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Open Poetry #43

pictures of strangers

SkaaDee
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since 2008-04-07

Posts 116
Canada

0 posted 2008-08-14 11:13 PM

Oak has a memory
measured in units of quiet
brushed from nursing home walls.
remembered
will be the longing for
her hardwood chair and
everyday the riverside willow
calls her to it.

Silence has weight and
descends at the speed of white
becoming grey
in a fog.

There she sits
among pictures of strangers
and tending rosary beads.
She is not Catholic.

[This message has been edited by SkaaDee (08-16-2008 12:46 AM).]

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

1 posted 2008-08-15 01:57 AM

interesting

I liked it all..but mostly

"...units of quiet..."

"...buried way beneath the sheets
I think she's having a meltdown..."
"Buckcherry"

SkaaDee
Member

since 2008-04-07

Posts 116
Canada

2 posted 2008-08-15 11:15 AM

thanks

is it clear as to what the poem is about.
hard to tell as the writer sometimes

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

3 posted 2008-08-15 11:43 AM

Enjoyed the Write!

ARCTIC WIND

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2008-08-15 12:08 PM

I absolutely LOVE this, Skaadee, in all its nuances and whispers! This is my kind of poem. I haven't read any of your poetry before, never seen your name, but I most certainly will look out for more!

- Owl

SkaaDee
Member

since 2008-04-07

Posts 116
Canada

5 posted 2008-08-16 12:44 PM

thanks arctic

also

enjoy your enthusiasm Owl

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