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Picture Perfect

My mind slips back and forth in time. The pendulum drags me on its course. Are you here with me now, as I swing through yesterday? I hang on my confusion, as the clock continues to tick its talk. Is that a smile I see on tomorrow's hope? A dream within my corrugated nightmare. You whisper origami images into my ear. I watch as you skillfully fold them on my mind's eye. My paper dreams, dissolving under a fountain of tears. I keep wishing on falling stars. Time blocks my lost realities. A picture perfect moment overexposed. I see a faint image of you, as the Polaroid slips from my hand.

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Tim Ryerson

Date: 8/25/2013 3:01:00 AM

You keep topping yourself my friend!...The last verse is 'picture perfect' - Tim

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:02:00 AM

Thanks Tim, nice to have you visit and comment. I hope all is well with you.

Donna Jones

Date: 8/24/2013 5:59:00 PM

Richard this is my favorite poem of yours to date...much congratulations.... everything is perfect!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:04:00 AM

Thanks Donna, how many dogs do you have? Another cute furry friend.

Skat A

Date: 8/22/2013 9:04:00 PM

CONGRATULATIONS, RICHARD , Picture awesome Perfect. LOVE ~SKAT~

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:04:00 AM

Thanks SKAT

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 8/22/2013 8:01:00 PM

well done in the "Picture Perfect" contest...PD

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:05:00 AM

Thanks Linda

Charlotte Puddifoot

Date: 8/22/2013 5:55:00 PM

so much to admire in this poem - "tick its talk", "corrugated nightmare" and "origami images" all really resonate; great use of punctuation, and I like how you made the subject of the poem fit the contest title, congrats :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:06:00 AM

Thanks so much Charollote.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/22/2013 3:01:00 PM

Congratulations, Richard. The origami line and how you extended it into the next few lines. Splendid!!! A wonderful poem!!!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:10:00 AM

Thanks for picking my poem Andrea.

Olusegun Arowolo

Date: 8/22/2013 2:42:00 PM

Wonderful and splendid! Great write my friend..Congrats on your superb win....

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:08:00 AM

Thanks, comment appreciated.

Carrie Richards

Date: 8/22/2013 2:41:00 PM

I just love that 2nd stanza !!! "whispered origami images"......wow.......how original that is !!! Excellent poem !!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/25/2013 7:09:00 AM

Thanks Carrie

Bl Devnath

Date: 8/12/2013 10:24:00 AM

It's a great imagery where heart feeling picture moment is overexposed indeed because time blocks lost realities. Wow! I say, excellently done. Loved always, bl

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/12/2013 11:36:00 AM

Thanks bl you are most kind.

Christine Phillips

Date: 8/12/2013 7:47:00 AM

A very beautiful poem with strong imagery

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/12/2013 7:50:00 AM

Thanks Christine.

Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 8/11/2013 7:06:00 PM

Picture perfect is how you painted this poem. Thanks for sharing..... Lucilla

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 7:23:00 PM

Oops I repeated myself.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 7:22:00 PM

Thanks Lucilla

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 7:13:00 PM

Thanks Lucilla

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/11/2013 1:48:00 PM

- A poem I really liked Richard! - Well done! - Have a nice Sunday. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 6:07:00 PM

Thanks Anne Lise.

Cherie Thomas

Date: 8/11/2013 11:24:00 AM

Very.soulful richard, your really.tapping into those deep feelings..very touching,,fantastic write!!! :0) cherie<3

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 6:07:00 PM

Thanks Cherie.

Poet Tacito

Date: 8/11/2013 8:37:00 AM

"You whisper origami images into my ear"...damn! Reveling in your words...spectacular!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 6:08:00 PM

Thanks, I am reveling in your comment!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 8/11/2013 8:35:00 AM

simply scenic in its thematic approach, rich... your last lines astonish and bring me in... impressed !..:) huggs

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 6:09:00 PM

You are kind Nette, I appreciate that about you.

Monterey Sirak

Date: 8/11/2013 6:35:00 AM

Another fantastic poem, and the ending is perfect and powerful.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 7:03:00 AM

Thanks Monterey. So nice to have you visit.

Sue-Ellen Newman

Date: 8/11/2013 3:12:00 AM

Very nicely done, a fav for me, enjoy reading this one, excellent poem, blessings sueellen

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 7:04:00 AM

Thanks Sue-Ellen. Blessings to you as well.

Len Gasun

Date: 8/11/2013 1:30:00 AM

Wow! Both perfect & excellent image & free verse poem you've penned my dear friend, Richard. I'm so glad to read this one. A winner for sure. Good luck always! Thank you so much for sharing and have a blessed wkend to you & your love ones! God bless! love lots and big hugs, Leonora

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2013 7:06:00 AM

Blessings to you as well. It seems I have been doubly blessed today by you and Sue-Ellen. This is a good day.

Colleen Bono

Date: 8/10/2013 9:38:00 PM

best reply to the best comment of the day. Have a good one. Smiles, Colleen

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/10/2013 11:09:00 PM

Smiles back to you Colleen.

Debbie Duncan

Date: 8/10/2013 7:47:00 PM

nicely done Richard,, ;}

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/10/2013 11:09:00 PM

Thanks Debbie.

Shadow Hamilton

Date: 8/10/2013 5:27:00 PM

deep poem Richard that enchants Shadow x smiles

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/10/2013 11:09:00 PM

Thanks Shadow.

Jack Ellison

Date: 8/10/2013 5:22:00 PM

Forgive me... just an observation! Every one of your most recent poems all seem to be keepers! This one is no exception. You seem to be reaching down deeper into your soul! Continue...

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/10/2013 11:11:00 PM

What a nice thing to say jack, your comment is most appreciated. I am going through an experimental stage.

Manel Gunatillake

Date: 8/10/2013 1:03:00 PM

Hello! and Good luck! Richard You are a winner I did 2 poems lately I don't think you have seen them. need you to read them HUGS Richard

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/10/2013 4:05:00 PM

On my way Manel.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 8/10/2013 12:44:00 PM

You've changed this since you first posted it! :) I like the changes...very descriptive, Richard....Good luck in the contest....

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/10/2013 4:05:00 PM

Thanks, when I looked back at it I felt it lacked proper flow. Thanks for noticing.