Just wanted to share a tiny poem (that's really huge) for Poetry Friday. I wrote it this morning after a prompt given to me by fellow writer and friend Sheila.
Sixteen Words for Love
Ablaze now,
I give you
yes
raw snowmelt,
unbroken
braid.
Listen:
this ocean
is our map.
copyright 2011 Irene Latham
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Such lovely imagery. Truly beautiful. =)
ReplyDeletepoetry is the picking flowers, bird watching, take a nap on your way to get some place... write me a poem that is put you foot down and get there.
ReplyDeletenot that I didn't like your poem it was great but I guess I'm always jumping to the end to see what it means and don't see the messages between the first word and last
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and expansive....
ReplyDeleteI loved this poem and reposted it, with your name and copyright on it on this blog I have to make for my college class.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great example of how powerful 16 words can be:)
It's posted here:
http://learnaboutpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/09/sometimes-short-is-best.html