10.08.2017

Dubious Haul

A locked box
at the end of a red thread
containing all the sighs
of middle age
complaints like barnacles
dreams dragging behind
splintering on the rocks
all of yesterday’s ideas
bobbing
mostly regret

For Kerry’s photo prompt in the Imaginary Garden


Posted by Marian at 1:44 PM
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13 comments:

  1. angieinspiredOctober 8, 2017 at 2:18 PM

    sounds about right:) sigh at the seashore

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  2. brudbergOctober 8, 2017 at 2:29 PM

    Oh the weight of those sighs... all the whatifs pulling... but I hope that there is a catch somewhere.

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  3. FireblossomOctober 8, 2017 at 3:53 PM

    I say, cut the net loose and walk away.

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  4. Isadora GruyeOctober 8, 2017 at 4:08 PM

    I like how you took the feel and implied story of the photo and brought into a more modern realm. I especially like how you placed color into the poem (red) to sort of break out of the image. Well done and viva la!

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  5. Sanaa RizviOctober 8, 2017 at 4:19 PM

    I can feel the weight of those sighs.. Powerfully written!!

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  6. Susie ClevengerOctober 8, 2017 at 4:36 PM

    Ouch.. I so past middle age. I'm with Fireblossom, cut it loose.

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  7. TruedessaOctober 8, 2017 at 6:59 PM

    Perhaps, it is time for new dreams. Cast out the regrets.

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  8. kaykualaOctober 8, 2017 at 11:15 PM

    of middle age
    complaints like barnacles
    dreams dragging behind
    splintering on the rocks


    Complaints can end up as not being addressed. The bane of the senior citizens who are being ignored!

    Hank

    Hank

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  9. Brendan MacOdrumOctober 9, 2017 at 4:45 AM

    The title said it all for middle age. The things we ferry and drown ... I couldn't help think of Balthazar's box in "Amahl and The Night Visitor" become this ... burden. How true.

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  10. Kerry O'ConnorOctober 9, 2017 at 9:32 AM

    I read this last night, Marian, before turning in and the whole melancholy frame of reference really impacted on me. Amazing how the merest thread may drag one down.

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  11. Kim RussellOctober 9, 2017 at 11:27 AM

    It's like Pandora's box! I particular like 'complaints like barnacles' and 'bobbing / mostly regret' - a very effective line break, Marian.

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  12. roth phallykaOctober 10, 2017 at 2:19 PM

    The bane of the senior citizens who are being ignored!


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