4.26.2017

Hard(l-)y Out(side)

Feint
back
before
         losing hope
entirely
         as with
mourning blue buries
                betrayals
mount until too heavy to hold
           & limbs start breaking

(c) Karin Gustafson (all rights reserved)

NaPoWriMo Day 26! For Karin’s prompt in the Imaginary Garden: OUTSIDER ART and featuring her whimsical but somehow weighty artwork.
Posted by Marian at 9:28 AM
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14 comments:

  1. 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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  2. And then there will be
    Great crash iPad first
    ..

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  3. Such stunning use of enjambment and wordplay, Marian ❤️

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  5. I did wonder what was breaking its neck. Guess you knew...

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  6. Like the plant in the picture I feel my head is bent now.So many ways to read this.

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  7. So very clever... love the blue buries.

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  8. mourning blue buries

    So filled with poet envy right now...

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  9. "mourning blue buries" is simply brilliant. Wish I wrote it.

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  10. Beautiful. Fits perfectly with the drawing. "mourning blue buries" nice!

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  11. Well written pause...

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  12. I too loved the different readings possible – though all adding up to the same sad conclusion.

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