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Letting Go |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Letting Go Yesterday I let a poem go. I don’t know when, but somewhere teetering out along the cusp of words under the deep unworded burden they ride and the somewhere doesn’t matter at all what matters is, I didn’t write, didn’t care enough, want enough, wasn’t yearning for it this time. I can say this in my defense; I did hold them for a long time, cupped my mental hands around their warm newness cherished them like virgin breasts but that was all, and eventually I let go. It’s not the first time. There were years when no words came from me, then years when no words came at all; and yet the poems came still, aligned silent in theedges, signs and pictures hints of words that I could feel, until I relented, began again. Until that moment yesterday; the poem isn’t gone and I wish it were. The unfilled shape of it fills me with a void, joining the other thousand empty shapes in me, each one still calling, calling, but the words – the words are gone. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed "Until that moment yesterday; the poem isn’t gone and I wish it were. The unfilled shape of it fills me with a void, joining the other thousand empty shapes in me, each one still calling, calling, but the words – the words are gone." I know this feeling, as you know...and I'm very sorry to hear that you do too. I will mourn your words, and hope in the hope of my own words, that they will return.  |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Ed~ This one touches me so very tenderly today ... as just yesterday I was cleaning out some mementos and fingering the remembers of a dearest friend of some forty plus years ... then this morning I received notice that she had passed into the loving arms of her Savior~ Cherishing the words that she penned to me over the years ... and this *gift* from you makes me realize even more just why I hold onto all the mementos of love~ Thank you dear friend ... for even without knowing ... you knew~ Asking that you please hold the loving family of Patricia Barr in prayer vigil as they mourn the loss of wife and mother~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I will....for all of this day. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Misty Lilacs Senior Member
since 2005-11-15
Posts 1060White Birch Forest |
Hi Ed ... it is so hard to let go. Each syllable, each word, each whisper comes from the heart of a poet. I truly understand and hold onto everything. hugs, Marti Every blade of grass has its angel |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Ratleader I believe you have a big fish on the line. Take a deep breath and reel it in. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I've been able to retrieve two things from it...there was a house, country I think, and there were feet somehow. Not much to go on, but it's a start..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Oh, that's an excellent beginning. A country house, feet... I want to read this poem. Looks like we're going to get two poems! By the way, I love the original. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ed, I liked this one, and I'll expect the other one to pop up just when you least expect it! |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Ed...Good write. Hopefully that poem will come back to you one quiet night when everything is right, and you will write your heart again...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
I've read this 3 x's and going back again this was awesome... |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
Ed enjoyed the read very much..the poem will appear when you lease expect it, but on that day you will know...i will bet you will not have a scrap of paer or anyhting to write it down when it does...LOL..hope you have a good memory?..thank you.. Goldenrose. |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Oh yes I will! After this one -- /main/forumdisplay.cgi?action=displayarchive&number=64&topic=000977 -- I carry paper EVERYWHERE.....pocket notebook with a pencil stub stuck in the spiral.....this time I will catch it! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
I think this needs to go back up to the top. Great write! |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I have captured more threads, but I haven't gotten enough to weave yet. Soon! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The unfilled shape of it fills me with a void, joining the other thousand empty shapes in me, each one still calling, calling, but the words – the words are gone. And such a loss to you is a tremendous loss to us all!!! *S* This is beautiful, my friend... even as it aches with what could have been. *S* |
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Cloud 9 Senior Member
since 2004-11-05
Posts 980Ca |
i love this. I am going thru alot right now and it puts a great perspective on it. Thanks |
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luminosity Senior Member
since 2005-11-18
Posts 813 |
oh my ...oh my...do I know this...so many I have let go...try to hold onto them with a saved title on a page, waiting for the words to come back...but they are gone... wow....this is powerful |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
oh that 3rd stanza! it hit me good *smiling at you* thank you Ed |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I believe I do know what you mean! ~ and you expressed it so perfectly! So uniquely! ....and so POETICALLY! This write truly is a gem! You have carved your own special niche here at pipTalk! I love your work! Linda |
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starinthedark Junior Member
since 2006-02-13
Posts 32 |
I would lose many thoughts, that is why as soon as I think and feel it I write it and it is done...I just wish I would be hit more often as you are with the words to put on paper. Very good. starinthedark |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
It is an awful feeling to lose a poem like that. Felt with you throughout the poem. I once wrote 7 poems in one night. I put them directly on to my laptop, but was so sleepy that I managed to lose them all. I managed to resurrect 5 of them, but couldn't remember a thing about the other 2, so they are forever lost on the wind. I will be looking out for a poem about the country and feet, not necessarily in the title. - Owl |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I'm glad this popped up again -- because I have managed to find that poem and write it..... /pip/Forum94/HTML/002350.html It has a house, and feet....just like I remembered! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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