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Evening Gown of Yesterday

After days of fog
Moths eat away the slip of winter
Pieces of the New Year
Drift as ash into spring

Eyes waiting abhorrently 
While midnight clasps the last remnants
Tomorrow becomes the butler 
Escorting the sun

Rays peel open the solstice
Tattered wings flutter towards
The lamppost of February
Sealed in pocket mirrors…

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P Sheart

October 4, 2009 at 10:52 AM

A amazing poem. Congrats!! Love Light Truth Patty

Raul Moreno

October 2, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Jason, congratulations on making the first round of the contest...Raul

September 26, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Jason, I just wanted to drop by and add--Congratulations on having two poems make it through the first round in the contest. Good luck in the finals! Karen

James Fraser

September 5, 2009 at 7:53 AM

Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week>>James

Adeleke Adeite

September 2, 2009 at 12:57 PM

This is a well deserved feature … what a creative, wonderful poem, I love every bit of it. You are such a great poet. Please keep writing and congrats on your poem being featured this week. Hope to read more of your wonderful pieces. You are great ! Adeleke

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

September 1, 2009 at 4:58 AM

Congratulations, Jason, on having your well-written poem featured today. Keep writing. Lovingly, Dane

Raul Moreno

September 1, 2009 at 2:09 AM

Jason, congratulations on your feature this week...Raul

August 31, 2009 at 5:24 PM

Nice use of imagery and personification for a creative view. Congratulations on having your poem featured this week. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen

Carol Sunshine Brown

August 31, 2009 at 4:19 AM

Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Jason. Hope to see many more of yours featured. Love, Carol

Charlene Bird

April 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM

Sheer excellence, with great imagery!

Kristin Reynolds

March 11, 2009 at 12:52 PM

This is brilliant. too many great lines to quote, Jason, awesome. awesome!!! Love, Kristin

Debbie Guzzi

March 10, 2009 at 3:19 PM

Just wonderful & a perfect contest entry for 5 senses/ 5 elements..You have used Water (fog) Fire (moth, ash) Taste (eats away) Sight (Eyes) Touch (peel open). wonderful verse. Light & Love

Carolyn Devonshire

March 3, 2009 at 10:33 AM

Jason, please send the "Moths (that) eat away the slip of winter" my way. Will you be our "butler" and "escort the sun"? Love the way you describe the shedding of the evening gown to reveal the coming of spring. Best wishes, Carolyn

Denis Joe

March 1, 2009 at 5:23 AM

Excellent imagery here. the metaphors and similes are inventive and are used sparingly, having made their presence felt. The pace of this poem is great. It reads rather like one views an impressionist painting and has a strong feeling of Baudilaire in the way that imagery and economy are used. I love that the poem has a dreamy qualkity to it without being flowery or pseudo-romantic.

Christopher Higgins

February 27, 2009 at 10:16 AM

This title is amazing my friend.. I love this piece..tomorrow becomes the butler..escorting the sun..wicked..pure fire like we Jamaicans say..FIRE!!

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