Still, I Wonder Poem by Smoky Hoss

Still, I Wonder

Rating: 5.0


The world seems a strange place tonight.
I feel as an alien
in a foreign land...
I sit, where I oft do, out-of-doors, alone,
participating in the sunset.
The air familiar and cool.
The view a beauty understood.
The birds singing the old song of wonder.
The dusk becoming.
I have been here, it seems, so long...
yet, I don't know this place.
I can't get myself to feel I belong.
Just when I think I can look all about me
and know where I'm at,
the sun sets.
It's dark,
and I find myself still,
in an unknown world, wondering,
where is home, for me?
Where is home, for us all?
- I set my old chair
against the wall,
secure in the evening,
I say, 'Goodnight ol' friend'
to the full moon;
walk back into the dwelling,
a chagrin between walls,
a discomfiture under a roof.
Safe and sound in sleep and survival,
and yet so still, I wonder...
I wonder,
where is Home?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
M.J. Lemon 20 October 2022

Transcendental verse! I've often found myself standing still, only to find everything around me changing. This verse goes to myfavourites.

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Jayne Louise Davies 11 November 2022

It's always a pleasure to read your poetry. It's like a gentle tune. Soft and comforting. Congratulations on poem of the day! Well deserved x

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Bri Edwards 16 November 2022

This poem does not sound 'comforting' to me! : (

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Dr Dillip K Swain 11 November 2022

A wonderful poem dear poet. Many congratulations for this excellent poem being selected as Poem of the Day.

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Anil Kumar Panda 11 November 2022

Nice poem. Enjoyed reading. Congrats.

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Bri Edwards 19 December 2022

It starts out pleasant enough, gets a bit spooky, the it gets sort of sad with the sense of uneasiness. Well, it's probably 'heaven' compared to the some people live with. bri

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Bri Edwards 19 December 2022

I'll call this a 'spooky Smoky-poem'. If it is all true, I send my condolances to the poet. If it is all 'made up', I send my congratulations on your skills. If it's some of each, I send 'some of each' perhaps.

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Bri Edwards 19 December 2022

chagrin: one definition: 'noun A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event' dang, he needs a roommate.: ( a nice one.

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Glen Kappy 20 November 2022

Smoky, I can't say I've had an experience like this one in your poem, not that I remember. But to answer your question, check out (reread?) Hebrews 11: 13-16. It tells of your home. -Glen

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Bri Edwards 16 November 2022

I mention you BRIEFLY in the un-showcase. bri : )

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