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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Apropos Of Nothing

Apropos of nothing,
these thoughts,
this poem;
this moment and this room.

I've been pondering oddities:
sundogs,
Marfa lights,
rings around the moon.

Unbidden,
unchanged--
love...love itself,
and my crave called love for you.

I'll not always be here;
behind this door, ajar--
my heart, this house, vased iris,
as far fragile these things are.

I've been pondering sanctities;
my dogs,
cool nights,
things said kept entre nous--

Unbidden,
unchanged--
love...love itself,
and my crave called love for you. 
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for Kerry's non-challenge at Real Toads.


13 comments:

  1. huge sigh... ripped my heart out.

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  2. One of your best more-than-a love-poem love poems--the references to unexplained phenomena, the soft, lullaby-like cadence, and the bittersweet tenderness all fold into each other to make a smooth and subtle draught of shadows and song. Again, one of your best, and that's no poetic Fata Morgana. So good, in fact, that I am reduced to quoting:
    '..I'll not always be here;
    behind this door, ajar--
    my heart, this house, vased iris,
    as far fragile these things are...'

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  3. Three Stanzas echo and I know the echo will continue a while, while sanctities are pondered, doors are opened and closed, leaving happens (except for love). So gently one gets used to the ache, so slowly that nothing seems to be moving.

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  4. A gorgeous photo and a heart-rending poem. xo

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  5. this crave... yes sometimes naming it love might be the best thing.. and waiting with the door ajar might be the best thing... wonderful use of repetitions..

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  6. Internal reflections turned to art in the poets hands... who could ask for more? I'll take that beautiful refrain with me today, with a big thank you.

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  7. Very beautiful. Most poignant, "I will not always be here...."

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  8. This is incredibly gorgeous. I agree with Hedge; one of your best.

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  9. A wonderful song... ;-) both yours and ELH
    ZQ

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  10. Sanctities versus oddities, very nicely put. The oddities don't go away so we'd best hang tight with the loved ones. I miss my Adi (a beagle dog).
    ..

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  11. you make poems big enough to discuss and moon over


    ALOHA from Honolulu
    ComfortSpiral
    =^..^= <3

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  12. saying i love you apropos of nothing is very romantic

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