yesterday, I misspoke
about misspeaking
and I apologize for that
you see we are all
spokes in the same wheel
which makes us spokespeople
this carries a responsibility
we are all moving in the same direction
which is good and bad at the same time
and also comes with being part of a wheel
if you are spooked by this
I understand,
but these sentences are essentially bromides,
ephemerals
foam drying as the tide retreats
salves that salve nothing
and as such should offend no one
which is a good thing
or is it
maybe I misspoke.
Peter over at dverse invites us to play with sound, to let our words ring out!
I loved how you played with words here, especially this:
“you see we are all
spokes in the same wheel
which makes us spokespeople”
Just YES. I love this stanza and I love how this is structured as well with great rhythm and flow. Brilliant piece.
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Thanks Lucy!
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Very clever Jim and pointed for our times. – ‘salves that salve nothing’ is a fine witty line – as is ‘spooked by this.’ – ha. Misspoke, miss-thought – it wasn’t so long ago these were Orwellian terms – and now they’re part of the daily discourse – I don’t know if misspoke was ever word of the year but reckon it’s up there.
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Thanks Peter and thanks for the prompt!
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The words flow along like a sailboat along the shore — until it hits a rock. You may or may not drown, but you sure as hell know you’re in immediate danger. Such a good poem, Jim.
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Thanks Jade!
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My pleasure, Jim.
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Loved this rumination! Very clever take on being a spoke on a wheel, mis-spokenly. 🙂
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Thanks Dora!
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“but these sentences are essentially bromides, ephemerals foam drying as the tide retreats
salves that salve nothing,”…. this is poetic brilliance! 🙂
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Thanks Sanaa!
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Very clever, especially the part about “spokespeople.” 🙂
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Thank you!
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An enjoyable play on words, Jim, and a cheeky allusion to the biggest mis-speaker of them all. I couldn’t stifle a laugh when I read:
‘spokes in the same wheel
which makes us spokespeople
this carries a responsibility’.
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Thanks Kim!
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Lots of puns and wordplay, overlying a serious point about the meaningless words rolled out to us. Sounds great, too.
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Thanks Sarah!
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The ‘offended’ generation speaks! Offending people should not be censored otherwise we only ever allow ourselves to arse-lick and pander.
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Amen to that!
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It’s astonishing how whatever opinion you express about anything it’s racist or fascist or both, preferably the equivalent of the Nazi treatment of the Jews. Or worse.
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Misspoke…another one of thse “words” that you play with beautifully. Yes, mistakes are (still) being made. But we still have plenty of thoughts and prayers left. (K)
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So many good examples of good wordplay… but mostly I loved how you managed to expand on how much a careless word might hurt.
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Thanks Bjorn!
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