Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Windows of Memory


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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20 comments:

Mary said...

This truly IS a beautiful poem. I love the images. And the ending is exceptional!

Diane T said...

A stunning poem, indeed!

Pauline said...

memory thwarted by glass in real-time... how true!

Harvee said...

Love the slant of imperfect memory!

Anonymous said...

lovely description..
unique ending.

Tess Kincaid said...

Windows of memory, encased in glass. Beautiful.

Lyn said...

"Something there out of frame"..such stuff as dreams are made on! Lovely...

Anonymous said...

Wonderfully summing up the dissonant feeling of something out of kilter and not quite right. Beautiful poem...

Unknown said...

life reflected
a window in a mirror

Kristen Haskell said...

You are such a beautiful writer. I always love reading your poetry.

Tumblewords: said...

So true. Beautiful, as always.

Deborah said...

Beautifully written :o)

Brian Miller said...

nice. i like the textures...the gyrsy ear rings...i feel detatched through the glass that i feel in the end...nice magpie.

Erratic Thoughts said...

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!

Anonymous said...

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

Sioux Roslawski said...

This is a gorgeous poem. I loved the internal rhyme (tilt out of kilter) and the phrase "sepia brilliance."

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

lovely twists of words and meanings.
beautiful magpie.

Reflections said...

Beautifully written, like a 'dream-room' out of sync I would say...

Interesting take.

G. Graham said...

Ooo, I liked this one a lot. Especially the effect of the gap to the last stanza.

Olivia said...

Tiel: very Intense and emotional too.. :)