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Empty Shell

how deep and hollow is an empty shell
found amongst the distant dunes
no home for sand nor wave
~*~



Note:  For Chris's Kimo Contest
*6th Place

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Clay Robbins

Date: 1/4/2012 7:05:00 AM

I guess everyone afore me has already said all that I could; in particular how one is drawn to read this over several times each time conjuring up something ever subtly different in the image you have cleverly painted in these three lines with a sundry of layers. Mystifying!

Kim Merryman

Date: 12/26/2011 1:30:00 PM

A lovely write, Annalise. Congrats on your win. Kim

Robert Pettit

Date: 12/24/2011 11:20:00 PM

Reminds me of summer at the beach again. Now I can't wait for it! Congratulations on your win.

Wilma Neels

Date: 12/24/2011 8:47:00 AM

I loved it the first time I read it Annalise :) Congratulations on your win :) Merry Christmas to you and your family.. Hope it will be a blessed one, love Wilma

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/22/2011 7:08:00 PM

So glad to see this on the list. Congratulations on a job well done, Annalise.

Bob Quigley

Date: 12/22/2011 2:29:00 PM

Congratulations on your win with this pleasant offering Annalise.

David Williams

Date: 12/22/2011 2:14:00 PM

Annalise congrats on your win, hope you will enter my first contest..David

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 12/22/2011 11:11:00 AM

Congratulations on your win in the Chris D. Aechtner "Kimo" contest Annalise. Love, Carol

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/20/2011 7:21:00 PM

It leaves you with an empty feeling of sadness. Poor animal that once inhabited that shell!

Audrey Haick
Date: 12/20/2011 9:44:00 PM

Are you ready for Christmas, Andrea? It came much too fast this year...Have fun, my friend.

Audrey Haick
Date: 12/20/2011 9:39:00 PM

Oh, it's the shell I feel the most for, Andrea...that little fella's gone back to enrich mother earth, but the shell is quite useless out there. See what I mean? I don't know if this will do at all for the contest as I've only done one or two...Either way, I tried. lol Love, Annalise

Robert A. Dufresne

Date: 12/19/2011 5:37:00 AM

this Kimo form compliments this interesting poem of yours Annalise. Thank you for your holyday wishes! Merry Christmas to you and yours also. my poetry friend

Matthew Anish

Date: 12/18/2011 8:27:00 PM

Never saw this form before. Very original work - reminds me of wandering around cape Cod. Peace & love Matthew Anish

Joe Maverick

Date: 12/18/2011 3:35:00 PM

Enjoyed the emphasis on motion sorrounded by the desert; sand waves.. Highlighting hollows / hollowness..) set in the depths of existence Annalise...(hope i have got some of this "write" ha ha..) all the best to you this Christmass and coming year..)

Kabuteng P.Ink K.

Date: 12/18/2011 9:51:00 AM

This sure is filled with meaning amidst the "emptiness" metaphor... very nice kimo, Annalise and thank you very much for the fave! :) Wish you the best in Chris' contest!

Wilma Neels

Date: 12/18/2011 8:14:00 AM

This is a gem Annalise, wishing you all the best for Chris' contest ;) love Wilma