Jacarandas

by paperdoll   Dec 26, 2004


Summer mornings
we wake under separate ceilings
tasting the pre-dawn mists
and the dewdrops
that settle on the jacaranda blossoms
before the noonday winds begin to
smother us.

cool walls hum steadily.
the artificial air makes us sneeze
but at least we can breathe in the cold.
feeding on lollies
and sleeplessness,
and the seldom waking conversation rouses itself
shifting and sighing
before returning to a silent slumber.

we are sombre summer creatures,
barely alive in the winter
but listless and dreamless by this heat
sinking further inside a sense of self.

in longing of the winter,
we no longer see the jacaranda branches
in all their lilac finery
for they seem to us
dead funeral branches
in masquerade.

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  • 19 years ago

    by pinkalias

    I really liked this. The main idea was lovely and intriguing, and I love the comparison to the Jacarandas. The symbols and metaphors you used tied into the picture of a flower really created a dramatic impact on the reader, and I especially admired the lines,
    "we are sombre summer creatures,
    barely alive in the winter
    but listless and dreamless by this heat
    sinking further inside a sense of self."
    i just thought the words and text were absolutly lovely. Excellent job

  • 20 years ago

    by paperdoll

    I'm always so grateful when you guys comment.

    I also really love the different interpretations people have on poetry, and definitely the interpretations on my poetry. It seems so bizarre to hear what a piece I wrote makes you think of. Er- in a good way.

    Anywhoo, I thought I'd add in my thoughts while I wrote this poem. Mostly, it's about my closest friend's and my friendship over this summer, which sort of deteriorated under depression, so we sort of stopped feeling and erm.... became numb. I suppose it incorporates the feeling of summer with that issue.

    By the way, it's the same friend I wrote about in "quiet sunday".

    This comment seems to be going on for quite a while. So.... anyone up for my life story? ;)

    Thanks for reading as always.

    -paperdoll

  • 20 years ago

    by Elizabeth Ann

    Absolutely beautiful.
    Your writing wraps and unwraps as we become, your readers, one of your lyrics ascending aware of this miracle.
    I thought to offer a poetic critique, which is generally not done.
    Though it's your job I realize, as the author, to make me think this time ;) So I hope I didn't take it too far.

  • 20 years ago

    by Krete

    I really appreciated this style of poetry...in particular the value & design of this one!

    Fantastic write!

    I'd say more, but my pda's battery is low!

    Hope you had an Awesome Christmas, & a most joyous New Year!

    5/5

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