I Mistook My Mistake for Wisdom

Published May 31, 2016 by Nan Mykel

Something sudden; atypical, new–

I’m shocked, surprised, and dumbfounded too.

Is this a gift from meditation?

Leftovers from reincarnation?

I feel synchronicity at work;

it may be my spirit’s payback perk.

I think that the Ouija foretold this

as well as that weird astrologist

but voices in my head give a shout.

Before you leap, you’d better watch out!

I stop just in time to realize

that I wasn’t being very wise,

and need not choose my life mate yet

but breathe deep and pat my pet

and remember–

If wishes were horses beggars would

ride and I don’t see any riding.

11 comments on “I Mistook My Mistake for Wisdom”

I like the spill of this, very much.

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Nan Mykel

June 1, 2016 at 4:36 am

Thanks for running it down. As I understand it, I copy my poem as a post and send that URL to Mr Linky. Not sure if the background should be white or look like my colorful blog. There’s an important piece of info either I’m missing or forgetting! I’m trying to learn the poetry lingo. Could you explain what “spill” refers to? Flow? Thanks for the response.

Nan

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- whimsygizmo
  
  June 1, 2016 at 9:03 pm
  
  Yes, what I mean is the way the words spill together, both down the page, and in their sound, and meaning. The choices you’ve made in line breaks, etc. Wonderful.
  
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Such a lovely write 🙂

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Great spirit.. Sometimes we have to find our own paths.

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How fun, Nan. Don’t want to jump without checking the depth of the water. Plus, pets are so easy to love and always love you back.

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This flows nicely and the rhyming is well done, Nan.

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SMiLes there was
a now when i could
not feel the same
as same my Friend
and then i found out
the rest was true and
documented it all the way
through.. but it doesn’t ‘matter’
unless one iS iN a real miracle
that even scientists and doctors cannot explain..
When wishes become real rides the rest is history
my friend in Ripley’s believe it or not.. or at least that’s
what the
evidence
relates.. WitH Winks..:)

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