Hi, happy Saturday!
I'm Kaye Spivey.
So this is the last Saturday in January!
We made it!
We're on week... we're on week 4! Yay!
After this point it's gonna start getting
a lot harder to keep track of the days because
it was pretty easy in January, just whatever
number the day is is gonna be the number of
the day for the challenge.
But, it's getting harder and we can do it!
So today is day 28, 28 poems written this
year, which is a lot more poems than I wrote
last year, so this is going pretty well so
far.
Um.
This week I was actually pretty proud of some
of the poems that I wrote.
Some of the other weeks there'd been some
that were a little bit shakier, some that
really either needed reworking or maybe just
scrapping.
But this week I have several poems that I'm
really pretty proud of.
The poem that I'm going to read for you guys
today is poem #22.
This one, if you think back to your English
classes or maybe your Philosophy classes if
they ever had you read Plato's The Cave (actually
just Plato's Cave, my bad!) this poem is sort
of a modern criticism of the Cave.
We are all seated amid song
in a field of bravery
facing all directions
catching all shadows
cast off each other's backs,
all in turn squinting into the sun
as it crosses slowly overhead.
We are free to stand, free to leave,
free to gather and hold hands
and let go
at any given moment.
The song propels us forward
into night, into stars.
Bodies attract bodies for heat in the night
and wander for space in the day
wide open.
I am sitting next to you
as you mishear the lyrics
or I mistake your tone--
the sun drifts across the field
and doesn't wait--
and doesn't rush.
It gives us time to watch our own shadows
grow and shrink through the day.
And then, because I meant to write a form
poem this week but I'm not so good with form
poems, but, I wrote one haiku and I just wanna
read this one short little haiku for you.
If the sun rises
flowers will open their eyes
and turn to the light.
So congratulations to anyone who's made it
this far through the challenge!
I hope you've been enjoying reading each other's
poetry, listening to my poems each week.
Next time I see you it'll be February.
So let me know in the comments if you're actually
doing the challenge with me.
I really-- I'd love to read everyone else's
poetry, I'd love to know what you think of
the poem I read this week.
And if you want to see more, go ahead and
give this video a like and subscribe and I'll
see you next Saturday.
Bye~
What do you want?
Hmm?
