Linking with Shay's Word Garden Word List #4 (Laura Nyro)
Come join us and read the post about her amazing life.
Thank you Shay my friend for another amazing prompt!
I saw poems in your eyes
but I buried them like a coffin
for they were piercing like winter
leaving me frozen in mourning
they stoned sinners and religion alike
fearless like firecrackers
that went where they would
but they are words I shall never write
your lip’s silent confession
will remain
holy in the cradle of an empty embrace
captain to a ship that shall never sail
they are as gone as the train that passed at midnight.
There is sorrow in this silence.
ReplyDeleteThat is so true. 💙
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So glad you wrote for the Laura list!
Thank you Shay! I am glad to be here! I had a project at work so it made me late at joining in.
DeleteYou're not late, silly. The prompt stays open thru Friday. ;-)
DeleteCool...that is true, and it is great having the linky now. 🤩
DeleteA beautiful sad moment you have described here. And that killer first line! I so get it - sometimes people do have poems in their eyes! Lovely, Carrie :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sunra.
DeleteYou did a perfect, tight wrap up of the word list. Wonderful! And this: "fearless like firecrackers / that went where they would" is terrific.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Qbit! I am glad you liked it!!
Delete"Gone as the train that passed at midnight.." That is exquisite, and I love how you have used each word to emphasize and evoke your message of a bittersweet something found and lost that can hardly be defined, only felt. One of my favorites of yours, Carrie.
ReplyDeleteAwwww Joy thank you! You made my day!
DeleteCarrie, this is amazing! Qbit and I agree on ‘favorite lines’ ~~ this poem begs reading more than once!
ReplyDeleteThank you my friend! I am delighted you like it!
Delete"Poems in your eyes" . . . "piercing like winter": I can't think of better imagery to describe Nyro's music as you have throughout this tribute, leaving us bereft of "the train that passed at midnight." So beautifully and lovingly crafted, Carrie.
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Thank you so much Dora for your appreciating and for stopping by!
DeleteHi Carrie, hope all is well and you have a great new year. Thanks for your visits at my blog, I finally edited the link to your blog so it matches. Love the title of this poem and your great imagery.
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