Thursday, August 20, 2009

3WW: Decay, Riot, Graceful & TOP: From Here to There

Morning surfs
into my bedroom
on a butter knife

in between the shade
and the window
creating a riot

of sun pixels
on my quilt,
prompting me

to get up
and write a poem.
But a heavy arm

imprisons me,
pulls me back
into graceful shadows

away from the light
and another poem
dissipates and decays

into scattered words
while I ride a wave
back into night.

15 comments:

  1. This is just a really great piece. A fun read.

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  2. So, so much to read into this. Such wonderful imagery, you painted a lush picture with your words, Linda.

    I've had a few poems die the same way..

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  3. Beautifully words. Sometimes poems are lost due to sleep.

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  4. Love this poem Linda! I especially love the lines: in between the shade/and the window/creating a riot

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  5. I've experienced this many times...you expressed it very well! It's always frustrating when you know you've lost a good idea due to sleep.

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  6. Very sweet one..
    Felt like sinking into a slumber on a chilling morning and yet there are some things in life, I need to gear up and get going...
    Beautiful!!
    I love your random scribblings..They just rock!

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  7. That was really beautiful! I could picture the shades of dawn; it is really a great piece, with a lot of meaning in it!

    Nice one

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  8. This is sweet writing! Love how easy this is to visualize as I read.

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  9. Some great ideas come to me while still half asleep...then I lose them before I wake.

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  10. ooh nice. Your poem has such natural grace.

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  11. Very nice -- this expresses an experience I've had much too often.
    Thanks for visiting my site.

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  12. It's interesting that everybody read this as the author going back to sleep...
    Me, I pictured the heavy arm as belonging to a lover, who has pulled the author back to bed to make love. The words, "riding a wave back into the night" take on a whole new meaning, then.
    I found it to be passionate, lyrical, evocative, and absolutely gorgeous... and, because everyone else was saying it...I too, have lost a poem in this way... ;)

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  13. Do you have an anthology out yet? I'd buy it. Your entry is always a favorite for me, and this is no exception. Simply wonderful.

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  14. Oh, this is just lovely. All of you have grown so much since I last posted. Well done.


    love-bd

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