Open Link Monday at the Imaginary Garden

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I don't know about the rest of the members and contributors at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, but I just couldn't resist the 2008 cartoon Kerry used on the Real Toads site today. Of course the copyright is held by the artist, Doug Savage, and we are merely borrowing it via poetic license here in the garden. (Although it is rather nice having chickens in the garden for a change.)

a poet lives
in his own world
surrounded by
spouses, ex-spouses,
brothers, sisters, cousins,
parents, grandparents, children,
grandchildren, cats and dogs,
nephews and nieces,
none of whom care
about poetry
at all,
although all
(except, perhaps, the cats)
do care about the poet.

a lonely existence
is the life of a poet
surrounded by
housework
garden work
automobile maintenance
social obligation
babysitting chores
shopping for food,
clothing, footwear,
and gifts to take
to social obligations.

the poet seeks
solitude and
a helpful muse,
a quiet spot
with quill and scroll
paper and pen
chalk and board
keyboard and screen
or tunnel wall and paint,
on which his words
will achieve
greatness
fame
posterity
and/or infamy
but especially readers.

September 2, 2013, by Kay Davies, formerly of it ain't art but it's mine dot com*

*imaginary website, see above re poetic license