe older I get the better I get. How about you, Susan? I think it must be so.
ReplyDeleteThis poem has a unique, chatty, style, which works for me - especially the middle part. I like it.
ReplyDeleteI like the style of this poem, Susan. I think you really find a way to address the reader so he/she relates to your words. I like thinking about biography as patterns of lived lives!
ReplyDeleteWe punish ourselves for the attributes clearly in our stars - the flatline, then, is more peace than judgment, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteThe older I get he more interesting my tapes get as well--loved this--especially the last stanza
ReplyDeleteClever wordplay and just a neat poem, excellent!
ReplyDeleteDont' bother to count sheep or listen to tapes if you can't sleep... put on Trollope's "The Barcherster Chronicles" DVD you will be rendered unconscious within minutes..guaranteed:)
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the prompt. I've felt advice flat line all too often.
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