Mixed Tape
ocfireflies AKA Kim Houck is a retired educator. She has enjoyed creative writing for as long as she can remember.
A mixed tape from my library
Song Titles and Song Lyrics
Embedded in my poem, Mixed Tape are lots of song lyrics and titles. I have included a poll at the end of this hub so you can vote on how many you noticed as you read the poem. Naturally, I hope lots of folks will read the poem and vote in the poll.
Lyrically Alluding
To understand the voice within
With patches all over my one tin body
I begin
My journey
Where strawberry fields flow on forever
Where it’s still Rock n Roll to me
As I stand in solitude
Looking into the doorway
My stomach knocks three times
As if to say
Watch out!
Carnival sending in the clowns
A thousand miles from nowhere
I may get lost and never found
Frolicking in Autumn mist
‘Cause that’s the way the world goes ‘round
Like little Jackie paper
I turn, turn and toss
Candles blow in the wind
Yearning for yellow brick roads
Like San Andreas,
I feel like everything is my fault
Choices I made
What I am is what I am
Or what
Made me
Me
Divided
Sidetracked
Tucked away me
Into one closet
After another
Branded, stranded
Pulled ropes tighter
Breathing, breathing
Just became quieter
A wretch like me
My blue eyes crying in the rain
Niagara Falls for all to see
Please numb the pain
Make it go away
Send me back to Honahlee
When we walked
And talked and made plans
When you rolled around
Stretched and kicked
It’s hard to go back home
When there never was one
So many rooms have I painted
So many times I have waited
For the voice within
To guide me
Along the right path
Of freedom, security
Only to be locked,
Blocked and traumatized
With every breath I take
I beg forgiveness
For every wrong
For every song
I couldn’t sing
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
My silver lining
My First Aid Kit
Allusion Challenge
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.
© 2019 ocfireflies
Comments
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on December 05, 2019:
Devika,
Thank You! I do enjoy the feeling when the words just flow...even if they appear to go in every direction, lol.
Kim
Devika Primić from Dubrovnik, Croatia on December 04, 2019:
Amazing feeling you must have had when putting words together here. I loved it!
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on April 07, 2019:
Thanks Dianna for your kind comments.
Kim
Dianna Mendez on April 06, 2019:
I enjoy your creative writing style. Clever piece.
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on March 24, 2019:
Genna,
Thank you for reading my poem and leaving such lovely comments.
You made my day.
Kim
Genna East from Massachusetts, USA on March 24, 2019:
Oh, Kim, this is amazing! I loved your brilliant and creative lyrical allusions...and 'Mixed Tape' is the perfect title.
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on March 19, 2019:
Dear Max,
Thank you for your kindness and encouragement.
Kim
Max Havlick from Villa Park, Illinois on March 18, 2019:
My stale words get nervous glances;
yours inspire divine romances.
You're the poet, muse, companion
showing love inside opinion.
Look! Your crowd of co-respondents!
Ardent friends in bright resplendence.
When you sing, you inspire others.
Otherwise, it seems, Who bothers?
That's why I encourage you
to write and write 'till you are through!
Max
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on March 18, 2019:
My Dear Max,
Thank you so much for your lovely and poetic analysis.
What a wonderful way to start my day.
Blessings Always and Forever,
Kim
Max Havlick from Villa Park, Illinois on March 17, 2019:
Here the light of poetry glows bright in Kimberly:
stormy clouds give way so she can treat us tenderly:
mind-entrancing in her creativity and scope,
everything from bleak despair to life-enhancing hope,
out-of-season mellow fruits of every kind to eat
telling us of gentle touches every time we meet.
Thank you, Kim,
Max
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on March 16, 2019:
Mel,
Thanks for reading my poem, and thank you for noting the powerful feelings that served as motivation for the poem. This is still a work in progress. It is an attempt on my part to make sense of my past in order to make sense of my present state of mind.
Kim
Mel Carriere from Snowbound and down in Northern Colorado on March 15, 2019:
That was beautiful and I really felt it, and I can tell you really had some powerful feelings when you wrote it. Inspiring idea to patch together the words of songs but at the same time make them your own.
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on March 15, 2019:
Hey Benton,
Long time...per always, your insight and encouragement is appreciated.
Hoping you and yours are all well.
Benton Arnschluke on March 15, 2019:
Wonderful poem! Skillful use of allusion. Keep on rocking!
ocfireflies (author) from North Carolina on March 15, 2019:
Hi Bill,
Thank you so much for reading my poem. Hoping you and yours are well.
Bill Holland from Olympia, WA on March 15, 2019:
How very clever! I really enjoyed digging through this pile of memories.
