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Year of Emptiness
by David Garner1.
January.
Birthday.
2.
February.
Your birthday.
3.
March.
I have nothing.
4.
April
I just don't remember.
5.
May
I took you to prom.
6.
June
Nothing really jumps out at me.
7.
July
Went to that water park with Sunny.
8.
August
I guess we were getting ready for school.
9.
September
All just a big blur to me right now.
10.
October
Do you really remember anything we ever did in October?
11.
November
Found a feather in your pheasant on Thanksgiving at my Grandma's.
12.
I don't remember a single Christmas gift I gave you or received.
03/17/2008
Posted on 03/17/2008
Copyright © 2025 David Garner
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Nicole D Gregory on 03/18/08 at 02:57 AM Wow! I was trying to get the whole picture on this and its concept... YOU are an amazing writer! I could see it as a tree and the relationship as goes along; but earlier I also thought it could be an ice-burg and how much there really is going on below. Again, I am in awe of your words, the perception and your use of visualization. Bravo! ~N |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 03/18/08 at 06:14 AM Amazingly creative, and brillian in what isn't said. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 03/18/08 at 03:01 PM Ok, I like what this does to my mind, stopping me at each month, causing me to consider what's going on behind each line. #11 is curious. The ultimate Christmas (?) tree look seems to reinforce the year without "gifts". Very creative. |
| Posted by Kathleen Wilson on 04/01/08 at 04:33 PM Very interesting poem, I have taken a while to comment... it has the feel of a game, and recording the playful (and yet serious) results. the tree shape... gives it an end of the year review. The title gives a sad overtone. The last line has an emptiness that is intimate yet distant, a sense of realization, a summing up. |
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