A series of memories

by libby   Jan 13, 2006


Gloves
with fingertips cut off
faded purple
notebook
cover almost gone
guitar cases
forgotten on a porch swing
archaic empty
beer cans
boombox
so obnoxious
crumpled
sheets of paper
with wrinkled letters
drum set
missing half the parts
camaraderie
in watertower worship
songs
inside a tree
white house, green shutters
across the street
spiders and sap
on hands
cheap soda
and styrofoam cups
black fingernail polish
equates rebellion
two-liter bottles
behind bushes
sharp glinting safety pins
in clothes and ears
white paint
slicked over graffiti
street corner
with dusty, dying grass
station wagon
rolls up ominously
camcorder
with its lifeless eye
plastic bottle
sweet smelling
water
flowing clean or dirty
consumed either way
a mountainous
snow bank
in need of conquering
a shiny new
quarter
offered above
it sticks
we stick

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  • 18 years ago

    by Martyna

    I love the style you used for this poem and you wrote it very beautifully. I almost made me cry, cuz I could remember all of those memories. You have to think youre good if you can stir such emotion in someone. Awesome job.

  • 18 years ago

    by stationaryfaerie

    I disagree with Steph....there is plenty of emotion in this peice, it's just not the polar of emotions that most are used to reading...it's refreshing to see such amazing writing here, especially poetry with the personal style and flare that you show us. Much applause, great work, and keep writing!

    Stationary Faerie

  • 18 years ago

    by Void

    Great job! I have to say, that our styles and choice in topics are almost exactly the opposite to eachother, but that just made me enjoy reading your poem so much more. I love the numerous images you have in here. Over all, I think you did a great job with it. And before I say much more, I want to ask you... Are you happy with this poem? When a person writes, he/she should write for themself - only to prove to themself, only to make their words true to their heart. So if what I say next doesn't fit with whatyou were going for, please feel free to disregard it all.
    The only thing I didn't get from this poem is alot of feeling. I certainly got some images, but are you happy with the past? Saddened? What emotion brings about? ... Though now that I have brought that up, I can't help but think you were straying away from the emotion category, and simply into the mind's imagination for pictures - triggering memories...
    Anyway, Excellent job either way. Unique and refreshing :)

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