酷我-北美枫

[Lake]

red pin

pinched between
a thumb and forefinger
I’m pushed hard
onto a bulletin board
that reminds me of
my sole function -
to tack things together
as a reminder
if someone abuses me
sticking things
more than what
I could hold
(since I’m light weighted)
then nothing can stay
but fall off
like now


.

[[Lake]]

red pin

pinched between
a thumb and forefinger
I’m pushed hard
onto a bulletin board
that reminds me of
my sole function -
to tack things together
as a reminder
if someone abuses me
sticking things
more than what
I could hold
(since I’m light weighted)
then nothing can stay
but fall off
like now


.

[ericcoliu]

I enjoyed reading your personified "object poem" written from an eye-level perspective, one which is close to my heart.

[[ericcoliu]]

I enjoyed reading your personified "object poem" written from an eye-level perspective, one which is close to my heart.

[非马]

Agree with Eric. "a thumb and forefinger " seemed to jump out when I first read it.

[[FAFAFA]]

Agree with Eric. "a thumb and forefinger " seemed to jump out when I first read it.

[robarts]

[[robarts]]

[Lake]

Thanks Eric and Mr. Fei Ma for your suggestions.

Actually, I thought about the three options, then I chose the indefinite article "a", because I'm not specifying whose thumb/forefinger it is. so I'll go with "a".

Glad to see Mr. Fei Ma around and looking forward to more of your new poems.

Thanks,

Lake

[[Lake]]

Thanks Eric and Mr. Fei Ma for your suggestions.

Actually, I thought about the three options, then I chose the indefinite article "a", because I'm not specifying whose thumb/forefinger it is. so I'll go with "a".

Glad to see Mr. Fei Ma around and looking forward to more of your new poems.

Thanks,

Lake

[Lake]

[[Lake]]

[Lake]

Bump! Shamelessly.

[[Lake]]

Bump! Shamelessly.

[ericcoliu]

[[ericcoliu]]

[Lake]

Zen and the Art of Submitting Poetry
- cameron

Rejection does not make you a bad poet.
Acceptance does not make you a good one.
Therefore, neither should trouble you.

Chase after fame, however, and you put your life
Into the hands of others:
They will tip you between hope and despair.

Aim, then, to be aimless.
Seek neither publication, nor acclaim:
Submit without submitting.

[[Lake]]

Zen and the Art of Submitting Poetry
- cameron

Rejection does not make you a bad poet.
Acceptance does not make you a good one.
Therefore, neither should trouble you.

Chase after fame, however, and you put your life
Into the hands of others:
They will tip you between hope and despair.

Aim, then, to be aimless.
Seek neither publication, nor acclaim:
Submit without submitting.

[ericcoliu]

Then why whining?
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Then why whining?
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul