In Answer

In Answer

words like blistering spikes

speaking in foreign tongues 

and thumping on splintered pulpwood

Prying ears quiver to hear

mockery of quaking aspens

i helpless, 

as they  hit the mark of hurting me

i wish i had quickened wit and delivery 

to say all the things i think of 

after

03/07/2024

E

Author's Note

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Ouch Mr E. I felt some thorns digging in to soft flesh here. Words can hurt. So annoying when you can’t fire back with a volley. Later you start to think of all the things you could have said. So relatable. Sending you all good wishes across the pond:)

Chris

[Einstein Noodle]

you read me loud and clear Chris! thanks so much for your time and reviewing ... top o' the mahrnin' to ya Lass!
E.

[Robert Trakofler]

you and me both brother LOL this actually made me laugh out loudly and not the silly LOL but an actual lol:) I never was as sharp as I wish that I was... but i can tell you that its raining from the cold chill on my back:) unless of course I'm just passing a sprinkler or a snarky kid with a squirt gun:/

[Einstein Noodle]

i feel pretty happy this spoke to you sir ... thanks for taking time ... i guess we should carry umbrellas at all times eh!? ;) love on ya brother
E.

[John the Baptist]

I have had the same experience. Somehow, it's always easier to know later what you should have said. Damn a bunch of last words anyway.

[Einstein Noodle]

i think we all do John the B. we are human and faulty to a T :) thanks for reading and letting me know your thoughts ..
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Amen...OH, I wish I had said this or that...
after the fact in a room by myself...
no one can hear that tree fall.
j.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha yes .. no one hears the tree .. i am grinning ear to ear ... you hear me sir
E.

[andrew mitchell]

Only comedians are quick with the quibs/ comebacks. Many times I've thought i wish I said something differently at the time even if it was sarcastic lol

[Einstein Noodle]

oh yes ... comedics ... i wonder if they actually do have quick wit responses in real life ... doing life's review .. my "stage of life" ... i think of many times that i might have said something or another ... it has brought me to a place where .. oh .. the hell with it .. ;) we do our best in every living moment .. i leave it at that .. thanks for taking time .. i am headed to your place presently .. peace and health sir!
E.

[andrew mitchell]

That great what parts of Australia.

[Lorry]

I've been tripping over a lot of words lately, when I should really just sweep them up in case they form a something resembling poetry of some kind. Well, I'd rather that than break my neck on some convoluted word like erm...convoluted!
Sometimes I hark back to the days when words came to me freely, now they all come with a bill and a health warning attached..
My last failed attempt was when someone asked me for a word that meant very fast and all I could come up with was expasomethingly.
It could have been worse though E. I could have said expadeliciously! ☺
Hope you are well and bow-regard is doing a scooby door impression! ☺

[Einstein Noodle]

Beau and i remain quite well .. thank you Lorry and we wish the same to you and yours .. he is 8 now and according to his breed is reaching the ends of his expected life ...he has troubles with his back legs but wraps and routine visits to the Chiropractor are keeping them "maintained" .. his puppy spirit is quite a live however ... he still bounces like a leaping lamb in Springtime .. thanks always for your support my friend .. God bless ... with joy and peace
E.

[Lorry]

Near the end??? Surely not E. I've been watching scooby doo since kidhood and he still looks as good as he ever did!
I guess caring for animals comes at a price and I hope there's a few more miles on the clock for him...and you too come to think of that. Sorry for making you the afterthought in that!

[Einstein Noodle]

His Auntie, Bella lived several years past that dubious 8 and only had troubles the last month or so... we try to "prepare to grieve but it is only helpful in the moments it crosses our minds .. death has no respect and goes where it wills eh!?

[Lorry]

Very true E.
It is life's great equaliser, that makes us all the same in the end.

[Poetic Beauty]

Sometimes our words will not form sentences as they should. Sometimes they come out bitter and not light and airy. The struggles are real indeed

[Einstein Noodle]

so true, Beauty! controlling our tongues can be like trying to turn a horse without a bit in it's mouth. ;)thanks so much for taking time
E.

[Poetic Beauty]

Our tongues do get away from us sometime.

[Stella Armour]

They take you by surprise and then you dwell on it thinking of all the things could have said but it's too late.

Spikes on softwood go in deep and sting..

[Einstein Noodle]

i think of any number of things i shoulda, coulda, woulda ... thanks so much for your comments, Stella .. love and joy always
E.

[Stella Armour]

Thank you Gene....the same blessings to you :)

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'in Answer'
Einstein Noodle,
Well the use of 'quaking aspen' pulled me in on this one. I love the sound of the wind rustling the leaves of this tree. It does catch one's attention and it's use in this poem fits. And your choice of art is so right on! Yes the tendency towards listening and/or getting caught up the the business of others is not always affirming towards or to. Too much in the world, media to pull one down if we allow.
Thanks for your work, Blessings,
Kathy

[Einstein Noodle]

oh wow, Ms. Kathy! you really hit on something with the mention of the media .. there is little responsibility for the words we text, toodle or hoodle .. i think we all have experienced those trolls and bullies somewhere along the way .. all we need is love after all .. isn't it :)
E.