they wrote of bluebirds
and British cartography
holding back their tongues
they knew each other
by the smooth stroke of their pens
never touching hands
they kept talk of love
in the silence of their hearts
their voices, their sighs
never
meeting
air
2013-Rene
For Magpie Tales
ooh this is strong, powerfully written, & reminds me so much of how we were in my family of origin (though we weren't British)
ReplyDeleteat the turn of the twentieth century, with Victoria still on the throne, her one penny stamp on the envelope, being pen pals was precursor to meeting someone today on the internet; only now we can actually see each other, and come to more rational conclusions about the object of our affection; nice take on the prompt.
ReplyDeletebeautifully imaginative......
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful, ah .. the overwhelming meaning (and power) of the written word.
ReplyDeletethere is so much said with actually putting ink to paper- so much more than electronically pushing "enter"
ReplyDeleteI would like to read a novel that expounded further upon this subject matter.
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Yes an i love you too, pen pal ! ........
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Rene...
ReplyDeletetouching words.
ReplyDeleteI feel it was a most wonderful love too!
ReplyDeleteRene this was lovely, very touching!
ReplyDeleteAmazingly written!! Beautiful lines for the imagination!
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