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Forest

 
 
 
 
 
All paper
will cast a pale silhouette
of its tree undone.
 
A closer look
reveals each ring,
those marks of age
and passing-
 
vague water stains,
ghosts of ripples
splashed
where the texture of words
fell crisp,

 

each drip against the ocean
of a page.
 
Some clasp a Rose,
a Dandelion or Violet
pressed between sheets,
flattened fan-like
as a memory of wild
 
for every book
longs
to roam through
its heartwood.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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  • adios muchachos gold member
    March 30, 2008

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    Well done! Congratulations! Great how you can take a finite number of words to work with, and produce disparate yet beautiful word works!

    John-Las Vegas, Nevada


  • RedAquarius
    March 29, 2008

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    Ohhh, heartwood...I love that. I used it in a sotry I wrote once with an ex-it was so special for us - it brings back lovely memories. Grats on the Silver, EK!


  • Dalaney gold member
    March 29, 2008

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    oh yes, this is exactly what i was looking for. You take my breath away every single time i read something by you. thank you sooo much for entering my contest. love, lane


    • EvilKate
      March 29, 2008
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      Thanks. The frustration for me was - I saw a great edit, but the contest had closed ... so fairness stayed my hand

      FYI: It was changing "pressed between sheets" to "pressed between waves" - just seemed to sit better with the 'ocean of a page' metaphor just prior


  • transcendental baby gold member
    March 27, 2008
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    Oh I love this Kate! What a wonderful way to look at it!

  • Suzanne Dia
    March 27, 2008

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    Oh.
    I was going to enter this contest, hehe.

    I might still yet, but there is real competition here..ahem.

    This is beautiful. I love heartwood.




    • EvilKate
      March 27, 2008
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      You have to enter - beside having no shortage of talent, you qualify eminently for a contest titled "For the Simple-minded"

      *scampers to beddles* (as you can see, I am feeling a little better these days of late)

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