Forgetting

Magic, this is superb, I love it. I can not choose a favourite stanza, each is as brill as the next.

I like this too. It's very honest

Thank you, Shirley. I'm glad you loved this one ;)

Magic xxx

Thanks insert! I guess I treat my poetry writing as a sort of therapy, so I do need to be honest with myself. Glad you enjoyed!

Magic xxx

Wow!! Magic this is amazing! Honestly, it took my breathe away; there are so many fabulous images. I think this is one of the best love poems I have read in such a long time. Well done!!

Beeme xx

I have to return the 'wow!!', Beeme! Thank you for such a lovely, encouraging comment. Let's just say love is my forte ;)

Magic xxx

The imagery in this is superb, "At noon I stand like a sundial and you disappear into me", "I lie in the sun for hours, trying to scorch you from my skin", "I try to drown you in the pool, loitering under water by the filter".

The power you put into your words is amazing, your writing gets better and better.

David xxx :--)

Thank you, David! Glad you liked those lines - the sundial imagery has to be a personal fave ;)

Magic xxx

Hi there, Magic!

Nothing left for me to say, except in my book, this is certainly one of my all-time favourites and as insert says, it is the honesty with which it is written that makes it shine.

Among many, these have to be my favourite lines:-

"...In my bed,
below a square of sky;
canvas, framing the moon
that stares back so utterly Earth-struck.

Magic, magic;-)

Tina xxx

Thank you, Tina! I think those are some of my favourite images too ;)

Magic xxx

Another gem, Magic, and no mistake. You keep producing work of the highest quality with constant regularity. Good on you.

Luigi xxx

Another gem, Magic, and no mistake. You keep producing work of the highest quality with constant regularity. Good on you.

Luigi xxx

Thank you, Luigi! I've had many ups and downs with my poetry in the past two years, so I'm glad you think I've found a constant - for the moment anyway ;)

Magic xxx

New MistakenMagic
Absolutely gorgeous,
the same as all say, perfect
well deserved cherry! yeah mine a part
of life's happenings. Thankyou comment.
Get back later, got to out "The Big Issue".
Love all of this amazing poem poet
Beeme want's a cherry! brooch. Like you told me
and I have. thanks?
julie xx

Thank you, Julie! Glad you enjoyed this one ;)

Magic xxx

I wish i could put it into words the way you do; they seem to flow so naturally for you. Another brilliant piece - congrats on the cherry.
;)

Thank you, darkenwolf! Poetry has always come naturally to me, ever since I started writing - but don't be too hard on yourself either, I love your writing!

Magic xxx

Very, very impressive. It's quite magical and transported me to France and beyond. Well done to you!

Thank you, hoalarg1! St Juire, the village where I stayed, really was a beautiful place - glad I took you there - and beyond!

Magic xxx

Thanks; i'm new to poetry myself, i only got into it as part of an OU writing course. didn't think i'd keep it up but i've kinda caught the bug ;)

I definitely know the poetry bug ;) When I first started writing I was producing at least a poem a day - it was crazy. I've since got it more under control!

Magic xxx

All I want to say is OMG I LOVE THIS! But I should probably say something...beter :)

Well as always every single line in this poem is perfect, capturing love, pain and beauty and I love how magical it is and yet painfully realistic at the same time. A triumph of a poem Magic!

Hehe! Thanks, Maggy - 'OMG' works just fine too :p So glad you enjoyed this one ;)

Magic xxx

new MistakenMagic
Well deserved cherry!
And as also greatly done,
The last stanza:
I can Identify with you.
Then on the ninth day,
you get up to leave.

Tired of fighting me
you are willing to go away.

And that's when I turn to you
brush your fingers,
and beg you, please, to stay ...
brilliant.
yep, mine like your's mainly therapy.

Thank you, Julie! Glad you like that last stanza as I always try to end my poems on a strong note ;)

Magic xxx

Magic I really like a lot of details in this,'world of orchards and stone cottages', 'At noon I stand like a sundial and you disappear into me' especially like the moon in canvas part. The dilemma of haunted or lonely, i understand to much, then at the ending, after 'beg you, please, to stay...' are you then alone?

Hello Kahdai! In the end I am begging his memory to stay - which is basically a metaphor for me accepting that I will never be able to forget about him - because I don't want to ;)

Magic xxx

good :)