Simplicity Poem by Sandra Fowler

Simplicity

Rating: 4.6


Simplicity is like a sycamore,
Quite nude and living weather to the core.
Its terseness speaks to me of skeletons
So tissue paper frail against the sun.

I count the bare bones of emotion's dance.
The glory and the pity of the circumstance,
Lifts us to the apex of poverty,
Where there is nothing but a need to be.

Though sunset is a thread upon the hill,
And dying light severely tests the will,
Just that we matter is of so much worth,
We scarcely notice that it costs the earth

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
John Tiong Chunghoo 27 March 2006

sandra, i like these lines very much: count the bare bones of emotion's dance. The glory and the pity of the circumstance, yes, the world might come back against us.

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John Libertus 12 April 2006

I like the sparseness of the sycamores. Yet, such richness. Something your poem shares with them. It's good that you end your poems with your points, lest they be buried in the richness of your words.

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R H 18 May 2006

Simplicity is key....Loved this Sandra. Warmest wishes, Justine.

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Robert Howard 11 September 2006

What a lovely poem! Delicious imagery wrapped around effortless rhyme. Robert

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Diane Violet 27 January 2007

Splendid poem on simplicity Sandra. Loved it! ................Diane

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premji premji 25 February 2010

dear sandraji you pull me back to the days of holocaust........ i hear the silent weeps.... broken bones................

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Maria C. Pires Costa 18 October 2009

You really are so much talented, gifted, that you quickly transform your 'Simplicity' into Grandiosity! Many God's blessings for you, dear Sandra.

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Maria C. Pires Costa 18 October 2009

You really are so much talented, gifted, that you quickly transform 'Simplicity' into grandiosity, dear Sandra! Many God's blessings for you!

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Ashraful Musaddeq 26 May 2009

Whenever I read your poem I feel very sound that is the best value of your poem. You know the technique of adding wonderful metaphors in your work with brilliantly. I love this poem and added my 10 to it.

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premji premji 10 May 2009

sandraji, as ever you exclaim me........ simplicity...just with this one word, we can solve all the irregularities and in-equalities of the world...think of Gandhiji, the embodiment of simplicity..........

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Sandra Fowler

Sandra Fowler

W. Columbia, WV, USA
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