There’s an ad on some Word Press posts saying,
‘Don’t Cover up Your Dark Spots’ and I thought,
Whoa, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?
Keep our sins and prejudices in the attic,
not hang them out like dirty linen in public,
to hide our inner trolls, I know what the ad means.
I’m not stupid. Just got carried away by the metaphor.
And anyway I almost put up a post yesterday
Revealing a darker, nasty side of me but my therapist
Urged me not to put it up, that there are dark spots,
she said, that are best concealed.
- Tribute to Blenholt by Natalia Zaratieger on Pinterest
Careful about showing your dark spots John. Revealing them makes you vulnerable. Shows your human. Safer to act a part and play around with metaphors…..
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fully agree, Don: there must always be some distance —
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I like this poem – teetering and teasing. We all have those darknesses. They need light, I suppose, but not exposure to the whole world.
That image is appealing! It evokes layers of emotion and thoughts.
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thanks Ed: I like that: ‘teetering and teasing’ 🙂
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The sad part is that those “spots” still exist (and in some cases proudly displayed. The ones on the skin? I thought there was a cream for that. All in all I liked this revealing “dirty laundry”, also the art works well with this.
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thanks Elle: I hunt for the right picture: it gives a ‘zing’ to the post —
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It was a good hunt, John. Although I think the poem could stand on its own. 🙂
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that’s such a lovely compliment, Elle; thank you; and you’re right: in the end, if you have your poems published in a book, each poem HAS TO stand on its own 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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i love the art to go with this, and i think we all have a few dark spots, truth be told….
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part of being human beans, Beth; and, yes, to find the right artwork requires a hunt, and we all love a good hunt if it’s for Easter bunnies or the right combination to win someone’s heart 🙂
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More sunscreen. Or perhaps it’s Windex. Anyway, dark spots will vanish. Clinically proven by any good pharmacist. At least that’s how I get paid. Poops. There’s a dark spot right there. 🤭
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😂😂. Oopps not poops.
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those bloody typos 🙂
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you’re very reassuring 🙂
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There is actually a place on the internet where people proudly hang out their dark spots on display.
Twitter!
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ahhnh yes; Donald Trump was a great fan of Twitter; not for me though Ulle; like in the poem, I don’t like to air my dirty linen in public — in my own backyard’s all right 🙂
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I like the thought of showing your dark spots, even though it’s good practice in general to hide them. I myself like sharing my dark spots on my blog as well. This was a nice poem. I enjoyed it!
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thanks Stuart: I enjoyed finding the art work to go with it almost as much as writing the poem 🙂 Oh, how I wish I could draw 😦 can you Stuart?
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Accepting our weakness and becoming strong. Showing the dark spots and learning from mistakes. Wow! Beautiful poem John 😊.
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thanks, Aman; glad it spoke to you 🙂
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Yup there are lot of good values to learn from such poems. Thanks for sharing friend 😊.
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I liked the way your poem dipped in and out of the metaphor John. Clever.
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appreciate your feedback, Hobbo ; lets me know if I’m on the right track or not 🙂
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Speak as you find it…as they say in Yorkshire!
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it’s a good saying , Hobbo; we have something like it in Oz ; my mother used to say it regularly but I forget how it went; a senior’s moment as they say 🙂
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Hehehe. We all get them!
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Oh, the tease on words unsaid. I’d love to see those deleted lines. Dark spots don’t disappear when they get covered up, despite what we may try to conceal, these spots need sunlight and a fresh aired-out feeling to fully heal.
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didn’t mean to tease but we all have our little ‘dark spots’ that are perhaps hidden and best let out to air in a fictional piece 🙂
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Fiction is the outlet for so many things. Let everyone guess who’s intimates are hanging out the window of each character we create. 🙂
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Hi John, I think you must air your dark spots here in your poetry, and the challenge is for the reader to determine what’s real or not. 😀
eden
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thank you, Eden; you have emboldened me: I will start tomorrow !!!
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Use the “Beauty” setting in your camera, I say. There will be no dark spots to hide then. Hanging your dirty linen in public is okay, I guess, now a days it is a common practice…better known as autobiographies.
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hahahah; very clever 🙂
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