Monday, October 25, 2010

Magpie #37


it
was badly damaged

momentarily offered to 
the scrap heaps

I staggered

dropped the moment

(a
pokerfaced interlude)

recollected

I couldn't part with
my last memory 

of you

 - Hoc Scripsi




image from Magpie Tales #37

13 comments:

  1. I've been there more than once...
    Nice one Jhon!

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  2. For me it was an Gap dress shirt.. one i made into rags, the other I gave my son..
    those things....

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  3. awesome. I like the dis-jointed flow of this piece, you have a really unique voice. nice.

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  4. Loved the 'poker faced interlude' bit.

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  5. Here too ... the poker face is an interesting conceit.

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  6. yes - the poker face grabbed me as well..

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  7. It's been said a lot here; in many different ways...

    Another fantastic peice. This one should be included in your next publication, if I'm not too bold in saying so.

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  8. Oh.

    This made my chest sink, just a bit, while I remembered someone I used to love. This is brilliantly sad...

    Pearl

    p.s. Got Hands on the Hips in the mail last week and have been reading. :-) I love it.

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  9. Thank you so much to everyone - I was a little hesitant about this one but liked it personally - once again the hard part is going to be coming up with a title to reference the photograph as the photo will not accompany the published poem.

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