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Disarray
by Janet P Caldwell → (All Poetry by Janet P Caldwell)
  
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Papers strewn, some upside down
aimless spills and coffee grounds.
Ink-less pens with chewed on ends
gravity pulls, making no amends.

Empty cigarette packs and ashy keys
nerves rattled but no-one sees.
CDs in mismatched homes
plastic breaks, the music roams.

Poems give birth in
dirty spaces.
My desk, my diary,
and unkempt places.

© Janet Caldwell
Sept. 24, 2003

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 Reviews of "Disarray"
Reviewed by Jeff Mason
Reviewed on October 16, 2003
Absolutely visual! -- I can definitely relate!
"... and unkempt places" ...
And in the shape of flower vases;
In our eyes and in the traces
of our tears as thought replaces
all our fears with words; embraces
all our years with verse to grace us
with the memories of things too
precious to forget.

Reviewed by Cindy Burch (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2003
Perfect absolutley perfect.

Reviewed by Pat Mullan (Reader)
Reviewed on October 11, 2003
Dear Janet,

Just read 'Disarray' and then read it again - and then again. There's so much there - or perhaps I find so much there... and every writer wants to reach each reader's emotional fibre. You have certainly done that.

Congratulations!
Best wishes,
Pat.

Reviewed by Regina Pounds
Reviewed on October 9, 2003
Good to see your name in the spotlight, Jan...Congratulations!
I liked this one a lot.

Gina

Reviewed by Amor Sabor
Reviewed on October 9, 2003
Very well done, Janet. Thank you for the kind words on my work. Congratulations are in order for your winning the contest. :)
Amor

Reviewed by Richard Vallance (Reader)
Reviewed on October 8, 2003
I enjoyed this poem, Janet!

And congratulations on winning the Third AD poetry competition!

Thanks,

Richard Vallance


Reviewed by *********** ********** (Reader)
Reviewed on October 8, 2003
An amazing slice of life Janet…..fantastic poem…Congratulations on winning the comp…You truly deserve it.

My best, Dani xox

Reviewed by Tami Ryan
Reviewed on October 8, 2003
Ah, tis such disarray that oftentimes create the best writes... Well done!


Tami

Reviewed by Lloydene Hill
Reviewed on October 6, 2003
Sounds like a day in my life, except the ashes part, but then perhaps we all have something that is left empty and ashy in our lives. Again, you have proven your metal!

Reviewed by Micha Julian
Reviewed on October 4, 2003
yes, yes, yes...
and how I wish some lost, lol, could be found...
your style, honest, true to many, just excellent, love your work!
Thank You..
m.

wish anything would come, at this point, sooo...this, ah, from the disarray, wow, you give us Poetry!
YES!
LOVE IT
LOVE IT
m.

Reviewed by ShyPoet 1
Reviewed on September 28, 2003
I really like this creative poem. It is very well written! God Bless! Shy

Reviewed by D. Enise
Reviewed on September 28, 2003
(((((((( Janet!! ))))))) I simply LOVE this!!
It's as though you have been to "my" home! Felt like I was reading my own life! Excellent Write!! (as always! *S*)
I have missed being here! And have missed you and your work! As well as other friends here. Hopefully my dark year has come to an end! *S*
*HUGS*
~Jen

Reviewed by Sara Russell
Reviewed on September 28, 2003
This was fun for me to read... not least because I am not exactly tidy myself! Our CDs are always in the wrong covers too. And when a poem strikes that "yes, I've been there" note, it moves more people and makes them smile.

Sara.

Reviewed by Ian Thorpe
Reviewed on September 27, 2003
You messy girl, I will just have to take you in hand and get you organised.
Missed you love.
Ian
By the way, the poem is excellent

Reviewed by Nicole Davis Vergara (Reader)
Reviewed on September 26, 2003
Excellant work Janet, and tho I am sure most of us be in a state of disarray aka messatude it is one of those brushed aside insignificant things that seems to keep us otherwise in array!
~Nikki~

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on September 26, 2003
I like your messy write.

Reviewed by Tyler Wiseman
Reviewed on September 25, 2003
Very good, subjective enough to keep appeal, the last stanza is a strong finish.

Reviewed by jing javier
Reviewed on September 25, 2003
well written.

miss you mom.

lovelots,

Reviewed on September 25, 2003
(((janet)))

o, i've missed you--i love this write *applause*

my apartment is a MESS--and so is my head LOL

thank God for writing! :)

(((HUGS))) and love,

karla. :)

you've written a keeper for my library! :)

Reviewed on September 25, 2003
nice write, janet; glad to see you back again! gurl, where have you BEEN??? we've missed you here at the den! (((HUGS))) and much love, your fellow friend in texas, karen lyn. :D

Reviewed by anne cunningham
Reviewed on September 25, 2003
so true, so true.

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on September 25, 2003
Its amazing where poems turn up :-) Great write!

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on September 25, 2003
Very well done Janet!!

Glad you back!!

Love tinka

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on September 25, 2003
as long as they are born ;)

Reviewed by Vesna Perkovic (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
..inspiration comes to us all in rather odd places..that's what makes it so much fun..each write having its birth pangs..
great write...ty

Vesna

Reviewed by Kay P Devenish
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Sounds like my computer room.
Only you could think of this...I love it!
Best wishes always
from
kay.

Reviewed by Kevin Mc Crum (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
I can't really get this one but there is something about it that speaks to me.

Reviewed by Susan Cook-Jahme (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Oh Janet - don't come visiting without warning...I have to stash my CD's, along with the files under the table :0)

Reviewed by SilverCeltic Moon
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Janet, were you writing about me?! ~grins~ Especially the last few lines:
"Poems give birth in
dirty spaces.
My desk, my diary,
and unkempt places".

Wonderfully written, as usual. ;) Silver
PS: Thank you for your comments on my poems, I truly and sincerely appreciate them. ;)

Reviewed by Vicky Jeter
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Hi Janet
"CD's in mismatched homes . . ."
That's me! Thanks. Vicky

Reviewed by Sandi Schraut
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
mmmm, thinkin we compose in similiar places ..... love this little trueism... Luv ya Sandi

Reviewed by Marilyn Seray
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Hi Janet, I bet the unkept places aren't complaining. I love this write. I have missed your work

Reviewed by Sara Coslett
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Now that is an organizational slice of disarray that plays with our lives. Perfect poem.

Reviewed on September 24, 2003
so cute and a very well written little poem. G

Reviewed by Alexander Shaumyan (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Disarray is the best state to write in. :) The whole world is in disarray. Glad to see you back!

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
As long as they are this good don't worry where they gave birth!;-)Always superb! good to see you back, Hope you stay awhile ms dynamite!;-)

Reviewed by James David Compton (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Great to see you back in the saddle.

Reviewed by ya mama (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
a great tribute to all those who try to make sence of the "disarray" of the writer's life

Reviewed by Ron (sketchman) Axelson (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Part of life sometimes?
miss ya when your gone.....
x0x0x0x0x0x0x0x

Reviewed by Brenda Ross (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Ah, Janet. How beautifully you take a mundane scenario and turn it into a beautiful poem. Good stuff.

Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Beautiful, just excellently written, I loved this,

Reindeer

Reviewed by Al Swanson (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
very nice Janet, this about spells out the norm, in my humble opinion, great statement, Al

Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
In Disarray Where Have You been!

TRASK

Reviewed on September 24, 2003
This is terrific. Missed these insightful writes of yours. Glad you are back. Trish.

Reviewed by T. Emilie Dybevik (Reader)
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Mini tape recorder in the car, papers, envelopes, post it's, words on receipts, words on an old bill that was supposed to be filed, words and phrases that STICK in my head like a bad song. LOL-- You clean mine, I'll clean yours ;) Nasty ashtrays and all! Sounds like my house..lol. I loved the chronology. I can see your house almost. Very real. I've lived this a million and one times. I DID enjoy!

Thank you,
Teresa Emilie

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
good one
glad to see you posting

Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Haha! Sounds familiar. I can relate to this too sometimes. Great to see you here, Janet!

May Lu a.k.a. Sandie Angel :o)

Reviewed by Zenith Elliott
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Excellent, and I can sure relate to this scenerio...~Z~

Reviewed by Jack Roberts
Reviewed on September 24, 2003
Well done Janet. I like it!

Jack


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