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Read MoreI am a lighthouse in the sandNo ships to guide, no sea, no landMy beam reveals what isn't thereMirages lit by vacant airI shine for eyes that never seeA signal lost in memoryMy warnings echo through the dustWhere hope...
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Thanks for reading..trying to write about something different from my norm..a different level of thought invoking..thank you both for commenting
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Read MoreBeacon of AbsenceI am a lighthouse in the sandNo ships to guide, no sea, no landMy beam reveals what isn't thereMirages lit by vacant airThe Loud WhisperI am the silence that can shoutA whisper loud, a voice withoutI speak...
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Read MoreSo stain—as marks that remain longer than intent,and hesitation pressed into the grain. Second guess,doubt’s small fracture widening,as though the Voice were drowned,as though we mistook the silencefor absence. But sustain is not the clean note held—it is the rough edge,the...
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So, you’re staying that nothing is gone and even though it may feel like you’re losing it, You should stay fast because you are not erased but being led down a path you cannot see? That is what I get.
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Hey Fia, I think you’ve captured the heart of it beautifully. The poem is holding onto a truth: that even when it feels like silence or loss, we’re not ourselves erased. What seems like absence is often a hidden kind of leading, and the very marks we carry become proof that we were being guided all along. Something like that.
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Fia Naturie posted in the group ”BACK TO POETRY BASICS”
Was born with eyes wide open
To be prepared for the truth
Not wanting to offend
What had happened on the roofHolding pasts in a box
We crawl, we stand, then walk
Rusty keys enter locks
Speaking words before caughtStreams of tears without sound
Lover’s end, rings withdrawn
heartbeat forever unbound
Dawn shows you were a p…Read More2 Comments-
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Okay, Fia 👌 Thanks for your submission and participation. You’ve made a very good start, with the basic format of a Sonnet down pat … 3 Quatrains and a Rhyming Couplet, and your rhyme-scheme is spot-on. In particular, your topic is interesting, with emotion depth, strong metaphorical imagery, and captivating ambiance that sets the mood. With a b…Read More
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Thank you
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Read MoreMelancholy sits quietly and I with herwith a gentle remider to breathewe watch the cotton candy clouds flow byas we lie watching blue skiesa stark contast to our moodhurt on a colorful dayit seems wrong and out of placethe...
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Beautifully penned, Brenda. Excellent write my friend, really dig this one a lot. Appreciate you.
Damian
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hello dearest Damian good evening thank you graciously I’m happy you liked it ❤️
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I wonder if that spider, doing what nature intended, ever said to himself – what a lovely day it is today?
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I don’t know dearest Tim I believe if we listen we can hear nature and the earth talk…it is at all possible…everything has a frequency thank you for your thoughts ❤️
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Such a fine verse. I really needed that. TY & hugs+++
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hello dearest Jim thank you graciously I know my metaphors are funny I’m happy it worked for you ❤️
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hi dearest Keith good evening thank you my friend I can be gentle when I want to ❤️
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Cool piece. Lighthouses are an imposing structure.
You can’t miss them unless you are in the trenches!
The way you put them blind to the eye is great.