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icequeen
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0 posted 2003-12-04 09:04 PM



October came and went
You forgot my birthday -
the first time in sixteen years
I didn't bother to remind you
Instinct told me
you didn't really care
Now November is gone
and cold has settled
into more than the air
My imperfection so stark
against your
snow-white
always-right
selfishness
I could do nothing good
at the right time
and nothing right
at a good time
So appropriate it is, then
for the first killing
frost of winter to come
on the same day
that I fell through your ice
and disappeared
Too used up to ever
be used again
Death by December's
first freeze
Finally my timing is perfect.



© Caroline Rush Markham
2003

the only man worth your tears will never make you cry

© Copyright 2003 Caroline Rush Markham - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2003-12-04 09:32 PM


Caroline...Emotional pull to this took me in...Well done! Hugs!
A Romantic Heart
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2 posted 2003-12-04 09:42 PM


Well happy late birthday....I liked the title and the way you used it within the poem!
~ARH

True poets don't write with the ink of quill or pen, but with the ink of their heart~

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3 posted 2003-12-10 05:03 PM


Excellent!  Great emotion, the mood pulled me right in.


WhiteRose
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somebody's dungeon
4 posted 2003-12-10 05:40 PM


Really dark, with a velvet touch. Nicely done.
icequeen
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5 posted 2003-12-10 06:40 PM


Thank you all very much   Its been so long since I've written anything and I keep looking at what I write now with a really critical eye and thinking - ugggghhhh. But hopefully with practice I will be back to normal LOL (whatever normal is!!)

Thanks again and hugs to all of you

Caroline

inkedgoddess
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6 posted 2003-12-10 06:54 PM


sounds like me these days....ugggghhhhhh

anyhow, this is good and in your face and gets the job and point across like a much needed slap of reality
good work poet

ice
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7 posted 2003-12-10 07:55 PM


Chilling poetry...
The heat of your decision seems to have melted the ice of reluctance to make a move, but at the end you proved you have broken through....good luck, and happy belated birthday...

_______ice
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Serena Renae
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8 posted 2003-12-10 08:06 PM


Very strongly written, full of emotion. I believe All poetry should be jam packed with some form of emotion. Its always great to just write about what youre feeling..even if it hits home! Great work on this one! And happy belated birthday!
Love,
Serena

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By the Seaside
9 posted 2003-12-11 11:18 AM


I can relate to this on many levels, my Birthday being in October as well, the rest just follows suit and I am so there.  Could feel the frost that inspires the feelings,  and yet there is much beauty here.  

Nicely said and done,  Caroline.

[This message has been edited by BluesSerenade (12-11-2003 03:04 PM).]

WannabePoet
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10 posted 2003-12-11 11:49 AM


Very emotional writing. It drew me in as well. Thanks for sharing.
passing shadows
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displaced
11 posted 2003-12-11 12:34 PM


too used up to ever be used again...God I know this feeling
Opeth
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12 posted 2003-12-11 01:04 PM


If this event really did occur, then its description is even moreso chilling.

Now... where did I put my "Events To Remember" planner?

Enjoyed!

"If this grand panorama before me is what you call God...then God is not dead."

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