Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Waiting In Vain Comments

Rating: 4.6

Am not alone in this I think
Three or Four of us sometimes Five
Waiting for letters to arrive in time
Letter box packed with lots, not ours
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Simon Odhiambo
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Ratnakar Mandlik 08 November 2016

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.

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Seamus O Brian 08 November 2016

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. :)

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Anil Kumar Panda 08 November 2016

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.

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Clarence Prince 08 November 2016

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

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Pamela Sinicrope 08 November 2016

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.

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Richard Wlodarski 08 November 2016

To be chosen as poem of the day is a great honour. Congratulations! I decide to pay a visit instead of hope stands out, but I really like the whole. Bravo!

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Kim Barney 08 November 2016

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

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Indira Renganathan 08 November 2016

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

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Edward Kofi Louis 08 November 2016

Still waiting. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 08 November 2016

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...

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Ellias Anderson Jr. 12 September 2012

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

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Charles Jagongo Ogola 29 August 2012

I like this lines, 'Eight or Nine sometimes Ten in pain Our buggage will not arrive this day ' and the whole poem. Thank you for sharing

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