WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?

It came -terse, tardy,perfunctorily posedindifference,insufferablecloaked in "indolent clothes".
It read acerbic -monosyllabic, non committal,a short rebutalwithout repose,just a scant anticipationto propose - the relationship, nobody wantedor even chose!

A clear desire

to remain unexposed -

the answer came

in just one word,

distinguishable,

clear,

unequivocally

'NO!' BjR 22 January, '09

— Bonitaj, Jan 22, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: Tip of Southern Africa, ZAF

Favorite Poets: Too many to narrow down, but briefly :, AUDEN, T.S. ELIOT, DICKENSON, RILKE, THOREAU, RUMI ... the list is endless. Am inspired by many, especially those that live lives of "quiet desperation, and go to the grave with a song still in them" (THoreau)

Critiques

Nordic cloud

16 years 4 months ago

Oh runcible guncible tolipunzle shake

Oh runcible guncible tolipunzle shake you got going in the words, their wake and made a p0em we cannot take lightly ever so slightly we quake. Oh delight delight of words and their sounds their aparte meanings their balderdashes and flaberganzers, yes we love them. But is this a portrait of some strangely particular apparition of a person you here describe Bonni? Oh! No? Yes but NO! Dance with your cabulary Bonni my dear its just as I fear from where you are to here. Love it, love you for it too from Ann of Norway Oh what fun what fun what fun. Rock on Bonni.

Bonitaj

16 years 4 months ago

Ah Anni!

How you made me smile! ;) Glad you could made sense of it and thus enjoy it! SPOT ON! lol! Boni

Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Nearly took my breath away!

I'm ever so glad I ran across this gem! Superbly written, with words that ooze the very essence of poetry! I really did enjoy this write! Bravo!

Bonitaj

16 years 4 months ago

Gee thanks Lonnie

As obscure as I thought this was - you really got the irony - the unequivocal slap in the face - like a wet fish ;) Boni

Bonitaj

16 years 4 months ago

Kaligantsarus!

You sharman you! How clearly you pick up on my states and moods - just by looking at one of my latest poems! Thank you for your effusive praise! Always sorely sought after and much appreciated - from the likes of you! Best Boni

Orphani

16 years 4 months ago

I hate that word no! Why not

I hate that word no! Why not a fat, and celabratory YES!YES! YES!and get on with it already. Can you write that in Bon? Well I liked it anyway.love B

Bonitaj

16 years 4 months ago

Hello Barry!

how true you are - we all hate the word NO! Yet, as a parent and one who has always struck out against boundaries and restrictions - it is very powerful and necessary! Thanks for stopping by! Boni

Ink Dragon

16 years 4 months ago

Dear Boni,

yes, and yes! This is to the point and the end comes as a slap in the face. Yours, ~Nina

Bonitaj

16 years 4 months ago

indeed my sense Nina!

That's what I said the following to Lonnie: "the unequivocal slap in the face - like a wet fish";) Yuk~! Thanks for stopping by! Boni

loved

16 years 3 months ago

thanks

it was beyond my comprehension though lovely poetry and terrrific flow like the river thames from where to where does it go