Written for: dVerse Poets Pub – Poetics: Shhhh! Do you want to know a secret? (posted by Merrill)
“We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.”
–Robert Frost
“Apparently, poets also enjoy writing about secrets. This Interesting Literature post covers “the best poems about secrets.” Well, perhaps until the one you write for this prompt! If you click on the link, you’ll see a range of poems that discuss secrets. You may want to use one of these poems for inspiration.
So, today’s Poetics prompt is simple. Write a poem in any style about secrets, or those who are often told secrets, such as spies, psychologists, priests–or friends. You can also respond to one of the Interesting Literature poems. If you want to be tricky and hide a secret within your poem, that’s OK, too—though I may not notice or find it!”
Psychologist has a married
couple as patients, seen
individually. One seems
naive, one is cheating,
fleeting affairs. Psychologist
cares about this married
couple, but when each speaks
to him of the other, out come
accusations, wonderings,
pleas for advice. Each
patient’s revelations
are confidential. Each
half of the couple asks
questions. What do you
think? What should I do?
How great the temptation
must be to he that hears
all but can tell none.
That must be difficult to hear both sides and not be able to share the secrets.
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I imagine so.
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Oh, how hard that would be to hold those secrets! Well done!
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Thanks, Dwight!
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oh. this is such a burden to bear. how to do. i am not sure.
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He should not be seeing them separately, unless it is couples counseling.
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I agree!
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Priests, lawyers and various kinds of doctors have to keep secrets. It is a burden indeed.
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Tough one!
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And one chance slip of the tongue could have immense repercussions if he gives in to his temptation. Nicely done.
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Thanks, Victoria! Unless you are in couples counseling, it is not ethical to see each one separately.
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That must be such a difficult position to be in. Well-written, and quite a different take on the prompt!
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Thanks, Merrill!
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Relationships are complicated and throwing a counselor into the mix that is seeing them individually and as a couple sounds like it would be even more so!
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Way too complicated for me!
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