Firepower

Gold cherry
Poem of the week
Pick of the Month

By lenchenelf

Thu, 24 Feb 2022
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14 comments
 

A new chill in the air this morning;

remember a winter hunched on mama's bed;

 

it took both hands to turn musty pages

of her cloth bound childhood atlas,

I couldn’t read the German Gothic Script

 

wonder still at shapes, how colours

and internal borders changed from year to year.

 

“No, that one is very out of date”

my teacher said

“you need to replace your view of the world

on a regular basis”

 

That was funny,

we didn’t have money

to replace our shoes.

 

I knew where lines were drawn.

 

Certificate U
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Camera Obscura

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

perfect for today (sadly)  in so many ways

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

 your comments are kind as ever; we'll try to find a way, that's what seekers do :)

Best to you

Lena x

 

Submitted by Ewan on

Taut, not a superfluous word. Timely and true. Please share and retweet if you like it too.

Author Page at the 'Zon
 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

high praise from a poet that really makes his every word work hard to earn their place in his canon,

Best to you

Lena 

 

Submitted by onemorething on

This is our Poem of the Week! Congratulations! 

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Thank you very much indeed

best wishes

Lena x

 

Submitted by marandina on

A wonderful poem, Lena. Congrats on your POTW award. Well deserved. Paul :)

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Very kind of you

Best

Lena

 

Submitted by agnosticnun on

Beautiful, taut little piece.

Kristi

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Very kind comment  and thank you for reading

Best

Lena

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

This is so clever, yet personal, too. From the safest place there is, a parent's bed, to the scariness of the world order changing, from hugeness of countries to small as a child's feet

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

A very kind and thoughtful comment. 

Best

Lena x

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Poem of the Month - Congratulations!

 

Submitted by lenchenelf on

Thank you

Lena x