Search Query

[stakebait]

I am looking for a poem about kindness for unkind people
By an unkind person, someone who understands that it is neither easy
Nor always desirable, but only sometimes and nevertheless necessary,
The usual lumpy collection of congealed feather pillows and old knives,
Not as sharp as they'd like to be, or as soft either,
Never sure which should be applied

Comments

[ladymondegreen]

I really like this.

[stakebait]

Thanks!

[rikibeth]

This may be one of the best poems I've read in years.

[stakebait]

*blush* Thank you very much. Unlike fiction, I have no ability to tell whether my own poetry is working, so I am extra glad to hear that.

[siderea]

That is deeply fabulous.

[stakebait]

Danke!

[mpoetess]

Both bitter and lovely.

[stakebait]

Thank you! This one started as a literal Google search, but I couldn't find the precise flavor of bitter I wanted, and realized I would have to make my own.

[barking_iguana]

To speak so profoundly of the world and yourself* in so short a space...marvelous!

*I presume. About the voice's POV, in any case.

[stakebait]

Thank you! And yes, it is me this time.