Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Promises

Promises
March 4, 2020

promises made
cannot be kept
when the promiser
is no longer present

others have 
no obligation 
to keep promises made
by promisers long gone

i guess
it was rather
naive of me 
to expect promises 
to be kept
by those who never
made the promises

7 comments:

  1. I love the way your words come together - there is a lot of alliteration and that feels really good to say. I do really like the tone - it's very neutral until the last stanza - and then, it sounds kind of wistful?

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  2. Promises, promises. Sometimes they disappoint, don't they? I love a good poetry slice, Donnetta.

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  3. This is beautiful, Donnetta. Promises and promisers, a tenuous and transactional. Fine line between naive and hopeful sometimes. Love this.

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  4. So so true. Makes me think of all the times I have broken promises, which is much easier than keeping them.

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  5. This makes me think of students at our school 5 years ago when I first started and there was tremendous teacher turnover. It really resonates with that point in my career. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. This is a poignant poem! I wonder if the responsibility of a promise is ever transferred to others? Interesting to think about!

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  7. This really resonated with me. And it's also a good reminder that April is coming, and I need to get ready for National Poetry Month!
    Stacie

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