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Thursday Read Write Poem

Posted on 16:27, September 10th, 2009 by EKSwitaj

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Rite of Recall

in the fairy grove my hand is warmed
by Martyn’s we’re always
meeting at a conference on vampires
where emergency fire doors hold in coffee’s
bitter scent, tea steam, and a very nice bean salad

we’re always walking
through Central Park at dusk
smelling roses & pansies
of the Shakespeare Garden
we didn’t find that time

and I bring him to the top of Fuji
where we shiver into each other until light
and I bring him to the top of Tai Shan
to show him that red sky I remember
deserving its reputation and its hundreds
who climb or take the ropeway

his hand like crinkling leaves
filters out the horrors, yes horrors
there’s nothing else to call it
when a man you loved has raped you
when strangers hold a knife
against your soft belly for cash

under the hawthorn we’re building
words for Francis Bacon & Edward Hopper
we’re building a home on the edge of loneliness
left since we’re together
to the ashy snow

written in response to read write prompt #91

Francis Bacon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (artsjournal.com)
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6 Responses to “Thursday Read Write Poem”

Francis Scudellari on September 10th, 2009 at 6:11 pm

This is a powerful piece. The images are simple but very evocative (I especially like, “his hand like crinkling leaves), and the emotion runs deep.
Francis Scudellari’s last blog ..Love’s spectral faces

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EKSwitaj on September 10th, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Thank you. I came up with it trying to integrate the word lists generated from looking at the pictures. It’s an interesting exercise I may have to use again (with different images) in the future.

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Paul Oakley on September 10th, 2009 at 7:33 pm

[...]we’re building
words for Francis Bacon & Edward Hopper
we’re building a home on the edge of loneliness

Ah! That is the poetic enterprise. Nicely put!
Paul Oakley’s last blog ..Icon, Lamp and Shrine – My Banner

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EKSwitaj on September 10th, 2009 at 9:15 pm

Thank you. Funny that these were the lines that came easiest.

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gautami tripathy on September 11th, 2009 at 9:48 am

You poetry stands out. Marvellous!

misty, dusty

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- EKSwitaj on September 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
  
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