EXPLORER • by Joan

I know
that soon I’ll find
the truth before I pack
it in. My google search is set
to ‘Life’.

Joan Ryder is a teacher of French, living on the beautiful Isle of Man and counting the days to retirement, when she will be able to do much more writing.

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EXPLORER • by Joan, 2.9 out of 5 based on 19 ratings
Posted on January 19, 2009 in Poems
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13 Responses to “EXPLORER • by Joan”


  1. Robin Herrnfeld Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 12:55 am

    Beautiful, Joan, and so very succinct.

    Ooops, I pushed the wrong star. I meant it to be a five. Is there any way I can rectify this mistake?? Very sorry about that, Joan!

  2. Joan Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 2:15 am

    Thanks, Robin. Four stars is good enough!!

  3. Oonah V Joslin Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 3:13 am

    Ah yes, Joan. If only we knew what that’s all about. Big subject covered in so few words. Thank you.

  4. Barbara McGinley Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 3:40 am

    A gem!

  5. K.C. Ball Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 5:00 am

    I hate to be the wet blanket, but I thought the piece more aphorism than poem.

  6. Roberta SchulbergGoro Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 7:56 am

    This is what I think its about: It IS a poem. The last line is abruptly curtailed because no one did her the favor of reminding her to put her boarding pass url into her “favorites” because, being so engrossed in advice to others to do favors, she was only available at the inconvenient time demanded to receive that favor and not at the convenient timeS offered to extend that favor. Notice: Its not retirement! It’s a laptop, a weekend suitcase and a digital camera.

  7. Robin Herrnfeld Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 10:20 am

    Somehow I don’t understand what you’re trying to say there, Ricarda. I’m totally confused.

  8. Joan Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    I think there’s a language problem with my phrase: ‘Pack it in’. Here, it means ‘give up’ or ‘stop battling’. The poem is meant to say that sometime, somehow, the writer will finally find LIFE in all its fullness before he/she loses it. (I think!)

  9. Robin Herrnfeld Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    ooops, sorry, I meant Roberta.

  10. Roberta SchulbergGoro Says:
    January 20th, 2009 at 10:37 am

    Robin –
    You couldn’t have meant me. I’m not packing it in and I don’t intend to lose it. But when it comes to danger, who knows?

    Oh, sorry, I meant Joan.

  11. DC Porder Says:
    January 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    I’m quite fond of this one. Short and to the point. The second sentence is seriously quotable. And the title helps guide the poem very nicely.

    Your verse jumped out at me.

  12. Joan Says:
    January 24th, 2009 at 7:04 am

    Thanks everyone! I like the idea that my second sentence is ‘seriously quotable’ – thank you!

  13. kristy Says:
    January 26th, 2009 at 6:17 am

    I think “it in” should be moved up to the previous line. I know you’re trying to divide up the thoughts, but it breaks the flow to harshly in such a short poem.

    Also, while I seriously LOVE brevity, I felt like this was more of a quote than a poem. I think it has so much potential to be expanded a little.

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