This is a poem entitled “The Common Man” by yours truly.
I am no Einstein. I am no Shakespeare. I am no Napoleon Bonaparte. I am an ordinary man. The poem is inspired by this notion.
The Common Man
Kloyde Caday
He does not possess the depth of Greek thinkers,
Nor the illiterate’s ignorance.
If he exists or dies, there’s no difference,
Because he is a common man.
Lucky are the Einsteins for they accept praises;
Luckier are the dumbs, for they’re the talk of the town.
But he who tried hard failed to get noticed,
Because he is a common man.
Yet the common man still flies
In the wind, but can’t chase stars;
Not too low, but certainly not too high,
Because he is a common man.
So he preferred to be a part of the crowd.
He can witness the history. Yes he can!
And he can shout! But no one hears though it’s loud,
Because he is a common man.
And he simply dies without legacy;
The people would gather around his deathbed
While his soul mourns and weeps silently,
Along with other common men.
Actually, I don’t post my poems publicly, but I decided to give it a try. Blogging, I suppose, is a box of pizza.
So what do you think of this poem? Feel free to air your opinions. After all, this is a free world. Cheers!
Are you writing in wordpress or are you pasting from another program? Check the setting on your theme to make sure of the spacing settings. Also try double spacing between your stanzas. See if that might help.
Enjoyed the poem! Good luck.
will try it. thank you for the positive response!
Try hard to stand out among the crowd. It’s unreal how true it is we strive for something we want to achieve. A very relevant writing good sir!
As for your question… I’m not even 100% on it, I’m new here too. The lining always gets messed up… you just have to work with it.
Cool! Thanks for enjoying it sir! Hope that you will follow my next poems.
Thanks for the follow! Try editing under the HTML tab and you have great flexibility! Linda
I don’t know how to get you out of the standard double spacing. If you want to show a difference between stanzas though you can separate them with line breaks. What I usually do is write mine in Word, then copy and paste them into WordPress — but this really works for me
I really did enjoy it, and I see the potential for it to have a certain rhyme scheme of transform into a villanelle because you’ve already given each stanza a repeating ending. Hope everything turns out well.
I love villanelles sir! I once created a villanelle. I will publish it next time.
my favorite villanelles are Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas and Mad Girl’s Love Song by Sylvia Plath. How about yours sir?
Do you like the theme of my poem sir? What do you think?
I do like “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” by Dylan Thomas as well as “The Waking,” by Theodore Roethke (who is one of my favorite poets!!!! XD)
I haven’t read much Plath unfortunately
Your theme is fine. The persona is “common,” yet has the potential to be great
but he/she also has the potential to become lost. Like being suffocated in a sea of other
“common” people. For example the internet, because there your voice can be heard, but how it matters depends on how much you shout.
It is interesting, and is definitely relevant to the times. If you run with it, you could create something very interesting.
Again this is just my interpretation.
I appreciate your insights sir, and I will take it. I hope that your reading of my poem will not stop here. I still have lots to tell.
This poem is great, to address your problem you just have to double press enter when you start a new line.
I will try it sir. Because i can’t do it, I “painted” every stanza with distinct hues. Hope that you will follow my poems and other writeups ^^
I have the same problem with line breaks If there is a way to change the setting I would love to know how. So if you happen upon it fill me in
You wrote a wonderful piece dear keep writing.
sure! As long as i can write, I will write
Loved it. About your WP issue, maybe you should change the formatting to “paragraph” instead of “heading”. That is usually how my poems get the right spacing and line breaks.
hi, I think that there has been some misunderstanding. If you review my comments, I have given no reason for any debate. I expressed that I liked your poem very much and looking back, felt it had a saddness to it, as I feel that no man is common, and no soul weeps in silence and mourning after its worldly death. Life is only common in that we see the same moon and the same sun, we breathe the same air. Our true common act is that we all die only with the legacy of our actions, love and the exact imprints that we have left behind. No material thing is our measure. That wide and distasteful divide exists only in this “still learning” world. I feel your desire to express and speak out. You must write and publish! The best to you, Linda
Oh! i apologize mam, and thanks for clearing it up.Avery deep insight though. Thanks for cheering me up mam,. Tomorrow, I will post another poem and i hope that my readers are still present. thanks!
Nice piece. About the line breaks, I really don’t understand the problem. Normally, I write my pieces somewhere else e.g. Word, then just copy paste. Haven’t written something on the wordpress platform in a while so I can’t really remember how to edit and stuff. Sorry for being not sooo helpful
it’s fine with me. Thanks though! I appreciate that you left a comment. I hope that you will still read my approaching poems.
Hi! I love the poem! Your style is easy to read while saying a lot. On the wordpress breaks am having the same problem! Which I didn’t have with the last theme I used. Try a new theme. meanwhile am using stars and dots to divide my stanzas.
Thanks a lot for commenting mam! I appreciate it! You are cool! And i did follow you. May you follow me as well, literally. Spread the love from Philippines!
Thanks a lot for commenting mam! I appreciate it! You are cool! And i did follow you. May you follow me as well, literally. Spread the love from Philippines!
Will do
Thanks
I am guessing your line break problem is sorted… loved the thought of ‘the common man’… such a nice poem with a lot of bitter truth.. hope we don’t turn out to be common men
cheers mate!
Finally, the problem ended. You will not be a common man, I declare! I hope that you will still read my next poems. I have a lot to tell!
sure will… keep em coming. looking forward to it. : )
I really like your poem. It made me a little sad as I think no one is ‘just a common man’, but I believe you captured what many believe about themselves. I don’t edit in WP. I am new to blogging as well. I find I have more control when I edit in word then do a copy paste into my post. Hope this helps. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
Thank you for that compliment madam. I still have lots of stories to “twaddle.” Regards from Philippines!
And what a great slice you shared from one common man to a common woman …
I always felt I don’t mind being common or poor because then I have nothing to loose except my spirit and that is priceless in this world and the next
that is a cool principle! Always keep your head up! After all, the Almighty will judge whether you are common or exceptional. thanks!
Absolutely. I read a sign last year that said “God needs ordinary people to do extraordinary work”
It was reading a beautiful piece on such a simple topic. Keep up the writing. really enjoyed reading it. thanks for stopping by my blog. will keep following updates on your blog.
i have a new poem here: what do you think of it? http://tourshereandthere.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/poetry-the-crying-girl/. thanks ! send my regards from philippines
Hey thanks for the follow! Your poem really was an interesting read =) Keep writing. I will surely stop by often =)
thanks! i have a new poem above this: The Crying Girl. I hope that you will read it as well
I feel the hopeless sadness of it.
that is my intention sir, and thanks for the comment. i hopeyou enjoy reading it.
My heart was heavy; can I still say I enjoyed it? It did open my eyes to this truth though. Thanks for sharing.
you are welcome! please follow me on twitter if you have one! @kloydskii
very good start – told well – good luck!
thank you so much for the compliment mam! I appreciate it! smiles!