At some point, Marcus, experiences and emotions get repetitive. Even that spontaneous search for joy in every moment becomes a banal chore, that might seem pleasantly familiar but is exactly the same as it has been several times before.
Even dawn recycles her orange tulle veil.
You’re right, perhaps, that is how it’s meant to be. Boredom is just a sign that one hasn’t accepted the inevitable monotony of existence.
It depends on how high you set the bar.
Up there, where stars are born and imploding constantly, where creation is in constant flux, where everything touches the entire universe though nothing does.
That’s why we made poetry… and dreams.
waning moon
one unfulfilled promise
after another
Phantom Road 
Yes, life can be mundane…keep looking at stars and writing poetry 🙂
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Thank you Lynn… sometimes it is all one can do 🙂
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From Marcus the sceptic to dreamer/poet. Have I been misreading Marcus all this while, or the last line is not Marcus, or perhaps you have just done a googly?
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Poetry and dreams sustain the hope of those with high expectations. One wonders if they can feed the soul of sceptics. Don’t label Marcus just yet 🙂
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There is magic everywhere, if you look. Thank you.
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Indeed… until we begin to take it for granted and then it begins to fade!!
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Some of us have lives where boredom and mundanity would be welcomed as a luxury.
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Yes of course, sometimes life can be so hectic and hassled that any sort of predictability will be much welcome. Thanks Rall.
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I nodded my head in agreement as i read along – life is monotonous .. living and creating is an absolute necessity
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Yes!! Thanks so much Jae.
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How important it is to look at life obliquely. Yes we must try to live normal ambitious lives but certainly we should look at ourselves to see if we are achieving happiness or being just another competitor and losing sight of what really counts.
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Absolutely Robin. I think you’ve put it excellently.. an oblique view point will serve us well. Thanks so much.
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Great Crie de Coeur – And with you all the way here. Long live the restless spirit of the poet in pursuit of true happiness and magic for themselves and others… Poetry and dreams indeed… With Best Wishes Scott
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Thanks so much Scott.
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I absolutely love this!! ❤️ no doubt there is magic in everything that we come across and we try to preserve it as we pen down dreams via poetry ❤️ Beautifully penned (as always)
Lots of love,
Sanaa
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Thank you Sanaa… that’s very kind.
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Indeed life is oftentimes monotonous, but we can be thankful for those highs (and lows) that give substance to our lives & also perhaps be thankful for those monotonous times to get outside of our monotony and write poetry & spin our dreams! Lovely writing.
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Thanks so much Mary.
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Well yes without poetry and dreams life would be monotonous indeed … but we can enrich it with creativity … a thoughtful, hopeful poem 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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Your words to Marcus goes from strength to strength… I absolutely adore this. the wisdom. How boredom of beauty somehow lessens it… yes that’s why we make poetry… Very close to to Victor Shklovsky’s concept of Defamiliarization… Love how you tied it to the images of the sky.
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Thanks so much Bjorn, do drop in on the blog if you get a chance. I don’t get to link all the posts. Appreciate your feedback.
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I will… to me i think this blog is like a book.
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Fingers crossed 🙂
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“Even dawn recycles her…veil….” I love that. Abd love the stars in the closing stanza, creation in constant flux.
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Thanks Sherry.
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What a great thought that poetry is the antidote to boredom. It does interrupt in a great way the monotony of the day.
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Thank you Matthew. This is part of a series on my new blog phantomroad.wordpress.com Do drop in there if you get a chance 🙂
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thumbs up for poetry and dreams
much love…
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Thanks Gillena.
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Boredom is just a sign that one hasn’t
accepted the inevitable monotony of existence
One refuses to accept that there are moments when nothing seems to work. It can be translated to something like nothingness and poetry and dreams are saviors. How cleverly thought of Thot!
Hank
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Thanks so much Hank.
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A thoughtful – and perfect – haibun … the prose and haiku dovetail so beautifully together.
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Thank you Wendy.
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Wonderful!
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Thank you.
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The waning moon can convey so many images. Your haiku speaks of loss through unfulfilled promises. I wonder if there is something more…
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I do like the haiku to finish with. And sometimes our state of mind can daily raise or lower the bar, emotions depending I guess; and as poets we do suffer with those turmoils. I did enjoy haibun.
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Thanks Julian.
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