Lesson 1

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
My heart escapes my hand and lands across
The bannister to where your idle feet
Kick it down and down. But why does it smile?
My heart.
You’ve made me a mockery
Like American tourists pissing at the side
Of the Louvre, yet like a star struck native,
Making excuses, I let you do it because I’m naive.

To love is to put a tin foil hat
On your head and point to the still clouds
And claim that aliens put it there.
They did not but no wearer cares.




Poetry by Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2024-07-21 at 17:35

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D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
Aha! I've missed your poems, and this is a classic - the widening Gyre - Yeatsian, as I borrowed as well from the same poem. I liked the heart escaping the hand simile.
2024-07-22


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Yes, the hat is the perfect metaphor.
2024-07-22


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
the man is back!
2024-07-21


Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
Aha! Wow! an enchanting poem, indeed.
2024-07-21