Day moon
a day dream real
as those far snow-capped
mountains so real
somewhere else
not here
pallid as the ghost
of the grafted plum
that came up just beyond
the stump
white-blossomed
unlike its predecessor
I didn’t know a tree
could just spring up like that
these are strange days
this whole day moon a portent
a portal it must mean something
hanging there meaning
something
irresistible as a half
-formed thought
a blank to fill in
to the sun’s brazenness
a hint a suggestion
attractive as what might
be but isn’t
yet
You completely had me within the first two lines. One of my favourite pieces of yours so far! 😊
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Thanks, Yusra!
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Stupendous! “…mountains so real / somewhere else.” This flows through many of your poems, though unvoiced.
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thank you!
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I can’t imagine life without poetry – words from the heart and soul!
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me either!
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the way you metaphor … like Sylvia Plath at times
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high praise! I would settle for a lesser Bishop or minor-league Larkin 🙂
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