Lover’s E-mail Exchange

This sedoka was written for the Three Word Wednesday prompt. This week’s words: omitted, gamble, and temporary. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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long distance gambles
Eros lives in our e-mails
hearts lift on temporary highs

after we have met
we discover that both have
omitted critical truths

Written 7/30/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

Stumble It!

Stumble It!

~ by ravenswingpoetry on Wednesday, July 30, 2008.

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8 Responses to “Lover’s E-mail Exchange”

  1. That is too true and too funny. Me like

    pia said this on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 2:55 pm

  2. I think this happens frequently, but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing at the time.

    TC said this on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 3:04 pm

  3. Wow! What a great use of the 3WW prompt! Quite contemporary, too.

    Joyce T. said this on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 6:13 pm

  4. but i bet it was fun while it lasted……

    paisley said this on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 7:45 pm

  5. Ah, dreams are oftentimes better than the real thing. Great post!

    Tumblewords said this on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 9:27 pm

  6. Very aptly put. I suppose we can all relate to this feeling!

    Creativity

    gautami tripathy said this on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 8:18 am

  7. “Eros lives in our emails” — wonderful.

    nathan1313 said this on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 9:33 am

  8. who woulda knew that life could be so complicated… this is so funny but yet so sad… getting to know people thru the net is interesting to say the least…

    pieceofpie said this on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:55 pm

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