Tag: success

Sometimes perseverance/ Barely even makes a sound/ Underground

It feels like it takes a time and all the energy you have… to find success.

Perseverance: it doesn’t mean banging one’s head against a wall, or as I would  depict it “Bare hands/ against a knife/ punching harder and harder”. Sorry for the strong image, only here to be disregarded. I can’t visualize it, but I trust you when you say you can.

But, back to the lines, my all time favorites:

Sometimes perseverance
Barely even makes a sound
Underground

Perseverance, often seen as a strong and vocal force, can sometimes be quiet: hidden (in the confines of one’s mind), subtle, unackowledged… Perseverance is not always relentless force; it can be quiet resilience, shaping outcomes slowly but surely. It can feel like “gentle waters/ kissing the shoreline.”

And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. Here, listen to this:

Anthology Reveries that I call Poetry | by T!el Fajardo

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Since I have some time now, I’ve put together this anthology for you all. If you think my effort is worth it and the quality is good, feel free to buy me a coffee,  there’s a button at the end too. Feel free to share this post and comment too.

I’ve also added a few extra poems that you might not have seen before.

How This Works

I’m testing an intricate idea here. This post is a single post with a collection of poems separated by pages (you might see page breaks depending on where you are reading this), with chapters and titles organized by the appropriate headings (no hyperlinks). Call it my postfolio; it’s a post analogous to a book.

Introduction

Welcome to a journey through language, writing, and the metatextual world of poetry. We’ll explore how language can be both a creative tool and a barrier. From the playful frustration of crumpled drafts to the powerful imagery of ink and blood, these verses challenge traditional forms, blending free verse with deliberate constraints.

The author

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Crumpled Language

̶I̶’̶v̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶m̶e̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶w̶r̶i̶t̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶
This, on the other hand…

I miss much more than I hit
Crumpled papers into a wastebasket

Five hits in a row
Is’t by chance?
Perhaps a blossom of skill?

Paper toss is quite a sport
You even start mistyping on purpose
For the sake of the game

T!el Fajardo
Jul. 04, 2024

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