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Open Poetry #47

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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2011-11-30 12:41 PM

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I seem
To be saying
Goodbye
A lot these days

It was very cold
Probably late
December

In a field jacket
Liberated from
The Marine Corps
Many years before
I was there
With a rifle
In my hands

I was alone
The dawn air
Was crisp and blue
There was no wind
The limbs of the trees
Didn’t move at all

The forest was silent
Except for the sound
Of my boots as I walked
In the snow

Away from any road
Whatever job it was
I happened to have

I don’t recall
If I was with anyone
Or in love at the time

I do remember
I shot nothing

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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-11-30 01:32 PM

. . . and the better thing . . .
. . . no one shot you . . .

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-12-01 11:40 AM

I love your mood pieces. Well done.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2011-12-01 01:02 PM

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Thank you both

Especially you Nan;
when someone comes out of the shadows
I know I've done something good.

Thanks again

John

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