Stick Figures
Stick Figures
I
Drawn in brown line
with a slight figure
to know your center
to find a balance
on these slim, slim legs.
With mouth wide open
a scream or a laugh
a cross for torso
ocean waves for hair
pin drops for your eyes.
Such wisdom drawn here
from fingers of young
more wisdom then I
have ever held here
in my slender lines.
II
I have heard a good poet
must believe deeply in something
to give a voice to belief.
What do I still believe in?
My world has become thin
stick like
lacking in substance.
Was it love?
Did I believe in love?
My name is Jamie Lee Hamann and I have a passion for writing short fiction and poetry.I started writing for TCE around 2015 and since then I have finished seven collections of poetry and plans for more.I currently live in Lemmon Valley NV with my family.If you desire to find my other work on the internet feel free to stop by my website simplepoetics.weebly.com.The website offers articles on poetry, poems, and links to all my other writing.
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Perhaps belief, more experience drives we poets, memories and realities echoing through the mundane day to reveal beauty in all its offerings. It’s the eye to behold what life reveals and the question is a valid; what do we indeed believe, what drives us? Nice work.
Thank you Tony. You have described my feelings on poetry with “memories and realities echoing through the mundane day to reveal.” This has been my primary objective with all my poetry and I still feel very strongly. I touched on belief simply because I was listening to the a “Poem Talk” podcast and they had an in depth discussion on belief and poetry and this made me question what it was I truly believe. I have a tendency to include these questions in my poems when I have these inner debates. Thank you for your kindness and a great conversation.
Interesting poem, Jamie. It provides food for thought.
“I have heard a good poet
must believe deeply in something
to give a voice to belief.”
Generally, I believe that statement..when I write for myself. However I am often hired for write poetry for others on topics that I don’t really have an interest or deep belief in, and I still seem to make my words believable. So, I wonder.
John, thank you for reading and the comment. I have been debating this issue on truth and belief and was inspired by a podcast to dig a little deeper. What is funny is that a large amount of limericks that are more snapshots of real life and my attempt at being humorous. I understand writing for an audience but sometimes I find myself in these internal struggles. Thank you again.