I told them all to leave today,
pulled a Bukowski
and screamed wild-eyed, red-faced:
"Begone, chattering, teeth-clacking peasants — you disrupt
my creative flow; Gomes must write!"
So they left me
to wallow
in egotistical, artistic madness.
It got real quiet, then.
And in the quiet,
I stared at the whiteboard of WORD
for a bit…
a bit longer…
a bit longer still…
and finally typed
nothing.
I began to stare instead at the whiteboard
provided by Nature
outside my window.
Clean, fat flakes, a rapturous fresh sheet
as yet unmarked by man or beast.
It called my name in passing drifts; I could not resist…
and so I wrote
in the snow.
Two words: Patricia Gomes.
Only two words, true ,
but I wrote them both
with such flair! Curlicue on the ess, no less!
And the important thing,
the important thing
is
that I wrote
I like this one here. The way it is written lets your eyes dance on the page and I feel the poem, for I have experienced the same things.
Reviewed by Amber Lynn (Reader)
Reviewed on January 13, 2003
A name in the snow, a footprint in the sand. So much artistic beauty in the world and you captured it with words.
Reviewed by Ed Lupinacci (Reader)
Reviewed on January 12, 2003
Ok Pat you know I have to ask
How exactly did you write your name in the snow
Reviewed by Oisín Breen (Reader)
Reviewed on January 11, 2003
madness insanity crazy fullsome wholesome description of everything and nothing and yes the great single yes of the world to roar
Reviewed by g
Reviewed on January 11, 2003
I have written in the snow myself. I used a pen. A very special pen. A fountain pen. A rather small but rather useful pen. I don't think you have one of those pens.
Adam
Reviewed by Adam Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on January 11, 2003
Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader)
Reviewed on January 9, 2003
Hahahaha Fantastic write....I too MUST be alone to write or paint. I cannot deal with people around me..And snow..oh do I love snow. But I never wrote my name in it. LOL..I enjoyed this P....Floria
I love the way you dropped your ending on this Pat.It made it striking! And the way you started out so ready to write once you got all the impediments out of the way. And then NOTHING! Oh that happens so often to me. Then giving up, you turned to nature
and found inspiration..enough to break the lethargy. In two words, "Loved it." In two more, "Love ......" Guess the other. I am just an old tease. Bill Murray
Reviewed by *********** ********** (Reader)
Reviewed on January 8, 2003
Damn, I don't have much snow to write in around here, it would tend to melt lol. :| I enjoyed this very much...All your work is great because it's different and unique. Ty, Dani
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How exactly did you write your name in the snow
Adam
and found inspiration..enough to break the lethargy. In two words, "Loved it." In two more, "Love ......" Guess the other. I am just an old tease. Bill Murray
"to wallow
in egotistical, artistic madness." Don't you just love doing that??