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Sunday, October 5, 2014

Tersha

Tersha wears jeans and a blue shirt--
she is the land in shadow
and the starred sky.

Tersha has cats with flame tails--
she presses her cheek to them;
singing, they go up in smoke.

Tersha's hair is dreamside dark--
to touch it is to sleep on the center line,
smiling under a white moon.
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for Flash 55 at Real Toads.


18 comments:

  1. Each stanza is immediate and evocative - but the last is amazing. What a lasting impression you leave us of this person.

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  2. October-licious, Shay. You're a fountain of endless creativity. I envy you. xo

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  3. She leaves me with an impression of the dark lure of danger.. Esp. That last stanza is haunting

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  4. .. does Tersha fear the Fireblossom? I doubt it.

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  5. As always, this is full of both sensuality and singularity--plus its own full moon magic, and the brisk breath of an autumn that would love to linger longer, dragged so reluctantly away. Lovely, Shay, and it feels just absolutely natural in length, not one extra or missing word.

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  6. This is utterly lovely. The starred sky, the white moon. Sigh. Love sleeping on the center line smiling under the white moon.

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  7. Whew! Well done! It swept me away. Thanks!
    ZQ

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  8. Dreamside dark, so exquisite and I admire specially the last stanza ~

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  9. i think it's lovely!

    great song, too.

    and, yes, we best fear the fireblossom! innocent she may appear at first glance, but we know what she is capable of!

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  10. ah, that center line. not a great place to sleep.

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  11. Sometimes our deepest passion is both lovely and dangerous...I felt the braiding of these both in this Shay. Lovely...and I love that song...I have always been a BIG Stevie Nicks fan. :-)

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  12. Love the idea of "cats with flame tails..."

    A smooth read and a great Flash 55, Shay:~)

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