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Simple Spring Showers From My Fathers Cabin

Fast, always too fast as it hits the roof spills , pours over eaves and the wisteria suffocates playground jacks scatter across laughter’s single cloud of grey white light. Arms rest on a splintered shelf keeps the life outside, i press a tiny index finger write a coded breath note against the single pane clutched with water varicose veins; can it see me smile from my chest lay its softness across dogwood blossoms concentrate to hear them feed. A final kiss of spring clings to her slip, reveals a true body out of grammar into new flesh; if I too tilt back my head, open my mouth, funnel in rain, become the springtime blossom, will I drown?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 3/22/2009 6:45:00 AM
Wow. You have magnified the memory of a spring shower, and so incredibly well I must say! We have Wisteria in our yard and once it starts growing it takes over all the trees. You caught my attention in your very first verse and each one after completely outstanding. Love, Shar
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Date: 3/21/2009 4:04:00 PM
We can see and hear the showers you described so vividly, Jason. Well done!
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Date: 3/21/2009 3:08:00 PM
Another brillaint write...This poem is loaded with images and they make the poem read magnificently....each line tells a story..the ending is wicked..it could be a poem all by itself...open your mouth..funnelling in rain..becoming a springtime blossom...wow..terrific writing.
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