My finger bones
speak poetry louder than
my eyes,
in the long, thin, hard
tessellation of tarsal-words
muted by the aesthetics
of fingerprints
and skin.
Author notes
Thank you. I needed an excuse to write another poem. *smiles*
A contest entry
- Looking for Favorites by just-an-amateur.
600 points, ended February 10, 2008, 21 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Free Verse with Silver Lining by Randomly Beautiful.
300 points, ended March 3, 2008, 4 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Speak your mind.
Comments
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I really liked it, its very simple, which suits the subject. Great vocabulary use as well. Well done
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amazing
I was browsing through the poems and the first lines of this caught my attention immediately, made me want to find out what the rest had to say. You are very talented.
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This is beautiful. I love the form, the line breaks, the word choice. Really, everything about this is intriguing and wonderful. You inspire me.
"tessellation of tarsal-words"
I think that's my favorite line.
Thank you for sharing.
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Hello there!
I love the opening lines of this poem. They have a mystical and magical quality about them and they speak of the puzzlement that we sometuimes feel when we sit down at a keyboard to write and are surprised by what comes out.
My finger bones
speak poetry louder than
my eyes,
Glad to see that your poem was awarded.
Have an awesome day,
BJ.
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Very nice. Congrats ~Bret~
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oh, I love this...congrats on the bronze..
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I love it per usual.
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Thanks!
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A beautiful job. You guys are making this judging extremely hard. I may just have to add you all!
And you're welcome for the excuse. We all need one now and again don't we?
I call myself a bookworm and yet I got to the word tesselation and I hit a roadblock. Tells you how far my vocab's gone downhill. ha ha But the thing with poetry is, when you reach a word you don't know your mind and soul so often fill in that word with a feeling or another word that perfectly captures the definition of the unknown word (how's that for philosophical!). Ah, again I'm off-topic. I enjoyed the powerful feel this poem has. The last three lines were perhaps my favorite lines of the whole write
" muted by the aesthetics
of fingerprints
and skin"
It makes me think of how much our society would have focused on the aesthetics of those fingers instead of caring about the wisdom that poured from beneath them!
Thank you so much for entering this thought-provoking write and best of luck in the contest!
~M~
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Thanks so much for hosting and judging this contest! I am glad that you enjoyed my piece - it is becoming one of my favorites, actually.
And I definitely agree with you "philosophy" on unknown words! *laughs* That's one of the miracles of poetry!
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You lost me with all these high faluting words--I guess that's okay--if you hit home with the one it was meant for.
((((((((((((SmileS)))))))))))
David 
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short, but incredibly deep write here!
loved this part...
My finger bones
speak poetry louder than
my eyes,
keep on writing!
good luck in the contest
mike, aka jonathan wikkins
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great work on this..I loved the point of this poem!
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Thanks!
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Wonderful! Powerful, vivid, great short write. Best of luck in the contest.
♥
whisper
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