Feintbackbeforelosing hopeentirelyas withmourning blue buriesbetrayalsmount until too heavy to hold& limbs start breaking
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NaPoWriMo Day 26! For Karin’s prompt in the Imaginary Garden: OUTSIDER ART and featuring her whimsical but somehow weighty artwork.
Hey Marian--your enjambment and word play are so effective here--each read shows a different layer/angle, each of which is illuminating--I love the last three lines particularly--(though not so into betrayals!) Thanks and thanks for kind comments. I've enjoyed reading your work very much and am glad to be back in the swing a bit. K.
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Such stunning use of enjambment and wordplay, Marian ❤️
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI did wonder what was breaking its neck. Guess you knew...
ReplyDeleteLike the plant in the picture I feel my head is bent now.So many ways to read this.
ReplyDeleteSo very clever... love the blue buries.
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ReplyDeleteSo filled with poet envy right now...
"mourning blue buries" is simply brilliant. Wish I wrote it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Fits perfectly with the drawing. "mourning blue buries" nice!
ReplyDeleteWell written pause...
ReplyDeleteI too loved the different readings possible – though all adding up to the same sad conclusion.
ReplyDeleteIt is like falling into hopeless.
ReplyDeleteso sad ~
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