The windows of memory
are full of sepia brilliance
and tilt out of kilter
like the walls in a dream-room.
Brass loops like gypsy earrings
leave dust on your fingers.
There's something there
out of frame.
Shadows flit across the view
but you can't see birds.
Leaves stir but there's no sound
or fresh smell of breeze
although the window's open—
you think, but your reaching hand
meets glass.
--image courtesy of Magpie Tales
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Windows of Memory
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free verse,
image,
poetry
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This truly IS a beautiful poem. I love the images. And the ending is exceptional!
A stunning poem, indeed!
memory thwarted by glass in real-time... how true!
Love the slant of imperfect memory!
lovely description..
unique ending.
Windows of memory, encased in glass. Beautiful.
"Something there out of frame"..such stuff as dreams are made on! Lovely...
Wonderfully summing up the dissonant feeling of something out of kilter and not quite right. Beautiful poem...
life reflected
a window in a mirror
You are such a beautiful writer. I always love reading your poetry.
So true. Beautiful, as always.
Beautifully written :o)
nice. i like the textures...the gyrsy ear rings...i feel detatched through the glass that i feel in the end...nice magpie.
How wonderful is this...
" you think, but your reaching hand
meets glass." i loved those closing lines...
"Brass loops like gypsy earrings" made me smile...such fine obervations...
Really liked it!
The windows of memory
are full of sepia brilliance
and tilt out of kilter
like the walls in a dream-room.
This expresses my experience to a T. Beautifully written.
Victoria
http://liv2write2day.wordpress.com
This is a gorgeous poem. I loved the internal rhyme (tilt out of kilter) and the phrase "sepia brilliance."
lovely twists of words and meanings.
beautiful magpie.
Beautifully written, like a 'dream-room' out of sync I would say...
Interesting take.
Ooo, I liked this one a lot. Especially the effect of the gap to the last stanza.
Tiel: very Intense and emotional too.. :)
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