Lazy Poems

Not sure whether this should be here or on the "poems what I wrote" blog. Sometime between sometime yesterday and now, a thought popped into my head, "A sermon is a poem the couldn't be bothered!"

For many years I have had this agonising feeling of a need to express myself. I have rambled on about this before. I can't seem to find one way. That's fine, no one says we should only express ourselves in one way. But I have long neglected poetry, mostly because I can't be bothered! Not only can't I be bothered, but poetry isn't something I tend to read. But then I don't tend to read much at all! There is so much poetry in the world, will one more make a difference. Now I am reminded of the little boy and the starfish*!

It isn't for our pleasure it is for the audience of one. God seems to like poetry, Psalms, Proverbs and Song of Songs are poetry. It is hard sometimes when wrestling with ideas and thoughts to then wrestle with them to give them shape and tempo and possibly rhyme.

I will give it more thought. I have noticed that I tend to say controversial things at times, but then I am thrown by people's reactions. I have noticed that when we say controversial things in amusing and non amusing poetry they seem to be accepted a bit better. Although, even those who write and share their poetry are not without critics! There is no sanctuary other not not bothering at all! And that is no sanctuary at all.

*By the way the story of the boy with the starfish goes like this.

There was a man walking along a beach. The beach was covered in thousands of starfish that had been washed up on the shore. On the beach was a young boy throwing them back into the water one by one. The man said to the boy, "Why are you wasting your time? There are thousands of starfish here, you can't possibly make a difference." The boy bent down and picked up another starfish. He tossed it into the water. "There" he said, "That's made a difference to that one!"