Putting together
Sanaa -
October 8, 2020
Earlier PoemsPoetry

Putting together;
I realized with a heavy heart just how ephemeral
thoughts truly are—
they avoid the periods of drought as seeds,
all the while
ushering out the old and replacing with new.
I am appalled,
for how is it possible to arrange a bouquet this way?
Putting together
a list, a person, flowers and such
proves to be unfathomable;
when synonyms themselves refuse to come forward—
life, my darling is a poem in five parts,
which no matter how much we desire cannot possibly be
read all at once,
putting together positive thoughts,
I attempt and sift the clear with the ones most obscure;
I am figuring out how to make this arrangement so that shadows
fall in correct place.

 

 

Photo credits: Pinterest

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Posted for Meeting the Bar @ dVerse Poets Pub

50 Responses

  1. Kim M. Russell says:
    October 9, 2020 at 3:17 am

    That’s a poet’s job, Sanaa, putting together, although sometimes we need therapists to put us back together! I love the idea of thoughts avoiding periods of drought. I also love:
    ‘life, my darling, is a poem in five parts,
    which no matter how much we desire cannot possibly be
    read all at once’ –
    but why five parts?

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    • Sanaa says:
      October 9, 2020 at 3:24 am

      Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️

      Five parts … infancy, childhood, adolescence, middle age, and finally old age. 🙂

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  2. msjadeli says:
    October 9, 2020 at 3:25 am

    Very cleverly put together and your chosen image is just right, Sanaa.

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  3. Dora says:
    October 9, 2020 at 3:32 am

    “Put together” in a most lovely way 🙂

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  4. Linda Lee Lyberg says:
    October 9, 2020 at 3:33 am

    This is absolutely perfect Sanaa.

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  5. Phillip says:
    October 9, 2020 at 3:39 am

    Lovely!

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  6. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    October 9, 2020 at 3:48 am

    So clever to use the beginning of put together… which is what poetry is … I will need to try something myself… love how you hid the list so well.

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    • Sanaa says:
      October 9, 2020 at 4:05 am

      Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️

      (and thank you for the excellent prompt) 🌹

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  7. Lucy says:
    October 9, 2020 at 4:05 am

    Sanaa, this is absolutely exquisite! Like Kim, I absolutely adored these lines:

    “life, my darling is a poem in five parts,
    which no matter how much we desire cannot possibly be
    read all at once…”

    Regarding the five parts, I think you may be referring to the five stages of grief, or you could be hinting at how life is like a play in five act structure; William Shakespeare is the first to come to mind when thinking of this.

    But, this is so beautifully entwined with delicacy and raw emotion. Excellent work on this piece.

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  8. Glenn Buttkus says:
    October 9, 2020 at 4:53 am

    This is googlicious, a real rocking of the prompt. I, of course love the “life is in five parts”, and like Lucy can see it could refer to so much more. I liked “just how ephemeral thoughts truly are.”

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  9. Ken Gierke says:
    October 9, 2020 at 5:09 am

    All of this adds up to one well written poem. 🙂

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  10. Grace says:
    October 9, 2020 at 6:11 am

    I love how clever this putting together list is, from fleeting thoughts to making an arrangement so that shadows
    fall in correct place.

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  11. calmkate says:
    October 9, 2020 at 6:18 am

    an incredibly clever arrangement of the list, your thoughts and exactly what poets do … love it!

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  12. Hank Kaykuala says:
    October 9, 2020 at 8:03 am

    I am figuring out how to make this arrangement
    so that shadows fall in the correct place

    Unraveling it is easy but putting it together had never been easy. That’s the way things are in life. Great wordcraft Sanaa!

    Hank

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  13. Dwight L. Roth says:
    October 9, 2020 at 9:07 am

    Putting together is what we do best! Well done Sanaa. It is interesting how you put all this in a great poetic fashion!

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  14. Tricia Sankey says:
    October 9, 2020 at 10:20 am

    I enjoyed this piece, a beautiful bouquet of well picked words! Great use of the prompt!

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  15. Sarah Connor says:
    October 9, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    Five is a powerful number. In fact, maybe numbers would make a good prompt at some point!

    I love this poem so much. Your last line left me open-mouthed. I literally sat here in silence. It’s just amazing, and it just spoke so directly to me.

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  16. A Reading Writer says:
    October 9, 2020 at 4:01 pm

    This poem captured why poetry is therapeutic to me. It is like how we gather our thoughts, make sense of each of them, reflect, and try to crack some light despite the dark.

    Beautiful Sanaa, and how I love these lines: life, my darling is a poem in five parts,
    which no matter how much we desire cannot possibly be
    read all at once

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  17. Eugenia says:
    October 10, 2020 at 2:01 am

    Beautifully “put together!

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  18. robtkistner says:
    October 10, 2020 at 2:58 am

    Got a late start today Sanaa. But now I’m finally able to start reading the work of my fellow poets. You did a great job with this prompt. Well written!

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  19. Kerfe says:
    October 10, 2020 at 5:16 am

    Thoughts are layered, but we can only express them in sequence. Well done.

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  20. Alexandra (Xan) says:
    October 10, 2020 at 9:04 am

    This is wonderful. I didn’t get anything like those prompts-mine were all books and movies and shopping stuff. I must have really boring internet habits.

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  21. Jenna says:
    October 10, 2020 at 12:27 pm

    Beautifully written and put together!

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  22. Julian Leino says:
    October 10, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    Amazing piece you put together! ;-D
    I of course, as I read it from my view point almost felt like our poems were kind of about the same thing..
    “I attempt and sift the clear with the ones most obscure;
    I am figuring out how to make this arrangement so that shadows
    fall in correct place.”.
    The ending was perfect and also feel as you say: “life, my darling is a poem in five parts,
    which no matter how much we desire cannot possibly be
    read all at once,”.
    Light doesn’t illuminate itself, knife can’t cut itself and a human can’t understand him/herself, let alone my subject, Reality.

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  23. Misky says:
    October 10, 2020 at 9:37 pm

    This is such a tantalising phrase: “shadows fall in correct place.” Nicely done.

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  24. Helen says:
    October 11, 2020 at 2:26 am

    I attempt to ‘put myself together’ most days and often fail …. your poem was a delight to read and perfectly put together.

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  25. Lillian says:
    October 12, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    Sanaa: loving this! Putting it all together indeed. These lines
    “life, my darling is a poem in five parts,
    which no matter how much we desire cannot possibly be
    read all at once,” are particularly wonderful to me!

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