Thursday Read Write Poem
Posted on 16:27, September 10th, 2009 by
EKSwitaj
A typo in one of my poems in the Winter 2009 issue of SparkBright (warning PDF ahead) has pleased me so much that if I publish said poem in a book, I may well keep it. See if you can spot this portal of discovery.
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
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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.
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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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[...]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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Thank you. Funny that these were the lines that came easiest.
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You poetry stands out. Marvellous!
misty, dusty
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Thanks!
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