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Open Poetry #44

Portrait 1977

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2009-04-17 10:44 AM

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When were you
Ever in my life

Did I ever see you
Once on a street
Or in a corridor
Even briefly
Passing by

Was there instead
Some garden or grove
Where you quietly lived
Shaded and hidden
From physical view
I missed along the way

The leafless trees
Stoically await
Another spring
A stolid sun
Again
Falls below
My western sky

When were you
Ever there
To be sought
Or found
Let alone
Happened upon

Giving light
With a look

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SEA

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2009-04-17 12:01 PM

this feels so sad...

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

2 posted 2009-04-17 09:14 PM

yep, feels sad indeed

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

3 posted 2009-04-17 09:28 PM

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Thanks both

John

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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2009-04-17 09:31 PM

Yo John,

This puts me in mind of all the people that have asked me for a light, or who I have asked for a light.

It's almost enough to get me smoking my cigars again.

Bobby

Juju
Member Elite

since 2003-12-29

Posts 3429
In your dreams

5 posted 2009-04-18 12:54 PM

Sad. Bitter.

Osprey
Member

since 2009-04-12

Posts 249

6 posted 2009-04-18 11:32 AM

Lonely;
wishing on a stranger's face; the root of such heart-felt poetry.

critical mass
Member

since 2009-03-25

Posts 275
Michigan

7 posted 2009-04-20 05:32 AM

Good writing.

But portrait of who.
the title doesn't give it away.

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