She always seemed to wear pink
like a spirited blossom
that always embodied spring
where once we sat
there is a cold covering
nothing speaks of her warmth
dawning day in starry eyes
heat of molten sunsets
her flower petals drop
I traverse this white path
her bare footprints covered
frozen is the fabric of my tears
that fall like icicles
and I sit on our bench
waiting
alone
I went far afield on the Poet’s United prompt today. I am snowed in at this beautiful getaway – so the snow covered bench and the rambunctious pink begonia stole the show which was supposed to be focused on “Fashion.”
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Thank you for visiting Moondustwriter. In 2019, we have an exciting project. We are developing elementary curriculum for Ugandan children. As a writer, it is a thrill to help children who want to learn. Along with the curriculum, we hope to develop simple fictions about Uganda for the children to read at school. Trust me books are in short supply. We will use our trusted story tellers: a butterfly and a lion to make the stories come alive. Stay tuned as Bethany and Me put pen to paper.
I've been part of the blogging community for more than 10 years. Some old timers may remember the award winning (2012 Twitter Shorty ) blog community - One Stop Poetry. I was the (quiet) originator of the idea and co-producer of One Stop Poetry.
I am a published writer, poet, artist and photographer. I have written, as well as edited, for periodicals, radio, blogs and fellow writers.
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Fashion offers a wide berth. Your piece certainly falls within that realm. Pink is usually so perky, but you juxtapose it with a rather blue tale creating a tension that serves the message nicely.
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glad you caught that wintry tension that drowns out the vibrant color.
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That rambunctious pink Begonia I thought was a real person, nice poem, I like it a lot.
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well she is allegorically speaking
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I love the creative way you brought fashion lightly into it with her always seeming to wear pink – and that flower photo is so artsy! also like that snow covered bench – and just such an interesting poem (fabric of my tears) = need to read it again 🙂
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side note – have you ever hear dog the book “drunk tank pink” –
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A fashion In Pink. I’ll buy that along with missing the floor show, tho I suspect that the figure in white snow liked more than the show.
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I love the idea of a person who always wears hues of a certain color…emotively written, Moon.
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Ah…nature’s fashion always steals the show!
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I love “frozen is the fabric of my tears” and the bright note of pink in the white landscape of the poem.
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__But, in the “fashion” of her season she will return; her thought will warm next winter’s
chill.
_m
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Wearing pink definitely seems to be a fashion statement.
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Lovely poem again, Leslie. Pink is certainly fashionable – it’s such as warm tone, hard not to be uplifted by it the slightest bit. Beautiful begonia. It doesn’t seem to mind the cold 🙂
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Reblogged this on My Bewildered Brain and commented:
Another fine writer that I follow.
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thank you sooo much!!!
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i can sense longing and the play with the changing seasons make this more effective
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I like the contrast of pink, and then the white of winter. Strong narrative too.
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what a delight to see color in a snowy landscape. beautiful capture 🙂
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So sad to sit alone where once things were shared.
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frozen is the fabric of my tears – such a beautiful line…all the loss and grief encapsulated so profoundly..i can’t help but think of all the people that pass by ‘us’ not knowing when it would only take a minute to help dissipate sadness…
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Such a haunting, beautiful poem.
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