entwined we are
not coiled
into smooth curves
but fettered by force
entrapped by drought
ensnarled
by an uncaring past
whence twisted twigs
mature into trunks
lumbered to silence
yet crowned
by the treble of spring's
green
tablature
.
Author notes
Photo: Private Collection -- Entwined, George, SOUTH AFRICA taken September, 2008
A contest entry
- Pick Words Like Flowers Quickie (48 hrs) by poet2angels.
475 points, ended September 27, 2008, 13 entries
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Cornered
By the belligerent
Demanding the space
of kith and kin
pith and stem
Fathers standing tall
Getting large
Standing shelter for
Sibling, slipstreamed
For rail and flame
Recriminations
I saw holocaust
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Ah..the immages are so beautifully crafted and so beautifully presented..I love its message and its impact as well..well done...
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Another Myra beauty. What a great picture -- I always love to see trees twined in this way. What a perfect compliment your words are to the picture.
Excellent.
Garrison
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Such a beautiful poem and it "entwines" with the pic perfectly to create such beauty...Amazing poetry...
Ty for entering!
Lynda
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This is a marvel of a picture and a poem to match. I know the feeling well. I am never disappointed when you capture a picture in words.
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astounding metaphor
This is really terrific, how the picture and words relate to people who are together because they need each other and can't leave. Your wording is very strong, "fettered by force", "lumbered into silence". Then the last stanza comes to lighten it all, and remind us that love is beauty. I'm strongly affected.
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I cried when I saw this tree ...
I was sitting in the car, and rolled down the window to take this photo, for I saw figures, clinging together, weathered and exposed in nakedness ... And the world passed without any feeling whatsoever .... There are a thousand poems in this one picture, which I cannot even begin to express ... Thank you Margaret, for knowing my soul.
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