Saturday, September 26, 2009

Penultimate for TOP and Monday Poetry Train

Penultimate

The sun is buttering
the oak leaves
on this second-to-last
morning at camp.

My impatiens survived
the thirty-degree
temperature and are sun-
bathing.

The butterflies
in my heart
are still for the moment;
my mom has agreed

to move to an independent-
living facility
where she can be monitored
and stimulated.

This will be her
second-to-last home
and I don’t want to think
about her last.

The sun plays
hide-and-seek
with my fingers
as I type.
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9 comments:

  1. Sarah CrowtherSeptember 27, 2009 at 6:22 PM

    I love 'The sun is buttering the oak leaves'

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  2. Julia Phillips SmithSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:50 PM

    So many second-to-last moments in this poem, Linda. I also love:

    'The sun is buttering
    the oak leaves'

    and

    'The butterflies
    in my heart
    are still for the moment;
    my mom has agreed

    to move to an independent-
    living facility'

    There is so much there between the lines.

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  3. Jane DoeSeptember 28, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    This is a really beautiful poem Linda. Wistful almost. You have such vivid imagery here and the words are very melodic. I really enjoyed this one.

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  4. annalarssonphotographySeptember 28, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Lovley!
    I just love
    'The butterflies
    in my heart
    are still for the moment'

    Awesome work!!

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  5. gautami tripathySeptember 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    Somehow this affected me. I feel so blessed to live with my mom.

    a single thought

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  6. JeevesSeptember 29, 2009 at 12:49 AM

    Moved me....

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  7. anthonynorthSeptember 29, 2009 at 3:36 AM

    So beautifully poignant.

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  8. ReginaSeptember 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    amazing!!!!!!!!! you truly have "the gift" my friend do not ever stop showing us how to feel and linger in the subtle great moments of our lives

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  9. Yellow TulipOctober 3, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    beautiful words dear:)

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