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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

Copyright © Ingrid Showalter Swift | Year Posted 2016

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Andrea Dietrich Date: 2/17/2016 3:23:00 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? Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/18/2016 11:52:00 AM Hello Andrea Thank you! It was in a contest

Elaine George Date: 2/17/2016 2:49:00 PM Congrats on your well deserved wins, Ingrid. Elaine Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/18/2016 11:52:00 AM Thank you

Poet Destroyer A Date: 2/16/2016 12:57:00 PM Ingrid, Congrats on your nice win. Luv ~LINDA~ Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/19/2016 7:18:00 AM Thank you Linda :)

Dr. Upma A. Sharma Date: 2/16/2016 1:53:00 AM Wonderful write Ingrid n so is the win.. big congrats! Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/16/2016 9:41:00 AM Thank you :)

Vladislav Raven Date: 2/15/2016 8:56:00 PM Hi Ingrid, congratulations on your placement in Nayda's contest....Vlad. Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/16/2016 9:41:00 AM Thank you Vlad!

Wendy Rycroft Date: 2/15/2016 11:16:00 AM Congrats well done x Login to Reply

Susan Gentry Date: 2/14/2016 7:58:00 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. Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/15/2016 8:14:00 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 Date: 2/14/2016 3:27:00 PM Happy Valentines Day:) Love your beautiful poem, congratulations on your win !!!!!! Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/15/2016 8:11:00 AM THANK YOU EVE :)

Anindya Mohan Tagore Date: 2/14/2016 2:03:00 PM Very unique style ... Congrats! Warm regards, Bobby Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/14/2016 2:08:00 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 Date: 2/14/2016 1:26:00 PM many congrats on your win :-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/14/2016 2:06:00 PM Thank you Jan!

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores Date: 2/14/2016 12:04:00 PM Congratulations on the placement of the contest Ingrid Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/14/2016 12:43:00 PM Nayda THANK YOU! I am delighted!

Beautiful Scars Date: 2/14/2016 11:58:00 AM Ingrid, congrats on your placement in the contest *Smiles* -luloo Login to Reply Ingrid Showalter Swift Date: 2/14/2016 12:43:00 PM Thank you Luloo :) love your nickname!!!