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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-06-10 04:08 PM

SO MANY WHENS AGO
7 June 2011

Piano memories
soak
like hot-buttered toast
into her soul-mirror,
and long, long ragged years return,
and he was almost there again,
but distant,
in the mirror,
his huge hands
making
the keys weep
silver-quiver long-ago-notes
heart-carved for her
holding her whisper-ears
and her remember-breath
in a feather-touch grip.

Owl

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

1 posted 2011-06-10 06:37 PM

This one is absolutely beautiful. It makes me remember the blues.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2011-06-10 06:42 PM

Thank you, Nan. I am glad you enjoyed it.

Owl

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

3 posted 2011-06-11 05:50 AM

This poem is an example of why I love poetry.

It is short and sweet, and brings visuals to the surface that are usually hidden deep within, drives them to the surface in a thousand cars of thought..

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2011-06-11 05:57 AM

Thank you, Ford, for your beautiful reply. I am honoured at what you say.

Owl

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2011-06-11 01:09 PM

Hauntinly beautiful, Diana.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

6 posted 2011-06-11 03:01 PM

Thank you, Ida. I am glad you climbed right into the poem and enjoyed it so much.

Owl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2011-06-11 05:15 PM

I hear the haunting notes as they play in the mists of your remembrances and dreams. These are good things even when they make up sad from time to time.

~ Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.--Will Rogers ~

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

8 posted 2011-06-18 09:32 PM

this is breath-taking...nice write

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

9 posted 2011-06-19 02:16 AM

Thank you, Jerry, for your beautiful reply. Yes, it was a long time ago – 1985, 1986 – but they are good memories, though even good memories have a tinge of sadness and loss. Smiles.

Thank you, Steaven. I am glad you enjoyed it so much.

Owl

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

10 posted 2011-08-25 03:25 PM

Enjoyed your poem Ms. Owl.
Ms. E

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

11 posted 2011-08-25 03:31 PM

"his huge hands
making
the keys weep
silver-quiver long-ago-notes
heart-carved for her
holding her whisper-ears
and her remember-breath
in a feather-touch grip."

Beautiful memories on display in beautiful poetry.

JL

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

12 posted 2011-08-25 05:55 PM

Thank you, eg.

Thank you, JL, for your kind words.

Owl

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

13 posted 2011-08-31 07:26 PM

I love this one... from the title through the last line. Beautiful and bittersweet!!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

14 posted 2011-09-02 12:29 PM

Thank you, Ruth. Smiles. It was indeed, many whens ago.

Owl

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