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Open Poetry #47

Gathering Dust

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2011-12-29 04:08 PM

A lifetime organized
into every corner
of every shelf
drawer
and closet
Packed high
and tight
and tidy
A million
decisions
of what to do
with it now
flows into
boxes
backseats
and laps
And still
the house
continues
to disperse
it's memories
Some held
for generations
in camel back trunks
and cedar chests
It feels like
there is no end
no empty
no gone
and done
in sight
Just stirring memories
gathering dust.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2011-12-29 04:16 PM

So sad, even the pleasant memories, those which draw a smile, must be offset by a degree of sadness. Beautiful, sentimental and honest poem, Lori.

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

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-12-29 08:52 PM

Some held
"for generations
in camel back trunks
and cedar chests
It feels like
there is no end
no empty
no gone
and done
in sight
Just stirring memories
gathering dust."

Love this write Lori. Stirring memories "Gathering Dust."
Very special.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

tracie66
Member Elite

since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

3 posted 2011-12-30 04:54 AM

a beautifully penned poem, i loved it.

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Nicole
Senior Member

since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

4 posted 2011-12-30 08:42 AM

Those dust covered memories age like fine wine; and once they're unearthed it's almost as if you were there again.

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

5 posted 2011-12-30 09:26 AM

love how the form of the poem mirrors the content...very creative, Lori~

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