Don't you just love to free associate in daydreams


Windship Fancy

To lose a day to ennui
Is an abhorrent loss to me

To idle through a waking day
And never leave the path to stray

Where no one else's mind has trod
Thinking thoughts like seeds in pods

That germinate and grow to be
the waves that froth beneath my lee

As my vessel charges full and bye
towards lost horizons 'neath a sky

Of cerulean blue and popcorn cloud
I sing in riots of rounds out loud

To thank my God that I may be
Alive this day of fantasy




Poetry by josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2013-03-22 at 20:08

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Ferenc Inigo Beck
Beautiful Joe! Especially today. I need to fall in love with life.This does it!
Frank
2013-03-26


Commentally Ill
windship fancy - sounds like a great name for a star trek ship. :) if that thought should be a seed within your head, and grow a spaceship - can i hitch a ride to jupiter?
2013-03-25


NicholasG
I have never had time for boredom so this poem rings close to home. I haven't heard of the sky referred to as cerulean blue in a long while. Thank you for an ode to living!
Nick
2013-03-24



Like Shells, I love 'popcorn clouds'--a fresh and delightful analogy; also like the idea of singing in riots.

William
2013-03-24


countryfog
Speaking only for myself of course, when one's life's work is through there is finally the time to take up the real work of what now will define and motivate us, what new purposes to pursue, and perhaps most, how not to retire into that "ennui" and rationalize it as well-deserved rest. Daydreams are a necessary part of that, though to think of them as only "fantasy" is a mistake, I think, a self-imposed limitation that would have us "never leave the path to stray / Where no one else's mind has trod." Your poem is the expression of a truly grateful man.
2013-03-23



Your thoughts and whimsical rhyming make for a fine bit of daydreaming.
2013-03-23


shells
Keep free associating in daydreams if this is the end result! "Popcorn clouds" such an excellent description that fits this whimsical piece perfectly.
2013-03-23


StillHoppin The PoetBay support member heart!
For lack of better words, fancifully fantastic.... :) I like the way you start out, it holds the attention, and I like the solid rhyme scheme and flow. ~
2013-03-23