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Cut By The Sea

A block among shells her pale jugular, it meets; the DNA stain — where she breached in chosen gray, heartache jumping in her feet.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 5/18/2025 1:09:00 PM
Paige, this piece hits like a sudden wave--sharp, quiet, and devastating. The imagery is haunting: “her pale jugular” and “heartache jumping in her feet” are unforgettable. You’ve condensed an entire story of pain, surrender, and sea-stained identity into just a few lines. Stunning work.
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Date: 3/14/2025 4:04:00 AM
wow riveting and pulse happenin' I like it Paige
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Date: 3/9/2025 8:58:00 AM
Dear Paige, your title and intense poetic imagery is evocative, emotive and viscerally felt. A raw, haunting piece of heartbreak. I can feel the "gray" desolation inside and out through your artistic phrasing. So full of sadness. Warmest wishes my dear poet friend.. ~Susan
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Date: 3/6/2025 2:35:00 PM
Oh, so sad. Well written, yet terrifying and heartbreaking. The poor precious soul. My cousin made a choice, similar, and pieces like this bring back memories before the darkness won in his ending, leaving only sorrow and horror in his wake. I miss him, the earth isn't even the same at the loss of that precious soul. You wrote this well, it is haunting and deeply sad.
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Date: 2/28/2025 7:25:00 AM
Paige, this is a frightening and moving piece of writing. It is full of life and feeling yet unfettered. Your imagery is wonderful.
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Date: 2/26/2025 3:50:00 PM
Great cutting imagery!
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Date: 2/25/2025 5:08:00 AM
Dear Paige, What a haunting, evocative piece, so vivid, yet raw in its emotional intensity. The imagery of heartache and choice blend with such delicate power left me breathless. This one lingers in the soul. Winter Blessings, mY Dear Friend, Daniel
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Date: 2/25/2025 2:21:00 AM
The last line is so very different and unique how you’ve described heartache! How creative and clever and well worded is your tanka! So much depth in the way youv expressed and phrased your thoughts! Pleasure reading your poems always. Sending you light always
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Date: 2/24/2025 4:43:00 AM
The imagery makes me wince!
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