Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Gum on a Bedpost (mid life faith)



Stuck
like gum on a bedpost
stale

dried hard
and used

in dire need of
reconstitution
or a
waste basket

where is my child
who would pop it back in,
work it out,
and believe it perfectly good?


Patricia Spreng


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15 comments:

  1. Megan WillomeFebruary 13, 2013 at 9:22 PM

    There is more than one way of looking at things, isn't there?

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  2. PatriciaFebruary 14, 2013 at 11:26 PM

    Hi Megan... yep, it's true... different perspectives at different times of life. Thanks for stopping by = )

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  3. don't eat aloneFebruary 19, 2013 at 8:50 AM

    I love the image in this poem. It is the child in us that is able to work it out.

    Peace,
    Milton

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  4. UnknownFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:34 PM

    What a perfect image -- stale gum stuck on a bedpost -- just says it all. I love when people take the unexpected to make me think, and that's exactly what you've done here :)

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  5. Brian MillerFebruary 19, 2013 at 10:26 PM

    mmm nice...felt...a child cares little for its staleness....it can find something good in it yet...smiles.

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  6. UnknownFebruary 20, 2013 at 12:58 AM

    nice. I like the shift in style there at the end, really a nice and light voice throughout. Enjoyed. Thanks

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 7:01 AM

    nice ... children are so much more daring, so much more optimistic ... when and why do we learn to stop seeing life/faith/everything like that?

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  8. ManicddailyFebruary 20, 2013 at 7:12 AM

    Ha! Very charming. k.

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  9. MaryFebruary 20, 2013 at 7:22 AM

    This is a wonderful image of being STUCK.... Sometimes it seems children are better at becoming 'unstuck' than adults are!

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  10. Laurie KolpFebruary 20, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    Oh, I LOVE this, Patricia!

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  11. ScarletFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    Good use of the metaphor of a stale gum stuck on a bedpost ~ Hopefully things can be worked out ~

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  12. ayalaFebruary 20, 2013 at 5:39 PM

    Great image, Pat. I hope it all works out.

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  13. lucychiliFebruary 21, 2013 at 8:40 AM

    celebrating reinvention
    the child within us perhaps

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  14. Frank WatsonFebruary 22, 2013 at 3:22 PM

    Beautiful in its harsh directness

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  15. Simply DarleneFebruary 26, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    Oh, gross.

    (I reckon if it elicits a response, it was a successful poem, aye?)

    ;-)

    Blessings.

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