Tell me…
do your thoughts require a leash..and
does your mouth engage your brain…regularly?
When your anger is stirred…. does it
coil itself under your skin…. or fizzle out….quietly?
Do your hopes wake you with the urgency of a fire drill?
……I’m listening
© Vivian Zems
Dverse Poets Pub -‘Stir’
Quadrille Monday-44 words
Smell The Coffee 
March 9, 2020 at 9:42 pm
Good point about thoughts needing to be on a leash so the mouth can engage the brain.
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March 9, 2020 at 10:38 pm
a brilliant take on the prompt – sounds like you are checking someone out in advance of a union
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March 9, 2020 at 11:43 pm
Ha! Best questions before a blind date😂
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March 9, 2020 at 11:36 pm
Oooo. Anger coiled just under the skin. WOW, do I ever love that. What an incredible description of the feeling.
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March 9, 2020 at 11:41 pm
Thanks De!….. like a rattlesnake!
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March 10, 2020 at 4:30 am
love the part on thoughts requiring a leash.
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March 10, 2020 at 4:58 am
Captivating image and beautiful words…
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March 10, 2020 at 8:44 am
Really self control is essential
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March 11, 2020 at 6:40 pm
Absolutely!
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March 10, 2020 at 11:16 am
I love the unconditional offer of listening space here. What the world needs now.
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March 10, 2020 at 12:00 pm
I sometimes have to clamp down my thoughts…but it all comes out in my writing.
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March 10, 2020 at 12:38 pm
After reading this, I really felt that I could have told.. As a recovering bipolar addict I go to peer support groups, and that supportive area of people just listening is more than I ever got from 1-on-1 sessions with doctors of different kinds. Also, taught me to listen more. I liked this one a lot!
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March 11, 2020 at 6:40 pm
Thank you! 🙂 I’m glad it resonated with you.
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March 10, 2020 at 1:13 pm
I like this! You nailed the emotions beautifully. Well done!
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March 11, 2020 at 6:39 pm
Thank you! 🙂
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March 10, 2020 at 5:51 pm
That second-to-last line surprises me. An unexpected question, but maybe hopes should wake us up from complacency with that much urgency.
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March 11, 2020 at 6:38 pm
Thank you! I was looking for the best way to ask, “are you ambitious?”
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March 10, 2020 at 7:20 pm
I like this. I’m not sure how the poet would react if the answers weren’t to her liking 🙂
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March 11, 2020 at 6:37 pm
Thanks Jane, that’s the mystery right there 🙂
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March 11, 2020 at 7:39 pm
🙂
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March 10, 2020 at 7:31 pm
Sometimes I have difficulties keeping my anger at bay… but maybe with someone listening to it would fizzle out
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March 10, 2020 at 9:42 pm
I am fascinated with your accompanying image. May I ask the source? Nice accompaniment for your poem!
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March 11, 2020 at 6:37 pm
Thanks Beverly, I’ve got the images from pixa Bay
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March 11, 2020 at 7:37 pm
Good questions to ask ourselves.
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