Behind the cracked leaves
blue sky fights for my attention
creating Polonious like images
demanding affirmation -
a dog's snout sniffing
a catfish snuffling
dad's big nose snorting.
Between the crumpling leaves
other shapes shoulder consciousness aside
negatives outmuscling positives
truths outshouting truth
silences screaming stories unsaid
untold.
the in-between lives exposing
the superficial lies.
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12 comments:
ack. nice write, great imagery...silence screaming stories unsaid...my fav line...but a dreadful place to be.
I love writing that makes me think. I did need to look up Polonius though. I love the interpretation of the leaf shapes.
I like this poem about truth and lies, the way you interpreted individual leaves in the pic, Poloniuses demanding attention. And negatives do rather outmuscle positives a lot, don't they? Well done!
Love the Polonius shnaz.
sometimes we need to sout down the negatives as they some how are more pushy than the positives.
Nicely written!
wise words...
well put.
catfish snuffling, dog sniffing...nice images...bkm
truth and lies
and my word verification is holyties
coincidence?
Steve, that was excellent. I loved the line "dad's big nose snorting"....my dad had a cracker of a nose. Could lose a finger up it!
As for me, my favorite line is, "the in-between lives exposing the superficial lies." I know all about that. Wonderful writing so well put.
HERE IS MINE
PG
I love the push/pull of this fine piece!
Love the last line...'the in-between lives exposing
the superficial lies.'
Left with the haunting of the negatives, powerful..
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