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New Years Old Wishes

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I read the cross section of my bones as if carbon holds my answers, whilst dreams cushion the sleep of survival. Discover my realness on inhalation, a soul wish of freed happiness, never filtered through to my core. Tribulation habitually saturates my roots; branches create shadows that hint at sun, blind fixation on escape from static, unhindered. Last words: an incomprehensible chant, as I'm burnt at my stake for imbibed sins, unspoken truth once again ~ transposed to ash.

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Craig Cornish

Date: 1/8/2025 10:14:00 AM

Congrats DD, I like things taken to a parallel plane, and to be honest, I got lost there at first, but the more I reread - I was taken there - what a creative take on the theme!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 1/8/2025 3:09:00 PM

Parallel planes can be a touch too ethereal at times :) glad it worked out over time. Thank you for my placement, I'm delighted :)

Karen Jones

Date: 1/7/2025 10:16:00 PM

I love your reading voice! Congratulations on your win!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 1/8/2025 8:51:00 AM

Thank you so much Karen x

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/7/2025 12:41:00 PM

wow, and the soft almost whispered way this is delivered really sets the tone. I really relate to this. All of us with good wins did wishes of melancholy it seems. Big Congrats, Dilly Dally

Di11y Da11y
Date: 1/8/2025 8:50:00 AM

Haha jolliness is a harder sell for sure :) thank you for your wonderful feedback x

Silent One

Date: 12/27/2024 3:38:00 AM

I like how you read this one... not sure i would call it asmr though (I know you wernt trying that)... I can feel a lot of angst in these words and disappointment.... This is different to your usual style, especially the metaphorical nature to the poem...Need time to process this one, but I could feel the hurt in your words...Hope your new year is better than the current one.

Silent One
Date: 12/27/2024 2:34:00 PM

I guess ash is melancholic lol..

Di11y Da11y
Date: 12/27/2024 1:09:00 PM

In the poem I'd just been burnt alive and the essence of me turned to ash, so sounds like my vocal pitching was a good pairing lol

Silent One
Date: 12/27/2024 5:59:00 AM

It's your poetic voice...I found it melancholic to be honest

Di11y Da11y
Date: 12/27/2024 3:51:00 AM

I have perhaps unintentionally fallen into the trap of having a 'poetry voice' - luckily it isn't my telephone voice or I'd maybe get arrested for heavy breathing on the line lol - I don't even notice I'm doing it as I record in one take immediately after writing. It probably catches my calm flow state. These types of poems tend to capture something a little deeper than a bad year. My year is fine, my life is fine. It's just the poet in me drawing out emotion. Thank you for stopping by, appreciated

I Am Anaya

Date: 12/26/2024 10:10:00 AM

Sharing poetically is a most cherished trait, Dilly, turgid and impenetrable not here! We can't change our DNA we can only recycle our unanswered wishes. May we be footloose and fancy free in the coming new year!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 12/26/2024 12:13:00 PM

Well it's all in the ear or eye of the beholder when flaming stakes are about. Hopefully they'll be less cries for 'let her burn' than the alternative. Thanks for stopping by - I had fun imagining my own antonyms of turgid and impenetrable :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/26/2024 7:40:00 AM

- Truth ... the coming year already has many shadows - I wish you a good year, D.D. :) - hugs

Di11y Da11y
Date: 12/26/2024 11:56:00 AM

Thank you so much Anne-Lise - you too X thank you for stopping by

Ink Empress

Date: 12/26/2024 6:31:00 AM

Gosh your reading is so organic so poetically satisfying to listen to like an asmr reading hah . Y dont you post these on youtube your voice is worthy of all the accolades. The last stanza there i can resonate with … too many unspoken truths and those last chants feel like fixed nothings sometimes we say cus well we go with the flow. I love your metaphors and your diction here and your way with words isnt for just any but for deep souls that think deep , cus they give a philosophical touch. Pardon my horrible grammar typin this comment. Using one hand as getting manicure done and I couldn’t help but comment. Top winner for sure. Sending you light always

Ink Empress
Date: 12/28/2024 1:55:00 PM

Hhahah

Di11y Da11y
Date: 12/27/2024 11:18:00 PM

Haha I'll never perceive the word organic in quite the same way now lol

Di11y Da11y
Date: 12/26/2024 11:56:00 AM

Well that wasn't the response I expected for this one that's for sure lol :) I had to look up what ASMR was haha - I appreciate the compliment. I shall wait and see how I fare in the contest - it was fun to write something where I factored in a bit of editing time as a novelty. Thanks for the vote of confidence x