"woman in the dunes," kōbō abe

isolation, are we at the bottom of a hole looking up?




weight

 

my shoulders ache

from lying on my back

reading in bed

holding up this book

with my right arm

my left arm

both arms

until the weight of it

seems too immense to hold any longer

a paperback

a book of no weight

is more than i can bear

 

~

 

there are other weights

as heavy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Poetry by jim The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2021-02-09 at 14:57

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Ann Wood The PoetBay support member heart!
Well said, I bookmark it and like it. Well done, Jim.
2021-02-11


Kathy Lockhart
I haven’t visited for a very long while. Yours is the first I read.
Amazing how few words
Written just so
Create such emotion
Such a physical reaction

That’s Poetry.

Thank you
2021-02-09



Your readers see and feel what the poet wants us to see and feel. And it might even be said that we see and feel what you, the poet, see and feel. Well done.
2021-02-09


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
A book may little
Yet inside lays
A great wait
In content

Take care Jim Maitee
Ken D
2021-02-09


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Couldn’t agree more, Jim. Stay safe my friend. These are the dangerous times. Hang in there.
2021-02-09