The One That Got Away Poem by Kim Barney
The One That Got Away
I had a poem in my head
Today when I got out of bed
But when I went to write it down
It was not there; it had skipped town.
It will come back some day, perhaps,
If I avoid those lengthy naps!
We (my wife and I and one other couple)had attended a craft fair the night before. On the way home we stopped at a popular restaurant and had a delicious baked salmon. We got home very late. After church we were so tired we took long naps.
After my nap I thought I had better write down as much of the poem as I already had, so I could finish it later. To my surprise, the poem was gone! I couldn't (and still can't)even remember what it was about.
And I thought fish was supposed to be brain food...
15 July 2015
Recife, Brazil
Thank you very much, Dillip Swain, for adding this poem to your favorites!
This has happened in my case too! Sometimes thoughts and words flow unhinged! If we don't put them down into paper instantly, they easily flow out into the drainage, unable to be retrieved! Though terse, the poem comprises similar experiences of very many! I have expressed a similar dilemma in my poem- Stillborn!
Maybe the fish clears out the brain. You look very tired in the photo - better take another long nap.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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9/4/2025 8:14:30 PM # 1.0.0
I think this has happened to all of us at one time or another. I know it has happened to me. Enjoyed the rhymes.