Apr '18
10
Today's poem is rather sad and took me by surprise.
And again, a disclaimer: these daily poems are newly minted and could do with at least a spit 'n' polish.
I rescued the poem from pages 312 and 150 of The Devourers and Marie Tarnowska respectively, both by Annie Vivanti Chartres.
disconnected
something in the water
memory like a goldfish was that it
what did that really mean
would she have forgotten her light-eyed sister
a diamond ring from that handsome man
the loving smile of mother
the oh so familiar voice of grandmama
awake but asleep
oh memory
element in time
wind me back
to the goldfish
to the meaning of a thing
to the knowing of again
to the strangeness of a heart
how careless
don’t disturb the dangling thoughts
no no no
even her name
already flying off in a narrow-rimmed hat
now she cannot hear … what was it
how strange that how gone
no nothing now
how suddenly she is left
vague
uncertain
still
then
all of it hidden from her
And again, a disclaimer: these daily poems are newly minted and could do with at least a spit 'n' polish.
I rescued the poem from pages 312 and 150 of The Devourers and Marie Tarnowska respectively, both by Annie Vivanti Chartres.
disconnected
something in the water
memory like a goldfish was that it
what did that really mean
would she have forgotten her light-eyed sister
a diamond ring from that handsome man
the loving smile of mother
the oh so familiar voice of grandmama
awake but asleep
oh memory
element in time
wind me back
to the goldfish
to the meaning of a thing
to the knowing of again
to the strangeness of a heart
how careless
don’t disturb the dangling thoughts
no no no
even her name
already flying off in a narrow-rimmed hat
now she cannot hear … what was it
how strange that how gone
no nothing now
how suddenly she is left
vague
uncertain
still
then
all of it hidden from her
Yes, spooky. I like it
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