Tumbling with Poetry

To tumble is to come to understand, which aptly describes the role poetry has in our lives: A poem can help us navigate the human experience, whether it is our triumphs, our failures, or simply illuminating our truest nature. But how often do we encounter poetry in our daily lives? In a technologically-inundated world, true reflection is losing ground and while Tumblr would seem incongruous as a setting for poetry, hopefully this tumblr can serve as a small source of daily inspiration, as poems are a salve for the capriciousness of the cosmos. Ask me anything Submit

June 20, 2012

The Pillow

The pillow said:
at the end of the long day
only I know
the confident man’s confusion,
the nun’s desire,
the slight quiver in the tyrant’s eyelash,
the preacher’s obscenity,
the soul’s longing
for a warm body where flying sparks
become a glowing coal.
Only I know
the grandeur of unnoticed little things;
only I know the loser’s dignity,
the winner’s loneliness
and the stupid coldness one feels
when a wish has been granted