Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Unsavory for TOP

That Inconvenience

Roses
bloomed
in my stomach;

thorns
pierced
my uterus.

The red carpet
rolled out
for the stars

of my
agony. Two
children:

our oak tree, Nathan,
and his sister,
Erin, our Tuts,

I smiled
as I reached
into the tampon box.

12 comments:

  1. I love you Linda...your work is terrific.... I wrote one call "The flow".... I am not alone now!!

    Good job

    Hugs Sherrie

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  2. Ugh! What a memory! But so cleverly told. Nice job.

    TAILS AND TATTLETALES

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  3. Easy to say for me - but the ability to produce new life must be worth the pain.

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  4. very very nice poem. clever reply to the prompt. say regards to them :D

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  5. Fantastic! I love the stanza break after "stars."

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  6. Linda, this is wonderful. In birth all is forgotten except life and love.


    love-bd

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  7. Hi Linda, I read this poem several days ago and thought, how clever!

    Did you get your students outside with cameras yet? You mentioned a 'thankfulness' project...

    Jan

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