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 Creative Chieftain  Posts: 331 Joined: 7-March 07 From: Oz Member No.: 408 Writer of: Poetry Referred By:IBPC participant list  |
Drab-olive water dimples. It is the slack on low water. Boats fret and jerk at their moorings. Gulls squabble. The trees pulse a cicada tinnitus that dulls the burble of the oyster punts. The sun becomes heavy and I move my arm off the balcony rail and onto the table. You smile and I smile. The Veuve Clicquot tastes like velvet toast.
slack water a cicada shell spirals slowly Dessert. You have chosen zabaglione. I fuss with the menu, and choose what I always choose. You laugh, softly. Annoyed, I look out past the glints sliding across the flats. There, asleep in the mud, tenders, clinker-built and unemployed, dream. A fresh tang of salt cuts through decay and the mad run of the flood tide has begun. “Look!” I point. “Glad tidings ready to slap those tenders awake.” You reach, glide your hand across my cheek and whisper: “I’m more than me!” flood tide the mangroves walk into deeper water ·······  ······· |
  
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Jan 18 09, 15:01
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 Mosaic Master  Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep |
A very lovely image - the Haibun is a perfect complement to the first narrative, Jan. I can feel the movement through your imagery.
On the second, did you wish to have a third line of this: into deeper water Glad to read your work again! ~Cleo ······· ·······"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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JaxMyth The Change Dec 30 08, 08:05 
Peterpan Hi - I have always enjoyed your writings.
This le... Dec 31 08, 04:20 ohsteve Jaxmyth, I enjoyed your word picture very, very mu... Jan 2 09, 20:33 rdmii Lovely. All I could really say is that it feels a ... Jan 20 09, 06:32 
Arnfinn Hello, Jan.
I enjoyed your poem.
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