Until a New Dawn

Returning from the date, he hides impressions 
into the nooks and crannies of his mind
like a fed dog hides bones and then can’t find.
Don’t, filthy dog, don’t do that! Nothing freshens
the memory like a new date. The grave
of his beloved wife was fresh enough
to dig it up. Oh, weird twists of love,
macabre curves of lust that make him crave
charm in decay, enjoyment in remains
of beauty, sentimental memories
of kisses smelling humus, reveries
of the ideal submissiveness in chains
of death. It’s almost day. “Goodbye, sweetheart”. 
Oh, how time drags before nightfall tomorrow!
In sickness and in health, in joy and sorrow, 
through death, until a new dawn do us part.

09.12.2019
Memorial Of A Loved One Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 1/1/2020 8:21:00 PM
What a creative memorial! Whew! Whispers of Dostoevsky to me. A Happy, Healthy, Prosperous 2020 to you. And a little luck wouldn't ether, eh?! Best always, Gershon
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Date: 12/14/2019 10:51:00 AM
Kurt, your writing style speaks to me as though in a soliloquy. It has tones of sorrow, as Hamlet or Valjeans in Les Misérables. It's wonderfully mesmerizing and especially rendered in the final three lines.
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Date: 12/10/2019 8:52:00 AM
Sad in a most beautiful and disturbing way. Very well done. I will congratulate you in advance.
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Date: 12/9/2019 7:50:00 PM
Nobody writes like you my friend. The depth, dark and loss in this piece screams its agony and sorrows!! A fav-- a true dark gem it is.
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 12/10/2019 7:09:00 AM
Thank you very much, dear Robert. Your praises always give me an itch to write) God bless you.
Date: 12/9/2019 9:57:00 AM
Kurt, Your poem 'Until a new dawn' resonates with so many in this world. Likened to a gentle rain that washes memory's pain. “Like other ghosts, she whispers; not for me to join her, but so that, when I'm close enough, she can push me back into the world.” -Anne Michaels
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 12/9/2019 11:04:00 AM
Unfortunately, that name says nothing to me. I googled a bit and found a quote from the novel "Fugitive Pieces", which was even translated into Russian. I have to fill that gap. Thank you, QtR.
Date: 12/9/2019 9:46:00 AM
A powerful poem. Good luck in the contest, Kurt.
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Kurt Ravidas
Date: 12/9/2019 5:00:00 PM
Thank you, Caren)
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