Sort of a lamentation | Poems from in between All poems Poem sampler Bite-sized sampler Published poems About Jenifer Cartland Poems from in between Search: Sort of a lamentation 06 Sunday Jul 2014 Posted by Jenifer in Aging, Dying, Family, Humor, Memory ≈ 10 Comments Tags poetry The bottom line is that you should be afraid of poetry, coming as it does when you least expect it and asking so much, as if it knows you well enough to do that. Regret pulls on you for starting, and for ending too soon, for hollowing you out and leaving empty shells everywhere. You should never write poetry, even worse. There is no sense in it. All it does is leave you wondering what you said — Is what I just said really words and sentences, have I lapsed into paragraphs, or maybe I have invented a new language (like the woman with long gray hair in my mother’s room who spoke in chants from some ancient forest — in truth — and frightened my children, them hovering close to me and even to my mother, who could not speak at all, only blinked, and me promising myself to never make them visit again, and that was the last they saw of her)? What is the point of all that — danger, defying death, hanging yourself in effigy — what not even you can understand? Share this: Email Tumblr Twitter Print Like this: Like Loading... Related Post navigation ← Previous post Next post → 10 thoughts on “Sort of a lamentation” Jennifer G. Knoblock said: July 6, 2014 at 10:49 am Well, I am just reading this over and over. It’s one of those. Thank you. LikeLike Reply 5h2o said: July 6, 2014 at 11:21 am Thanks. I have my doubts about it. LikeLike Reply Jennifer G. Knoblock said: July 6, 2014 at 11:40 am Ah, but that’s what makes it beautifully truthful. It’s the vulnerability, the deeply personal, the “attempts” to get at the meaning…it’s exactly what poetry does and should do! LikeLike 5h2o said: July 6, 2014 at 11:47 am As long as we can think of ever poem as a kind of proposal, I am good. Sometimes, I am not sure at all. Anyway, as always, thanks for your encouragement. LikeLike Bonnie Marshall said: July 6, 2014 at 2:21 pm “and asking so much…” Yes. Yet, your answer is wise and eloquent. LikeLike Reply 5h2o said: July 6, 2014 at 3:27 pm Thank you! Thanks for the validation. LikeLike Reply Bonnie Marshall said: July 6, 2014 at 3:40 pm Most welcome. Smile. LikeLike bejamin4 said: July 11, 2014 at 8:13 pm Excellence itself! LikeLike Reply 5h2o said: July 11, 2014 at 8:50 pm You are very kind. Thank you. LikeLike Reply bejamin4 said: July 12, 2014 at 7:13 am You’re welcome. 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