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Poems - Stone Up-Hill
| | Stone Up-Hillby greygrynn
Ennui’s cold-dead hand clasp, tendons straining, around my heart
Trapping a bright burning soul in a dry brown prison of sand stone and clay
But had to pick up the quill one last time and
Scream every fiber of my being onto cadaver skin paper – It felt so good
Nub rubbing love – Sweet drag back as letters formed looping and swirling
Southeast of Denmark blue sky gave host to puffs of wispy smoke, starch linen
White clouds – but I could only see not feel the crisp/cool joy playing to a
Cement/chrome/glass edifice of a mind preoccupied with just getting thru
Words flailing/ failing/falling – Slamming dead to a rammed earth floor
As I stood next to the giants – My mortality came sharper into view
Saw how small I really was – But still, I had to write
My father came back to haunt for a while
Not sure what he’d think - But knew how it seemed to me
Little church in a 2000 large town Southwestern Michigan bound
No room – Packed shoulder to shoulder family/friends/others
He died not alone/Not a coward
Back then – Drove home very quiet
We didn’t have much to talk about – My brother and I
And so it goes – Chew the glass shards and pain alone
What’s the point of continuing to form stanzas
Unread/Unremarkable to literary experts real and pretend
Can’t write for them - Everyone has their own demons to embrace or hold
But No! – It’s the joy unseen/not yet felt
Hearts raw red from someone’s no-response or
Cold/unfeeling paving stone trapped in a perfect chest
They read the words – Salve wounds too deep/pain hot-cold
Pick up and move on – A little lighter knowing
Tomorrow always comes
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Great images and pow
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by Blondie on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 (16:12:20) |
Great images and powerful writing in this one! Full of strong, and heartfelt vision.
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my favorite. love th
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by Rax on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 (16:23:48) |
my favorite. love the uplifting ending
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lovely description.
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by mamta on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 (00:16:02) |
lovely description.
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:) Wonderful. I real
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by tekirdag on Thursday, May 10, 2007 (10:21:36) |
 Wonderful. I really liked "Nub rubbing love".
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strong descriptive w
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by Coma on Friday, May 11, 2007 (16:05:29) |
strong descriptive words, great imagery, well paced.
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THere's a lot in her
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by lordfuznut on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (05:57:55) |
THere's a lot in here, and I like it a lot, nice to the Denmark self-reference and a perceptive analysis
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This is amazing. Som
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by mandabean on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 (19:12:16) |
This is amazing. Some of the best imagery I've ever encountered.
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I'm just not into po
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by Anonymous on Monday, June 04, 2007 (21:41:08) |
I'm just not into poems about writing, so I don't feel this one.
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tells it how it was.
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by George on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 (18:08:40) |
tells it how it was. I normally don't have the concentration level for anything longer than 12 lines,
but this was something else.
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beautifully written.
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by GrannyDeepSea on Thursday, January 17, 2008 (00:21:35) |
beautifully written.....you could put this into poetry meant to be read
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wow all kidding asid
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by wickedone on Friday, January 18, 2008 (08:31:36) |
wow all kidding aside you are an awesome writer; I admit your thought process sometimes takes a minute for me to capture but thats the best part working at it.. Very nice work. Poetry is so individual and thats what makes it great! ~W
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Nicely done.
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by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 (00:17:34) |
Nicely done.
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