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Temporal People

 

right in your personal space

they take more than one

when offered

 

turn the other way easily

then gawk over the news

they flick through

 

they will ask your faith

then share with you

how wrong you are

 

— IKnowNoBox, Mar 08, 2008

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Region, Country: East Coast, USA

Favorite Poets: Weird Elf, Shel Silverstein, The Poet Anonymous

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eric ashford

18 years 3 months ago

Yes good images. Are the

Yes good images. Are the "that" in stanza 1 L2 and stanza 3 L1 typo's? All the best eric
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Calliope

18 years 3 months ago

I like this

Really captured a truth here.[and I do hate when someone's in my personal space]Like really,back up! Lacy, Lol, Where power corrupts,poetry cleanses.
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 2 months ago

Thanks Lacy Personal space varies from person to person ...

some people think that just because they are comfortable having people in their space others think the same way,I give people one polite notice then the second time it is a warning,third time...they are a threat and they are treated as such(mentally disabled people are the only exception to this). Ii, Dabbler
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Ink Dragon

18 years 2 months ago

Having some issues with my personal space myself

Not many people out there who´re allowed to touch me in any way...what struck me about that one is how your words can be tilted and seen from different points of view...by the way: "more then one" (l.2): is it intentional, or is it a mistyping and should read "than"? As always, with poetic regards, yours, Ink Dragon P.S.: I´ll catch up with the others I missed ASAP!
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Conect11

18 years 2 months ago

Dabbled!

yes, yes, you already know about "then" in line 2, so I shall move on: simple and honest, that's what I like about your poetry, David, and that's what I like here. It reminds me alot of many in the church, many in my life over the years. And it gives me the same sad melancholy. You say much with little need to draw it out. That's the sign of a wise man. Mark W.
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Alobar

18 years 2 months ago

I read bitterness in this

I read bitterness in this poem, but the traits depicted, while not admirable, are too superficial to warrant the bitterness I feel from the poem, makes the whole work seem over-extended... at least to my ears. Perhaps more would help--why such animosity? How do they hurt, either others or themselves, as it stands they just seem insignificant, like flies. Or perhaps that was your point.
Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

18 years 2 months ago

I like this

Barbara Writes when people get in my space I act out. Stanza 1 and stanza 2 I really relate to and enjoy reading.
weirdelf

weirdelf

18 years 1 month ago

not much to say here, bro

you nailed a certain type of people I keep running into but would rather not know. They're bloody hard to deal with or set boundaries too. cheers, Jess
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IKnowNoBox

18 years 1 month ago

They tend to seek reactionary responses

followed quickly by mock offense. they're favorite reply? "I was only kidding.""Can't you take a joke?" Well yes you may have been "Kidding" I can "Take A Joke,(From those that consider association) yea....we could have tough skin to this arch type...yet, they will still get under it.Then we lose sensitivity to others in the same process. In ink, Dabbler