Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Lamplight










Anthony Desmond at  dversepoets.com is moving on with a new book in the works. He leaves us with several lines of his. We are to incorporate at least 3 of them into a new poem. His words are  underlined below; the rest is mine. Have a good day.





















Once, your  sweet love enveloped me,
we played in the noonday sun;
golden grass has grown taller -
our story had just begun
Then you moved and I went away;
the sun departed and rain came to stay,
neon goldfish flashing 
in the pavement waterway
Shade like shadow engulfed me
and like a lioness with belladonna in her eyes,
I craved images of you
Today I felt the fluidity of your presence
when I heard the loons call your name 
It's been a long, long time -
but you are just like you used to be,
the same
You came back into my life for a day,
a lost love found me, in you
and flooded me like a lone streetlight 
amongst the darkness
to shine on what is true





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10 comments:

  1. MarySeptember 23, 2015 at 11:32 AM

    Very clever! You worked the words well, and I enjoyed the sizing effects as well.

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  2. brudbergSeptember 23, 2015 at 12:00 PM

    The loons calling your name.. that really stuck with me. That sound to me is wilderness, and it becomes a story of a loved one returning.. wonderful Kathy,

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  3. Glenn ButtkusSeptember 23, 2015 at 12:18 PM

    Very interesting take on the prompt; it came out kind of like found poetry, & the size differences made me imagine slips of paper like fortune cookies, woven together in a sterling piece. I like the lines /neon goldfish flashing/in the pavement waterway/.

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  4. De JacksonSeptember 23, 2015 at 12:28 PM

    This flows like a song. Beautiful.

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  5. tonispencerSeptember 23, 2015 at 12:40 PM

    neon goldfish flashing
    in the pavement waterway......I just lovelovelove this image of light on cobblestones....and loons - what an evocative, lustrous line that is. How that resonates.

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  6. XSeptember 23, 2015 at 1:23 PM

    The neon goldfish is such a cool image.
    The loons calling your name has an interesting double play as well.
    I wonder about those that come in and out of our lives
    especially depending on how they left them the first time.
    Sometimes it is scary thinking that they will do the same again.

    I don't know if you did it on purpose but the different font sizes
    make for an interesting effect.

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  7. GraceSeptember 23, 2015 at 4:43 PM

    I like the ending of finding and reuniting with a long lost love ~ A tender love song ~

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  8. Debi SwimSeptember 23, 2015 at 5:50 PM

    To me the different sized fonts represent time - the distance and the immediate - very effective. A beautiful love song of second chances.

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  9. Katie Mia FrederickSeptember 23, 2015 at 9:12 PM

    For me every human
    interaction creates
    a new life..
    and to
    reconnect
    with anyone
    is a rebirth
    of unique
    life
    like
    that..:)

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  10. UnknownSeptember 25, 2015 at 5:20 PM

    Today I felt the fluidity of your presence
    when I heard the loons call your name... that is gorgeous! loved how you used the lines tell the tale of
    a lost love! very fitting!

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