Karen Jones Poet Free verse

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Written August 13 2026 

Remembrance

Ebony eyes eclipse ripping away sun
Moon blooms of golden gloom 
Lips lacking limerick’s lift
Onyx mood swings back and forth
Like grey grandfather clock
Time ticking as a blues bomb
Raining purple passionate pain
clouded by lemon lyrical labyrinth 
Of love lacking it’s sweet liquor 

The bittersweet longing embraced 
Tastes like red regrets sifted through time
Straining to be reinvented not lamented 
In black bird’s somber death song
Sacred and solemn in honor of loss
Mourning is important inked in green
Like poison ivy uncomfortable 
But never worthless as it is digested
And creates cranberry calling to 
Remember the fallen angels
With soft tears laid like roses
On the cold creamy colored casket

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Ink Empress August 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM This is so touching and so well written, and i absolutely love the wordplay here! So exquisite dear karen! I especially love "The bittersweet longing embraced Tastes like red regrets sifted through time Straining to be reinvented not lamented In black bird’s somber death song" omg soul hitting and so very poignant! Felt this so very deeply! Definitely a fave for me! Pleasure reading Sending you light always 💫 🌙 Karen Jones August 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM Thank you dear Ink Empress! I struggle with this form.

Nette Onclaud August 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM the depth of this piece is palpable, karen... a poetic gem for me . Karen Jones August 16, 2026 at 4:22 AM Thank you for reading Nette! 🥹

Daniel Henry Rodgers August 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM Dear Karen, Most people try to paint grief as something quiet or gentle, but you called it what it actually is: uncomfortable, irritating, and agonizing to touch. Yet, I think your core point is spot on, it isn't worthless. Working through that raw discomfort is the hard, necessary process of turning pain into genuine honor for what was lost. Blessings, my friend, Daniel Karen Jones August 13, 2026 at 10:27 AM I appreciate your comments and love how you get my poetry. Thanks Daniel and blessings returned!🥰

Hiya Sharma August 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM Oh this is scented with such heartfelt poignancy and melancholy ~ such grieving emotions you've painted within sma spellbinding atmosphere, dear Karen! "With soft tears laid like roses On the cold creamy colored casket" tears like roses! Gosh! Very soul-stirring and piercing with the evocative wordplay such as poison ivy, blackbirds etc! Pleasure reading your poems always, sending you light and best wishes always 🥀🔥❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥 Karen Jones August 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM Thanks for your thoughtful comments Hiya. 🥹