lose the stones in your pockets
lose the guilt that you choose
lose the grit in your sprockets
lose the rotgut in your booze
lose the shadow of your fear
lose the whine in your bellow
lose the cotton in your ears
lose the judgment on your fellows
lose the hunger of your want
lose the bucket lists of others
lose the plug that seals the font
lose the attitude that smothers
The title of my poem is the same as this R.E.M. song. Top image is Michael Stipe.
Sarah is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics. Sarah says:
Wikipedia says: anaphora(Greek: ἀναφορά, “carrying back”) is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis.
I’d like you to pick one of these verbs as the repeating verb:
•remember
•dream
•eat
•choose
•love
•fear
•hope
•paint
•lose
Remember, these go at the START of the clause,
Tao Talk 
Love this, very nice poem Lisa! Xoxo
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Thank you, Carol Anne!
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Love this Lisa. You can almost rap it ☺️💕
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🙂 Thank you!
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I’m always losing things … some good … some bad …
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C’est la vie! Thanks for reading and your comment 🙂
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My pleasure
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Nice! Also, “Losing My Religion” is among my all-time favorite R.E.M. tunes.
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Glad you enjoyed the poem and I love that song also. Thank you.
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This one is tremendous! May it echo in the caves of our souls for a long time. TY
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Selma, thank you very much 🙂
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Oh yes, this is a brilliant poem Li
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Sadje, thank you ❤
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You’re most welcome my friend
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I love the rhythm created by the repetition. This is wonderful, Ms Jadeli
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🙂 Thanks much, Lamittan.
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Feel most welcome, Msjadeli.
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This just flows so well. I didn’t even notice the rhyme scheme until I read it second time round, I just thought “that felt satisfying”. So many great lines, Lisa – I particularly liked the stones in your pockets and the bucket lists of others. It’s so good.
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Sarah, many thanks. Happy to hear you enjoyed it.
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A worthy list. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe.
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Words / to live by / immensely wise …. what a great Anaphora. {One of my favorite R.E.M. songs}
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Thank you, Helen. I love that song also.
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I echo this power you wrote here Lisa — lose, lose, lose!
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Thanks and glad you agree, Rob.
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Nice one, Lisa. Losing the bucket list of others is especially striking. How easily we conform or strive for the dreams and expectations of others. It’s amazing how many things we can afford to lose!
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Mish, thank you very much for reading and your thoughtful comment.
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I really Like the flow of this and the rhyme as well- an added bonus!
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Linda thanks much 🙂
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I love the origin of the song…the southern expression when people are getting stressed or pissed that someone or some situation is making them lose their religion…and it works on a deeper level.
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Oh wow, Max, I didn’t realize that was a Southern expression. I just love the concept and of course that song 🙂
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I’ve heard it all of my life…lol an aunt or grandmother….”you are making me lose my religion!”
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Great flow and good advice, Lisa!
The cotton in the ears made me laugh because we have a family joke about cotton in the ears from long ago when my niece babysat our kids. 😀
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Thanks, Merril, and happy to know you have a personal memory connected to it.
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You’re welcome.
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This is absolutely stellar writing, Lisa. I especially resonate with; “lose the judgment on your fellows.”💝💝
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Sanaa, thank you and glad you connected with it ❤
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LATE to the reading and posting for this prompt and then I found this.
Ooooooooooooh what a good list you’ve given here! Every line, so good. Lose the cotton in your ears made me smile….but oh how that could apply to so many people and in so many ways!
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Lillian, thanks for reading and your comment. That cotton surely does obstruct, you’re right.
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Li, the rhyming and the flow are amazing! Some very good advice here.
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Punam, thank you!
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My pleasure.
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So well done, Lisa!
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Thank you, Sara 🙂
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powerful poem, hope you do manage to lose it all … baggage is so debilitating!
One of my favourite REM songs, thanks 🙂
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Great comment, Kate. Glad you like that REM song, it’s a good’n.
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they are so underrated Lisa 🙂
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your words, flow and message wonderful ….Lisa! 💖
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Cindy, thank your for reading and glad you liked it.
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You’re so welcome. It’s my pleasure LIsa! 💖
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