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Rememberances

Thorns twist in your chest Remembrances of the place Where once lay a rose Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Matthew Anish

Date: 8/3/2014 10:04:00 PM

You really drive the fingernail into the heart with this one! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/2/2014 9:58:00 PM

and I am so glad you liked my latest haiku. I wanted to make it better, but I just could not think of a way to express all I wanted to say in those three short lines. I saw a movie yesterday in which the dying man said those words: I am not afraid, and I had my OWN aha moment. That is gonna be my haiku!!!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/2/2014 9:57:00 PM

I so enjoy reading senryu or haiku. I can't place this as being for one of the contests. Is it? This was a good way to express the symbolism of roses and their horrid thorns.

Robert Lindley

Date: 8/2/2014 12:06:00 PM

Fantastic write..... From a poet that has lived that, more than once... "A shot to a heart that sees, the broken spirit in thee, A gift sincerely sent back, wish to do better but I lack, the talent in your sweet mysteries!"

Mustapha Mohammed

Date: 8/2/2014 7:31:00 AM

Deep stuff Eileen.

Moein Jr

Date: 8/1/2014 2:43:00 PM

My GOODNESS!Honestly,I'm getting voiceless..this is not poetry,not art,not even magic;it's pure,pure love!The kind of love/remembrance I experienced once when I read the story of Selma Karame in "alajnehe motekasere" (broken wings)by the great khalil jobran.Oriental philosophy of being.Also reminds me of our great Saadi Shirazi & his magical small poems in Persian.there is no difference in Pr,Ar,or Eng,YOU are marching on the way once passed by great men!I am PROUD to be your student in poetry!

Jslambert Mister Roboto

Date: 8/1/2014 8:01:00 AM

Evokes strong emotion. I can see the pain of thorns and memories and the rose. Exquisite!~ S E V E N to me!

Justin Bordner

Date: 7/31/2014 12:32:00 PM

I keep both there, from a woman I know Eileen. Your poem of gentle sorrow evokes thoughts of her. J.A.B.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/1/2014 5:30:00 AM

I'm glad my poem touched your heart.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 7/31/2014 9:16:00 AM

Weew this is a powerful metophor!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/1/2014 5:30:00 AM

:) Thanks! Glad you liked it!

Tiaua M Ioane

Date: 7/31/2014 7:21:00 AM

Hi Eileen, such prickly memories, Ienjoyed reading this. Alofas, Tiaua.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/1/2014 5:31:00 AM

Yes....some see the rose...others see the thorn! (Gibran Khalil Gibran). When the rose wilts due to neglect, all that remains is the thorn! Thanks for the visit.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 7/31/2014 6:44:00 AM

Lovely senryu Eileen ,, deep and intense ,, much said in just few words !

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/1/2014 5:32:00 AM

Thanks...I'm usually very loquacious when I want to express myself verbally! To be succinct is something I have yet to master. Thank you, Dr Upma, for being gracious to me!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/31/2014 4:41:00 AM

- Lovely poem, Eileen my friend. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 8/1/2014 5:33:00 AM

Thank you, my Sunshine! Hope you are happy and well! Hugs!