"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
Eckhart Tolle

Thursday, August 12, 2010

`somewhere out there` big tent poetry #15

People disappoint me all the time
Tongues that cut you with
static words . . . blackness
Crammed down my throat
Cross expressions . . . meant to hurt
Shambles follow on incandescent trails
To make me feel unworthy
Stomp on you
All of this I cross
Safely tucked away
I utilize it
In times like these
A sense of humor
Is my favourite possession

42 comments:

  1. This is wonderful! Love where the prompt took you...sometimes I feel the only thing keeping me from black despair is a sense of humor!

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  2. Thanks Cynthia and it is so true for me!
    Thank you for an excellent prompt!
    Pamela

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  3. Pamela, Love it! Thanks for sharing this piece. It speaks volumes. Laugh every day.
    ~Brenda

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  4. Mine too! Well done; this is a wonderful take on the prompt.

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  5. I agree, there are other attributes that are important, obviously, but a sense of humour leavens all, and takes the sting out of so much that irks us. And you have written the poem beautifully.

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  6. My sarcasm saves me from my despair. I loved it.

    half-way through

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  7. Neither pessimist nor optimist - just a realist, with a priceless possession.

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  8. Pamela, I love this. In this crazy world, one just has to keep one's sense of humor....OR go crazy with the world. LOL. Nicely expressed.

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  9. What a wonderful possession to have, Pamela! I love that your possession isn't a tangible thing, but a part of you.

    - Dina

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  10. I agree with you absolutely! When my son married, a camera went around asking for advice for marriage. I said, "Laugh as much as possible." I am honored to read your emotions, and that you love laughter.

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  11. Like how you hold off on revealing the possession until the end. Very cleverly done.

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  12. I wish more people in this world had a sense of humor. Great post!

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  13. Gotta love those possessions that can never be taken from us - even if we occasionally misplace them. The abstract mitigates the sting of the concrete. Nice, Pamela!

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  14. Yes—that sense of humor sees things for what they are.

    Great read on the prompt.

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  15. Thanks Brenda and it certainly does for me!
    Pamela

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  16. Viv I agree there are other attributes
    but without my sense of humor I would be a very sad person! Thanks for the nice compliment
    Pamela

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  17. Stan thanks and yes it is priceless
    I am a realist definitely!
    Pamela

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  18. Thanks Mary and I think I am a little crazy which
    certainly does help lol!
    Pamela

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  19. Thanks Dina and it is good to see you back!
    Pamela

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  20. Thanks Diane and laughter as they say is the best medicine!
    Pamela

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  21. Thanks Weasel and I wish the same
    or at the very least the hypocrites who claim to have one were honest with themselves!
    Pamela

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  22. Thanks Paul and it is my finest possession!
    Pamela

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  23. Thanks Linda and yes that is very true!
    Pamela

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  24. I have a tendency to use humor more when I'm nervous or tired. I figure if they are smiling or laughing I could get out alive, and laughter makes it easier to find sleep than dark brooding thoughts. I really like what you did with the prompt, and especially the way that you did it.

    Elizabeth

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  25. Elizabeth
    Thanks and I have lost sleep over dark brooding thoughts in my past and I decided a long time ago to let laughter help me through those times
    because in this life they occur more than we like!
    Pamela

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  26. good one Pam...Humour is good....even when Vreni calls me goofy...and my daughters just say daaaaaaaaaaaaaad...so guess i aint really funny just goofy...while i talk to myself and laugh...happy trails

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  27. Wayne thanks and can`t we all be a bit goofy sometimes!
    Pam

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  28. Barb thanks for saying that ;)
    Pam

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  29. The world would be a sorry place without a sense of humour to help gild a few dark corners. As a fellow Piscean, I was born with the ability to laugh at myself, too, for I think it comes with the territory, and is certainly the best part! Let's face it, much of life is laughable! :)

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  30. Jinksy so you are a Pisces also we are a screwy
    but at least interesting lot! I can laugh at myself and at the weird things other people do!
    (If I do not laugh I will cry)
    Pamela

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  31. Hear, hear. A sense of humor goes a long way in life. Well done.

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  32. A sense of humor is vital possession these days! And I'm glad we get to share yours here.

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  33. Indeed! You've got a handle on the important possession!!

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  34. Susan
    Thanks and it is the only thing I have at times ...
    Pamela

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