Palinode
I wish I hadn’t written
that poem that I regret
what I regret the most about it
is that I haven’t written it yet.
I wish I hadn’t written
a verse that makes no sense
you can’t regret the future
regret is past or present tense.
Grace over at dverse asks us to write a palinode.
“A palinode or palinody is an ode or song that retracts or recants a view or sentiment to what the poet wrote in a previous poem. “
She also quotes Ogden Nash which kind of inspired the above bit of nonsense!
Stopdraggingthepanda 
::clapping hands:: So clever, wise, and funny all rolled into one.
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Thanks Jade, trying to channel my inner Ogden.
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You succeeded.
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Clever. Reminds me of scribbles in a notebook, talking to yourself to round out the hard edges of a poem in progress. Witty and fun.
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Very astute…you describe exactly how I wrote it. Glad you like it!
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This blew my mind, whew! No regrets then!
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Thanks Grace and thanks for introducing me to the palinode.
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Nice one, Jim! So much said in so few lines. These lines made me smile:
‘you can’t regret the future
regret is past or present tense’.
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Thanks Kim, tied myself in a knot in the first verse. So I had to invent an escape!
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That seems to sum up life perfectly. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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This was not a tongue-twister but a brain-twister! It was also lots of fun, and actually it makes perfect sense!
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A brain-twister! I like that, thanks Ingrid.
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Another great one here Jim! I love that end –must steal it one day…… 😉
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Beautifully done 😀
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To give apologies for what you might have done is not needed really, still way to too many people feel that this is needed
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An interesting take on the palinode prompt! Well done Jim.
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