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There Should Be Flowers
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There Should Be Flowers |
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Professor Gloom Member Elite
since 2000-07-23
Posts 3082of Depression |
Empty vase on an unset table, Dimness fills the shuttered room, Crystal washed and put away, Silver shined in darkened drawer. She enters with feathers reaching where able Removing months of dust and gathered gloom, Curtains now pulled lets in the fine summer day Light washes where dark stained before. White linen underlies the gold rimed white A simple pattern yet an elegant design Carried over in the sterling silverware, And the crystal is equally fine. All is prepared for fancy dinner that night, Except for the empty vase that still sits there. Gloom |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
May be if the vase is empty there is no love...How unfortunate.... thank you for sharing this beautiful painting. yann |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read  |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So, what's the expectation? That the fine dinner is set to be laid out, and flowers will indeed be coming...along with the guest...  Enjoyed the imagery, Professor! [And yes, I'm a terrible hoptimist...  ] |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I am seeing a 'what once was' scene unfold. The fine dishes and silver are not on the table. The empty vase cries of neglect. No one is expected, no one will be coming. This plays like the scene of a room after its occupants are gone...for good. A fine somber write, Professor. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I read this much the same way that Kacy does with the feeling that "the flowers" may be on a grave. What ever the true meaning, it is an exceptionally fine poem. Ida |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
there should always be flowers~~ M |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
awesome rhyme scheme Gloom! |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I read lonely. Perhaps an old woman who once had people to share time with - when meals were events, maybe parties. Now it's like the music is playing but there is no one to dance with. And the vases remain empty. A |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Nice writing...James |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Wonderful scenery, I read anticipation ... the light is there, crystals and silvers shine, white linen sounds of freshness, new beginnings ... the flowers will come ... Love, Margherita |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
The only thing missing visually were those darn flowers. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
. . . and the people, Mysteria, and conversation and love - between man and woman, family, friends - and the garden outside. That empty vase - perhaps it is serving as an urn for somebody's ashes, perhaps she doesn't think about the fact that there should be flowers in it, perhaps the metaphorical flowers have gone out of her life, perhaps Professor Gloom is using it as a symbol of the absence of life, colour and the senses, perhaps it is something else. A most effective poem. - Owl |
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