Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

The hay bales golden, crimsons and ochre sere leaves fallen-- the caw of the Jackdaw
There was no Nightmare until after the fall, painted and swooned like a Fuseli
the clouds float in staccato and layered rich tones: vibrato from sparrows joins the chorus
the suffering alluring woman frail calling on Nature, who chides the mawkish

yet still holds in her in Her own way,
        as she ambles and thinks of loves’ long ago            
sadness your becoming frailty; weakness a handmaiden, its alluring on you

and there is a mourning call from the maw of the jackdaw
and the skies go crimson, deep ambers until a now purplish blue
and the clouds become negatives as rotation continue-- I see the first star
appear and think of all the females who thought love’s true

“Boot in the face, the brute. brute heart of a brute like you” said Plath
 Tolstoy’s males prevail, the amative women frail, and frailty is true 
 The tender heart a pulpy thing is simply the mind at war
And Nature now turned to dusky twilight transforms her as before
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Ajmal Avatar
June 18, 2017 at 10:31 AM
A very beautiful written poem, it was written so nicely and i realy enjoyed reading, I ll also find time to read your other poems also , however I m new on this site and would really appreciate if you could find time to read my poems and give your honest reviews about them, if you ve poems of similar category do let me know,I ll read them
Difford Avatar
February 16, 2016 at 5:17 PM
Toni this is amazing!, it has moved me so! much, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE!!!!! IT.It so exquisitely! expresses many deep memories, feelings and emotions felt at that moment in time,and now. Kim
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February 16, 2016 at 11:19 PM
Kim, Did you see that i did the acrostic at the end of the poem. Look at each letter of the last word--thus the title wish you were here It was my first acrostic so it was a challenge and fun to channel that emotion that came to fit into some logical scheme and have some meaning. Thanks!
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February 16, 2016 at 2:49 PM
- Really well written - Beautiful, Toni - # 7 - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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