she's still not over the fact that she is under the ground she speaks in rattly, clattery hissing voices whenever they come around "I'll reach right up and turn your ankles you unforgivable gits, for burying me, prematurely, over a spell of the coughing fits" so angry with her new residence and bored a deeper shade of blue she's knocked over her marble marker and broken it clean in two. Boo! ~ Rene 2010 To join Magpie Tales click HERE For another take on this magpie please check out "The Song Of The Stone Healer"
lovely.
ReplyDelete"Leave me unquiet." Interesting juxtaposition.
ReplyDeletethe storm under the radar.
Deletethere is a nice intimacy to this....
ReplyDeletewhisper to me....undo me...
love this !!
ReplyDeleteThere is an intimacy in a whisper... the undone would come for sure.
ReplyDeleteShhh..... love it.
ReplyDeleteOh! Quiet, silently undone. I get it!
ReplyDeleteYou REALLY manage to write a tight poem in a few lines. Still thinking a bit about 'unquiet' and 'undone.' Nice to see you again!
ReplyDeletelove this....whispering..x
ReplyDeleteOh yes, the secret is always best kept within one's whisper.
ReplyDeletePowerful and in just a few words. My kind of poem.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we need to be able to go through the undone moments alone so as to be able to move on.
ReplyDeletesoft steamy passion… love this!
ReplyDeleteOh, the unquiet and undone say so much in so few lines. Nice to see you, Rene.
ReplyDeleteYup to all the above--tight write! smiles to you!
ReplyDeleteFeels. . . timely.
ReplyDeleteLoved the whisper of 'unquiet' which is leaving it 'undone'... :-)
ReplyDeletePerfect. Not a word wasted.
ReplyDeletefantastic.
ReplyDeleteVery sensual and subtle. Nice! :-))
ReplyDeleteThere's a lovely understatement to this piece.
ReplyDelete..and all will be well!
ReplyDeleteThat touch of serenity.............
ReplyDeleteDelightful
ReplyDeleteI like the hushed image house voice conjures...
ReplyDeleteThis really has a beautiful power to it...
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