This was written for Read Write Poem prompt #44: Elegies and Rememberances. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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(for Karen Carpenter)
A.M. radio
nineteen and seventy nine
I hear you keeping time
a beat against which sonic softness and lyrical wine
were painted and sainted
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This sijo was written for Poefusion’s Tuesday Title prompt, “Somewhere between nowhere and goodbye”…which interestingly enough, was taken from a link off of this blog! Enjoy.
-Nicole
somewhere between nowhere and goodbye, their love lies in stasis,
inhabiting a transparent tunnel of final glances -
a train whistle seals the ends and this moment into memory
Written 7/22/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
This was actually written for three prompts: Poefusion’s Title Tuesday (“Stung by the Splendor of Sudden Black”), Writer’s Island (“Farewell”), and Simply Snickers (use the words “standing” and “still”). I wrote this entirely in American Sentences. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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Stung by the splendor of sudden black, I failed to
bid farewell to you. Nothingness erased the
last still frame where you stood and painted it
black. I called your name, but Silence devoured my
cries into its belly. An obsidian wall separated life
and death – and therefore, us.
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