Waiting In Vain Poem by Simon Odhiambo

Waiting can be exasperating, but sometimes there is nothing else that can be done. Congratulations for having this chosen as poem of the day!

Waiting is sometimes annoying, like the situation that i have now. I'm waiting for an answer right now. i see your point here.

Waiting needs patience... Like a farmer patiently waiting for the first and last drop of rain... Congrats for being selected for the day.... Nice poem...

Still waiting. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

How irritating, how tiresome is waiting....a fresh poem of an unusual theme...indeed a good one- 10

Heartiest Congratulations for writing such a meaningful poem that relates to every one at some or the other time as also on it's selection as member POD.

There is something deeper here, something un-named by the writier that lies beneath the surface of the trivialities of everyday waiting. Is this about the larger picture of Waiting, that all of life is merely a tedious prelude to something ungraspably more significant? Or is there a deeper Waiting of infinitely more import to the writer than the mere machinations of everyday life─perhaps waiting out vainly the incommunicado silence of a lost love, or an unfound love? A waiting which causes all other waitings to become grating banalities? Lovely work, good author. I will 'wait' for possibly more insight, and come to my own conclusions if forced. :)

I can feel the pain of waiting with the poet. It becomes more acute when you don't find him for whom you waited long. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

So right, Simon! You are not alone, As others suffered in similar situations too!

Am not alone in this today. I like the repetition of this poem...it conveys the real feeling of waiting and waiting. The speaker describes waiting to letters and phone calls and then there is a visit. He also claims he's not alone and waiting with others. Is this a group of men in the army, people in love, people separated from the people we love. I guess all of those situations would apply for those who read your poem. Thanks for sharing Simon and congratulations on Poem of the Day.