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Bottled

The bottles sat, empty, clean, timelessly transparent upon the purity of a chalk walkway; antiquated memories of morning milkmen linger. The hollow hourglass shapes lacking the grains of time, reflecting, and refracting lemon light dollops of cream, buttermilk dreams. Devon Red herds await the bottles empty state, to fill with froth, to zing tin pails, to drowse to the lilt of a milkmaids’ aire.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 5/21/2009 7:36:00 PM
I love this piece. The imagery is great
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Date: 4/21/2009 12:11:00 PM
nice... jade e.
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Date: 4/19/2009 4:11:00 PM
I loved this I still have on old fashioned milk bottle saved thanks to my granny...This makes me recall a lot of things we did.....Love and Light.....LaBella
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Date: 4/17/2009 11:25:00 PM
Debbie thanks for your welcome blog comment today.Rgds Brian
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Date: 4/15/2009 7:09:00 AM
This is very beautiful, a unique style that plays with my mind. The images are very deep in their meaning to the overall theme of time and memories.:) Eggshells in my last poem were referring to....how I felt. If you are awkward, then you walk on eggshells...that is how I was around May's genial roses, because I wasn't bloomed in red. And thanks for your comment.:) Love, Sara
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Date: 4/14/2009 12:25:00 PM
I was wondering if you had planned to place all your poetry within your new book coming up on line. And this poetry here is very beautiful and as always down to earth. I dont place all my stuff on line. Do you think I am being selfish? not asking so you can comment in my box, you could place in my soup mail if you want. This sites getting boring about to see some magazines or something. Enjoyed this write, not just saying that for comments really mean that.
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Date: 4/14/2009 3:05:00 AM
Nice work Debbie.Rgds Brian & thanks for your interest in my ekphrasis
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Date: 4/13/2009 4:30:00 PM
again i say from days long ago. i see the tin box outside that adults just younger than us don't remember. John h loving iii
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Date: 4/13/2009 2:43:00 PM
From days gone by, those empties put out the night before, and magically filled by dawn's light....who thought beyond the gift of milk and cream....where from it came, and those who brought it without fail? Lovely nostalgic write! ~ Carrie
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Date: 4/13/2009 2:28:00 PM
My grandfather was a milkman. You evoke the feelings so well! I especially like - "dollops of cream, buttermilk dreams" I intend to read more of your work. Yours Matthew Anish
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