Ingrid Showalter Swift Poet List

O Mine Valentine

O MINE VALENTINE

We are a twine of 
lines...vines
limbs
hair
fingers
sheets
blankets
couches

streets
signs
misgivings
mistakes
retreats
agressions

2 chairs
2 drinks
a fire
an oven
a burner
a melted finish
and a perpetually unmelted finish

longings
clutchings
graspings
open doors 
unopened doors
closed doors
slammed doors
cracked open doors
wide open doors

tears
cries
beggings
wishings
promisings

spinning wheels
rising roads
falling rain
calls
texts
silence
long extended open unbracketed Silence
dark thick silence
light bright silence
hopeful silence
cresting like a star being born silence
....we begin again

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Poet Destroyer A February 20, 2016 at 2:50 AM anytime

Andrea Dietrich February 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM I see this got congrats, so i give you my congrats as well! it is really cool. Was it in that contest of PD's? Ingrid Showalter Swift February 18, 2016 at 11:52 AM Hello Andrea Thank you! It was in a contest

Elaine George February 17, 2016 at 2:49 PM Congrats on your well deserved wins, Ingrid. Elaine Ingrid Showalter Swift February 18, 2016 at 11:52 AM Thank you

Poet Destroyer A February 16, 2016 at 12:57 PM Ingrid, Congrats on your nice win. Luv ~LINDA~ Ingrid Showalter Swift February 19, 2016 at 7:18 AM Thank you Linda :)

Dr. Upma A. Sharma February 16, 2016 at 1:53 AM Wonderful write Ingrid n so is the win.. big congrats! Ingrid Showalter Swift February 16, 2016 at 9:41 AM Thank you :)

Vladislav Raven February 15, 2016 at 8:56 PM Hi Ingrid, congratulations on your placement in Nayda's contest....Vlad. Ingrid Showalter Swift February 16, 2016 at 9:41 AM Thank you Vlad!

Wendy Rycroft February 15, 2016 at 11:16 AM Congrats well done x

Susan Gentry February 14, 2016 at 7:58 PM Congratulations on your win! I really like how you did this Am going to have to try it too. There's a lot of depth behind this list. Ingrid Showalter Swift February 15, 2016 at 8:14 AM Thank you Susan! I think it could use one more round of editing to be stronger...but now I don't wanna touch it LOL But like you said once you start the list you realize how each word then bleeds into the next and can create new meanings...and a grouping begins to have it's own timber etc...I will try it again too!

Eve Roper February 14, 2016 at 3:27 PM Happy Valentines Day:) Love your beautiful poem, congratulations on your win !!!!!! Ingrid Showalter Swift February 15, 2016 at 8:11 AM THANK YOU EVE :)

Anindya Mohan Tagore February 14, 2016 at 2:03 PM Very unique style ... Congrats! Warm regards, Bobby Ingrid Showalter Swift February 14, 2016 at 2:08 PM Thank you Anindya, It is fun when they ask you to try a form you haven't tried! I had never knowingly tried a list form before. I think it could use another edit but I am thrilled she liked it

Jan Allison February 14, 2016 at 1:26 PM many congrats on your win :-) hugs Jan xx Ingrid Showalter Swift February 14, 2016 at 2:06 PM Thank you Jan!

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores February 14, 2016 at 12:04 PM Congratulations on the placement of the contest Ingrid Ingrid Showalter Swift February 14, 2016 at 12:43 PM Nayda THANK YOU! I am delighted!

Beautiful Scars February 14, 2016 at 11:58 AM Ingrid, congrats on your placement in the contest *Smiles* -luloo Ingrid Showalter Swift February 14, 2016 at 12:43 PM Thank you Luloo :) love your nickname!!!