Listening to the Blues

by Don Matthews

Tuesday 20th November 2018 8:30 am

Listening to the Blues

I'm sitting in a cafe

Listening to the blues

Wondering what to write about

Staring at my shoes

What a useless first verse

Meaningless and trite

What a waste of paper

Full of garbage, tripe !

You'd think that I, a poet

Could look for something deeper

To make my verse more meaningful

Not rubbish for a sweeper

Lift your sights up higher

(Still listen to your blues)

And put together poetry

But not from residues

You challenge me my friend

For meaning to create

I share with you this passion

This poet-reader trait

Let's see if I can help us

(While listening to the blues)

So lucky as I look down

I have a pair of shoes

Don Matthews April 2018

Comments

Don Matthews

Wed 21st Nov 2018 01:07

Thankyou for your kind comments Keith, Brian and Ray. ?

raypool

Tue 20th Nov 2018 21:21

Put this in the diary Don - I am commenting! This is so easy to read, as the Blues is to listen to, and the two activities compliment each other. I think you have hit the spot here. At the end it is quite plaintive. You come over with humility; but you don't need assurance from others, just do your thing mate, and rise from the ashes of self doubt (or don't, whichever applies).

Ray

Reggie

Tue 20th Nov 2018 09:01

That’s what I’m saying I’m trying not to but don’t know how. I’m just winging it over here. Is that not cool?

<Deleted User> (18980)

Tue 20th Nov 2018 08:57

Always interested in a fellow rhymer's work Reggie, but your profile and the three pieces posted today are not rhyming pieces surely?

Reggie

Tue 20th Nov 2018 08:49

Good stuff I’m stuck in writing rhymes. Don’t know how not to. It seems sometimes the rhymes can dispose of the meaning for me. I try not to rhyme because i feel it loses sincerity so I’m looking to find help in not doing so. I just don’t know what kind of structure if any I should follow. I’m starting to think fuck structure and all that just put some words together and kinda leave some blanks and make it open to interpretation. I think art in itself is just that, making people relate on levels that you as the writer could never imagine.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Tue 20th Nov 2018 08:49

Don

There's not many
who would or could,
perhaps they should
write a good poem
on inability
to write something good

keith jeffries

Tue 20th Nov 2018 08:43

Good rhyming Don. Don´t underestimate your ability as a poet. You have what it takes as can be seen through your many contributions.

Thanks

Keith

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