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Posted on: Sep 4 16, 14:44 |
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Everything a little sparser Parsley with its yellow edges Purple thistle begins the fade We have to pull the curled lettuce
And although the cone flowers start to droop and drop A stand of yellow autumn blooms appears fiercely as if to protest
The cat begins to limp in the early sun sink September always when my heart begins to break
- Debbie Calverley
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Posted on: Sep 4 16, 14:42 |
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So sorry for the late late late response! As I said I was hiding in broad daylight. This little poem was really speaking to how every single thing you do now is tracked, recorded, online, un-deletable, detectable, invasive etc. Prior to this day and age there was at least the semblance of privacy, the feeling as if you were involved in some delicious secret all your own, that is a rarity today. Thanks for looking at this one, I will try and be around a bit more! Cheers W |
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Posted on: Sep 4 16, 14:39 |
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Hi Psyche You're right where did all the poets go? Myself, I've been hiding in the summer sun if that's possible haha! Sort of an irony to that sentence. I wasn't writing much over the summer but now that autumn is here and I'm driven inside a bit more it's already starting to scratch at my door.
I like this line of self-defence you've written about here, the lacquer and the hard shell disguising a soft centre where the hurt no longer is allowed to penetrate. I think we can all relate to this one!
Cheers W |
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Posted on: Sep 4 16, 14:34 |
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Hi Greenwich, been awhile - I really like the feel of this one, eerie is a good word and you've used it well! There are a few lines that stand out as real gems here and the entire piece winds together very well. Below, I"m not editing your poem, just pointing out the lines that i really love, particularly those first two that sodden rain on Saturdays, deadens like a quirk that is really really good!!
Cheers, enjoyed W
Sodden Rain on Saturdays deadens like a quirk.
having never been without a cigarette in their thankless shifts. Did they regimen their children give them a backbone, the ability to draw a line;
Good gene's and other people's' intentions makes for the eeriest of thoughts. |
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Posted on: Jun 26 16, 14:29 |
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Ours was the artful Graceful Unreportable Unrecordable
Prediction of
The ungraceful Reportable Recordable Now |
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Posted on: Feb 13 16, 12:48 |
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Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions, I have removed the question mark I actually didn't have one and threw it in at the last minute. The ice cream line stays for sure as it was pivotal in her decline and a bit of an inkling into the small things that indicate things are not well. The day after I wrote and posted this, she passed away.
Cheers W |
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Posted on: Feb 6 16, 14:48 |
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I sit down to write and end up reading everyone else?€™s poems about death, flowers and airborne dogs. The wreath of birdseed I hung on the spruce is gone, even the string that held it although a circle of seed lies on the snow in a pattern of bird and squirrel tracks.
Six blocks away a woman I know lies dying; a violet in the snow. Last night she did not eat her ice cream. Outside her window a bird-feeder full, sits untouched. I wonder if the birds who claimed my wreath will migrate to where she lies - if their feathers like petals will moult into spring. |
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Posted on: Jan 16 16, 09:07 |
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P.S I really don't like the title, I meant to say that in my first reply it seems a bit too um how do I say it.... schmaltzy? Such a thoughtful delicate poem, the title I understand I just think it could be much more catching. Cheers W |
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Posted on: Jan 15 16, 09:49 |
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Hi greenwich; This is delightful, really, you nail it with the paper chase and the oyster shell walls, the illumination bit, you can see the place virtually glowing with a deep love. I'm going to slice and dice it even more, I think it's stronger. Just a suggestion! Cheers W
The house we could furnish with oyster shell walls and a paper chase with enough love notes to illuminate the potting shed. |
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Posted on: Jan 15 16, 09:46 |
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Hi Krista This one has me intrigued, I will come back to it, I'm not sure the characters in this one are as simple as sons and a mother, the title alone is a bit of an indicator that has me thinking there's a lot more going on here. I will be back! Cheers W |
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Posted on: Jan 15 16, 09:42 |
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Hi Mike Good to still see you here! This is particularly moving since the death of Bowie, don't you think? I love the first 3 stanzas, the 4th feels a bit less polished with the repeat of "not quite yet" and I'd like to play around with the last S as follows:
to the rasp of a wrong note. He was not quite broken, not quite frayed - not quite... (not a fan of the ... I get what you're after but the repeat seems like it could be much stronger somehow)
There were butterflies beyond that lit upon his finality. (not sure about 'room' here, finality is just a quick suggestion) Heavy scent from the open window; we remember the oranges.
I love 'we remember the oranges' it's such a strong line I feel it should be the final one somehow. Lovely read! Cheers W |
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Posted on: Jan 15 16, 09:31 |
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Thanks to all of you, great comments and suggestions! Sorry for the late thank you I've actually been standing in that exact sea on a daily basis so relaxation has been a bit of a priority haha! Glad you enjoyed I will def get to reading some of the great work here, I see the forum is very active that is great. Cheers W |
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Posted on: Dec 26 15, 17:50 |
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Cry into the sea Breathe out sky Take stock of time de-canting through a liquid hourglass.
Remember the sound of a sea as it rushes the feel of skin as it prickles to wind
or the way turquoise water turns clear in the cup of your hands as you stand alone and unreachable - horizon paper thin. |
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Posted on: Dec 19 15, 17:46 |
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Mike This is a fabulous piece, don't be outta here. I just had the time to read this and all of the silly responses. Don't do what I do and abandon ship before one person sinks it! Honestly this is a time transporting piece of work. Cheers W |
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Posted on: Dec 19 15, 17:42 |
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Posty I haven't been playing lately but have a bit more time on my hands now. This is really cool, I love the dynamic of it. I read it to someone and they asked me "What does the Crab Nebula's claw grasp" I had to google it and it was an interesting digression, as perhaps it grasps another star. I loved these particular lines:
The Crab Nebula expands, the Marshall Islands lose another well, the religions of the world melt a little in their mirrors
Intriguing piece!! Cheers W |
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Posted on: Dec 19 15, 17:33 |
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Hello! This is a very cool poem / prayer. I loved a lot of it, but it could be honed to be even more poignant. Suggestions below, Cheers W:
The last nine inch nail was pounded home into the rough hewn pine angle iron rested across the thwarts. . He placed a spray of white camas flowers. fresh picked in mourning pristine, with a dew drop tear.
As the silver water and pale sky merged he pushed the dinghy out into the ripples, a journey to the shadow land.
Into the light it drifted, in the ancient rite of the Chinook people he begged
“Oh great spirit whose voice I hear in the winds welcome her without shame for she is small and weak."
Kloshe kahkwa” (Amen) |
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Posted on: Dec 19 15, 17:29 |
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Thanks everyone, yes it was a tiring time, not so lonely or miserable as it came across. Lots of work travel which has now ended I'm parked in front of the Caribbean Sea in Barbados. So it was all worth it in the end. ; )
Cheers W |
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Posted on: Dec 19 15, 17:26 |
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g;
Ooooo I like the bitter tone! Familiarity breeds contempt?
This like the bedroom, needs a bit of tidying but the message is very clear. Enjoyed!
Cheers W |
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Posted on: Dec 19 15, 17:20 |
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RCJ I absolutely love this. The unrequited empty tomb of want. Sucks doesn't it! This is eloquent, painful and real. Keep 'em coming!
Cheers W |
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Posted on: Dec 12 15, 20:35 |
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In the silence of my hotel room sudden noise of building fans planes take off and land on the highway all the traffic hurries somewhere.
I'm tired with nowhere to go Tomorrow is another day. |
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Posted on: Nov 11 15, 18:26 |
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Maybe everyone is born with half a heart
curve of belly against curve of back
soft lips pout against stiff upper lip
smooth fingers soothe a furrowed brow
loud thoughts need a whisper in the dark
a political stance requires an at ease
that which is empty deserves a good strong pour
a shot of desire cancels all the lost years. |
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Posted on: Nov 8 15, 15:17 |
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Hi Post: Maybe I've had enough sleep for once as I did get this immediately as your ex mom in law taking you out to the circus (which is a bit bizarre in and of itself) after a divorce. It made me stop and think 'why on earth would she take you to the circus?' as that is something you do with a child and then it struck me that perhaps it was a nostalgic thing to do as a circus is something from the past. It may have been a bit of a truce or an 'it's ok' type of outing and the hug at the end clarifies that this relationship is ok and there are no hard feelings which is very poignant. I enjoyed this, the women on horseback going around and around almost like habit almost like a marriage that just goes and goes but really goes nowhere. Great poem! Cheers W QUOTE (posthumous @ Oct 30 15, 15:55 ) REVISION:
After you divorced me, your mother took me to the circus. I remember the horses running in the ring, women standing on their backs, scions of the great plains going around and around and round again, followed by clowns who didn’t wear makeup telling jokes with their bodies. We hugged, your mother and I, at the end of that pageantry, acceding to the ringmaster’s cries.
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After our divorce your mother took me to the circus. I remember the horses running in the ring, women standing on their backs, scions of the great plains going around and around and round again, followed by clowns who didn’t wear makeup telling jokes with their bodies. We hugged, your mother and I, at the end of that pageantry, acceding to the ringmaster’s cries. |
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Posted on: Nov 8 15, 15:10 |
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Greetings A! Great to see your stuff here, I'm so happy that a few TCP writers decided to join. This is an excellent take on the loss of childhood innocence - that first stanza is brill, I can hear a 6 year old saying that and it's true their take on life and what's going on around them is so simple yet so imaginative as they haven't yet been tainted by knowledge! You've nailed that first stanza so well that it's hard to follow up and S2 and S3 seem a bit too lengthy and less concise although that is the way the adult mind works compared to the child's mind in S1 so it could be argued that this works simply due to that fact. I would like to see S2 and 3 honed a bit more so it packs the same punch at the end as the hook at the beginning.
Lovely work! Cheers W |
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Posted on: Nov 8 15, 15:06 |
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Hi everyone!
So great to see you all here, so sorry for the very tardy reply I've been in heavy work travel mode. All great comments, and yes I will remove the 's' from begins and the 'to' in front of L3! It is indeed a metaphor regarding our daily repetitive routine and how sometimes that has to be disturbed in order for change to occur. I used the word 'dig' to play off the excavation of the sea-bed as the water whips up a whirlpool of sand and uncovers something deep within. I see 'dig' is a bit of an issue though for the readers - the sea excavates, the human digs - any suggestions on that? Thanks for reading, hope to be here a bit more in the future.
Cheers W |
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Posted on: Oct 31 15, 23:49 |
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As storm skies blow in calmer seas begins to churn to toss and turn, whirl in spiral pools, drill to excavate some ancient site buried in its sandy bed. And so we search to find mystery lost only revealed when wild skies flash strobes of lightning clap out thunder at midnight wake us from our small lives. Set the every day on fire! Quiet endless tick of wall clocks. Dig - blow the ghosts away. |
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