NaPoWriMo #30

This is my Thirtieth, and final post for National Poetry Month 2010

…presented as a warm farewell to readwritepoem, a brief creative oasis in a soul-starved time…

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The Poets

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damaged in their special ways
they like the path unclear
the route unmarked

fond of stumbling in
fumbling through
finding the way that’s theirs

engaged by the obtuse
the uneven
the asymmetric chord
they see grace and form
in brilliant imbalance

seduced by the clue
drawn to the fog
they seek the wonder
it withholds

where they long to go
is always round the bend
over the hill
behind the door

their ears prick
to the distant sound
that calls
just beyond clarity

to all these things
their souls are pulled

because

down the trail
in the mist
around the curve
over the crest
shut away

the clarion awaits

• • •

Till

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to all things an end

time wears dull the perfect edge

rendered frail and soft

so too memories of when

till that time may come again

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poem by: rob kistner © 2007 — tanka by: rob kistner © 2010

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artwork entitled “Temenos #8 • The Poet” – by: Gregory Eanes

12 thoughts on “NaPoWriMo #30”

  1. As usual, another great one! I like the allusion in the first stanza.

    I will continue to pop by!

    Thanks for all the great poems over the month.

  2. You have created so much out of words to celebrate National Poetry Month. How fitting that you end it with a poem about poets.

    I hope you’ll take a well-deserved bow and then rest this weekend.

  3. “the distant sound
    that calls
    just beyond clarity”

    That’s the best description I’ve heard lately. Spot-on Rob. Brilliant.

  4. Lovely parting verses, Rob. Stellar descriptives in both poems. It’s been a pleasure reading your writing. And I plan to continue that hear and around cyberspace.

    Thanks for sharing it all!
    Shari

  5. well done again Rob…great readin so much of your words….and your site…thanks….hoping to see you on the the other side somewhere.

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