Sunday, January 18, 2015

after the long hours


write me a song
with your eyes
like you do

hang up your helmet,
your axe,

come
home
to
me


© 2015 Jennifer Wagner


Image © 2015 Jennifer Wagner


Two tenWord poems. Over at dVerse this week we were offered to play with the tenWord form. These two can be read together as one little love poem.


For Ian,
for Poets U,
and for all the spouses of firefighters...may the hours quicken!

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25 comments:

  1. Brian MillerJanuary 18, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    smiles...my grandfather was a fireman...when he passed he was given full honors...one of the most vivid memories of my childhood...and one reason i always have such great respect for firefighters....

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  2. ClaudiaJanuary 18, 2015 at 11:05 AM

    nothing better than coming home after a hard day's work to someone who really really cares...

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  3. MaryJanuary 18, 2015 at 11:24 AM

    Oh, the best songs are those that are written with someone's eyes. No more beautiful melody than that!

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  4. brudbergJanuary 18, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    I can only imagine.. the anxiousness in waiting.. for a fireman there should be a home like this waiting... and a song after the terrors of the day is always the best.

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  5. ZQJanuary 18, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    Well written/lament.
    ZQ

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  6. Sherry Blue SkyJanuary 18, 2015 at 1:04 PM

    So lovely!

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  7. scotthastiepoetJanuary 18, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    Simple, heartfelt and deep short prayer that speaks so strongly the man in your life, Jennifer - hard to improve upon, I would have thought... With Best Wishes Scott www.scotthastie.com

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  8. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 18, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    Ahhh! I love love poems, and this one says it all so economically.

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  9. C.C.January 18, 2015 at 1:32 PM

    This is very heartfelt, romantic....the simplicity of it paired with the photo is so lovely.

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  10. SusanJanuary 18, 2015 at 3:35 PM

    What a welcome. May we all feel so loved.

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  11. GraceJanuary 18, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    Very sweet is the homecoming, I am sure ~ Love the 10 word offering, smiles ~

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  12. UnknownJanuary 18, 2015 at 7:15 PM

    So simple. Equally sexy. Raw and real.

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  13. DonnaJanuary 18, 2015 at 8:03 PM

    Oh I swooned with that first line....loved it!

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  14. SuyashJJanuary 19, 2015 at 12:20 AM

    such a sweet sentiment!!

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2015 at 7:20 AM

    A lovely write. :-)
    -HA

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  16. Myrna R.January 19, 2015 at 9:00 AM

    I can imagine the special happiness at having him come home. I loved this poem.

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  17. TankJanuary 19, 2015 at 11:01 AM

    Coming home to your warm smile and twinkling eyes is perhaps one of the greatest joys in my life.

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  18. Jae RoseJanuary 20, 2015 at 4:08 AM

    How wonderfully effective...

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  19. dsnake1January 20, 2015 at 5:55 AM

    short but effective love poem. excellent! :)

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  20. janetldJanuary 20, 2015 at 8:00 AM

    I do like how you've put your 2 TenWords together here!

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  21. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerJanuary 20, 2015 at 8:37 AM

    So lovely, especially your opening!

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  22. MagyarJanuary 20, 2015 at 10:23 AM

    Grand feelings... deeply absorbed. _m

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  23. Wendy BourkeJanuary 20, 2015 at 6:01 PM

    Wonderful! Reads like the close of a chapter . . . in a love story.

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  24. Gen Giggles January 20, 2015 at 7:16 PM

    Yes, those gone off pull us with them.

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  25. grapelingFebruary 4, 2015 at 12:23 AM

    powerful ~

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