JokerGem
  Junior Editor

I urge you to read the poem that inspired this one to get the gist of the sentiment:

Immortality by Clare Harner

I beg your pardon but:
l hope you do not mean the poem is sad. It is intended to be uplifting and accentuating that death is not the end!

we are talking about a free contest pass

They don’t get approved or denied until right around the time before submission time is closed, so don’t prematurely attempt to pay without being patient to receive their verdict –unless you are redeeming a coupon.

I’d like to add that, although you were accepted into October’s contest, submissions are to be in English per contest guidelines. more »

*jewel of a poem*

An ineffable epiphany expressed poetically. Did Eliot ever fulfill his metaphysical quest?

Crows are the mediums and messengers of our world –I believe sighting them is simply a call for self-reflection and evaluation –they ARE smarter than people would credit them though some tactful mindfulness is required to see them (and your own situation by extension) beyond an annoying nuisance....maybe this would have been a more apt poem had you written about the incessantly barking, indulgent lapdog. more »

Savvy and discerning....
you’re just about batting a thousand in these contests --way to bring it, Jon.

yeah, still here extracting the meaning and connections from contradiction, much like the great Dane would have (though surely his thinking and analysis were more profound than my poems).

Thank you for putting a smile on my face with your flattering compliment. I was definitely fooled and not aware you wrote the 'crow' poem but it was witty in its own right. I’ll have to reread it when l get a minute ...
I heard you had some physical setbacks (through the grapevine) and I hope you’re healing well....patience and prudence more »

grand and captivating

A most exhilarating entry

Might I suggest also, as genres here, humility and tolerance?
....l have to say l do the same upon supposition of choosing to not despise another when considering their faultlessness in arriving in undesirable circumstances...thus subjectively becoming of a ‘lower,‘ or unpopular nature or disposition...it’s almost as if, if it isn’t in your nature to not judge, you’d have a tough time comprehending how others don’t naturally do it.
I found this thought-provoking....good to see ya back around bud  more »

Holy cow, I love your style!
This is like Ginsberg and Eliot rolled into one and yet with flair all its own.
Superb poetry by a professional - awesome reading!

ah yes, a true state of unfetteredness....I perceive you may be alluding to the attainment of christ-consciousness - the surrender of ego and even thought...
and if you weren't, my apologies for the misinterpretation. more »

It is unfathomable you are not winning these contests --just gonna leave it at that...