Imagined Hope

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)

Reflective

Rhymed

I had poetic thoughts for you.
They were ignored when I was through!
No matter how I gave and gave,
My poems never found the wave.
     But still I offered them!

I thought and dreamed and hoped that I
Might somehow find the way to fly
Into imagined worlds where strife
Would ease a bit in daily life;
     And so I offered more!

My metamorphic, simple ways
Could never penetrate the haze
That always seems to block the view
Of what I tried to share with you;
     Yet still I posted each!

At first I gave them one by one,
And very few thought they were fun
To read in a collected way,
So each began to turn away;
     But still I give for now!

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Written on July 13, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 13, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 13, 2024

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Scheme	AABBX CCDDX EEAAX FFGGX
Closest metre	Iambic tetrameter
Characters	646
Words	140
Stanzas	4
Stanza Lengths	5, 5, 5, 5

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smartin6886
I really enjoyed and understood this poem. Poetry is a great gift to ourselves and to those we share with.
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Soul_00
as we feel led to, we should share the 'truth' / gospel. the problem with sites like this is there is not always a lot of involvement by many in commenting, and so many poems posted each day, some multitude by the same poet at a time, that it's just too much to read through. recommend sites more like A.P. for more comments, possible more readers also. they require commenting there, so you know/ see your poems are being read, but not always a lot of thought about them could be, but just for to comment.

not sure this applies to your poem really at all - poems can be about many things or just thoughts that come to you out of thin air, but if any are experiencing such on this site, I recommend that they try other sites as well. more »
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