What’s mine is
yours what isn’t
all his possessed cheap
and passed on
needle deeds to pour out
the thimbles-
full fitting
nimbly in the shallow
dimples of
a love’s distressed palm.
Its clutch of fare-
well will break
hers down to
beggared bits
so nebulous ours
can’t keep from
advancing
matters and oh how
theirs gets circulated
energetically.
This week at Big Tent Poetry, Cynthia Short invites us to think about our possessions. I've been making a concerted effort to lesson my hold on physical matter, and this piece is an abstraction on possession rather than a focus on any one thing I may "own."
17 comments:
Oh, so it's a lessening lesson? ;)
From needle deeds to love's distressed palm is my favorite section. I especially love how the shadow dimples allude back to the thimble image. Well done.
~Brenda
What one man consders trash another considers as cherished! You make a good point. Like your writing very much.
Love this :)
Hi Francis,
I'm with Brenda on the nifty wordsmithery of that passage!
Liked it. the nimble, thimbles and lot more..
half-way through
Intriguing. nimble thimbles: could be a leitmotif in my own life!
Francis I love the spiral you took me on with this one!
Nicely done!
Pamela
Its clutch of fare-
well will break
hers down to
beggared bits
-To grip tightly is to surely shatter that which we hold dear.
Bravo!
-Reenah :)
Love the "clutch of farewell"
nice done Francis.....you better clutch that stanley cup...becyou will not be possessing much longer....happy trails my friend
Love the dance of words down the page, from the nimble thimbles to the clutched farewell. Wonderfully lithe movement and some rather really (as they say) dirty stepping. Really good stuff,
Elizabeth
Love the fun you clearly had writing this.
Reading this piece aloud, I felt like the "White Rabbit"!
Periodically I "lessen" but then seem to gather again!
Love "the shallow dimples of a love's distressed palm"! Love the abstraction. Admire the lessening of adherence to possession, which too easily turns possessor. Your poem dislodges stuff from its superiority. Nicely!
i always wondered about this..the travels of our things.."..and oh how theirs gets circulated energetically..."
I love reading this aloud, time after time - it sings of wonder and wander.
Great. Simply great.
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