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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Hornpipe

 Everything is fine until it isn't.
Stars wheel in the sky, then turn back upon themselves
as we have, deaf dancers to music with too many sharps.

Gazing at constellations,
no one sets out to disarrange them.
Most of us aren't cruel by nature, don't dark our own world,
we just forget to tend the light, like distracted keepers
who look up and lose hope,
the shore obscured,
the hour too late,
the storm already arrived where no soft word
or brave promise can stop it.
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for Dverse "Dancing Queen"





14 comments:

  1. You had me with the first stanza, which uses the Dancing Queen line. And then this line
    "we just forget to tend the light," So astute and incredible powerful.
    Just a wonderful post to the prompt!

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  2. If only we could see that storm coming, but looking beyond is easier than looking in.

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  3. An immense sadness, reading your poem...wise words, yes, and so well put...

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  4. This is awesome. Every word. I can’t even quote; it’s the entirety I love. Your brain, gah. A masterpiece. Its own galaxy.

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  5. Gazing at constellations,
    no one sets out to disarrange them.
    Most of us aren't cruel by nature...

    Some guy in a bar told me that the alignment of Uranus is causing everyone to be irritable; in conflict.

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  6. Hi Shay. I'm back after what, 5 years +.Remember One Stop. I've been writing prose and am getting bored. Used to publish under nom de plume, Ted Richards.

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  7. Shay,
    So much wisdom and sorrow here, that we "keepers" of the light are so careless that we ourselves "dark the world," let in despair, until it's too late. Your use of the prompt line was just right. Beautifully wrought poem.
    Pax,
    Dora

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  8. Stars wheel in the sky, then turn back upon themselves
    as we have, deaf dancers to music with too many sharps...

    What a great image describing where we are in society today! This is a wonderful poem. No soft kind word will calm our storm. Sadly, you may be right!

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  9. 'Most of us aren't cruel by nature, don't dark our own world,
    we just forget to tend the light'

    Oh, how true this is! We forget about that inner spark and become dead inside.

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  10. Despite the simple, factual tone, this poem is rich in emotion, a palpable regret, a thinning acceptance. The opening lines especially are superb.

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  11. We're all self-focused needing machines, that is what keeps us surviving. It’s when we become insensitive, self-centered, wanting meat-bags that there is a problem.
    Well expressed here Shay!

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  12. I really really love this.. how easy to forget the stars on a canvas of darkness.

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  13. Another gem .... sharps, minor keys, off tempo rhythms, crazy harmonies .... however ABBA was perfect.

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