Poem I wrote...and a question
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| Tue, 12-02-2003 - 11:14am |
Oh, before I get to that, though, I wanted to ask you all's opinion...I got an email from a professor I know well, who wrote me a letter of recommendation from med school, saying, "Are you sure med school is what you want? What are you going to do with an M.D. behind your name?". So my question is, how should I respond to this? It's true I'm not sure about med school, but not any more sure about anything else, if that makes sense...
Just goes to show that everyone realizes how uncertain I am, how directionless...and still no word at all from the (very low-level) jobs I've applied to...everyone knows my life is useless...sorry bout this...I guess it's clear that I'm gradually slipping down from my hyper high time to my "regular" depression...still wonder if I could be bipolar...anyway...here is what I wrote yesterday...any feedback would be great...hope you all are hanging in there too...
Uncertain Times
Jobless,
your life becomes
an exercise
in not-spending,
not-living.
You nearly cry when
the Sunday paper
arrives without its coupons,
a hollow treasure-box,
useless for its wrapping
of crime reports
and cheerless comics,
their colors, however
flattened onto newsprint,
mocking your white-
calendar days.
Then Sunday drifts
into Monday,
and you float in and out
of bookstores, boutiques,
returning, exchanging
the old life
for the new,
the computer printer
full of words-to-be
worth several weeks
of milk, medicine.
You redefine
your list of luxuries–
a tea bag strong enough
to make two cups,
an electric blanket,
borrowed, to soothe
November’s sting,
a library book,
twice renewed,
to hold you gently
through half the night.

Hi, Rose!
I'm no judge of poetry, but your poem grabbed me personally.
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ROSA!
I am not a professional by any means hehe but I have written poetry most of my life and have had a few things published
I think your poem is very good hun! I love the images and the tone. I "FEEL" what you are trying to say and THAT Is what poetry is all about if you ask me.
Poetry is a wonderful way to express some of those feelings that bounce around in our brains trying to get out, so keep up the good work and most of all ENJOY IT..

There is no right or wrong with poetry..
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