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Snowflakes
pressed in indigo,
spit-shined
for
a coming new year.
I
know you will read this.
I
know you will not understand.
But,
the sky is ready.
Snowflakes
pressed in violet,
warming
up
for
a coming new year.
Haven't
you gotten
your
pound of flesh,
and
then some?
yellow
violet blush-burst
indigo magenta
The
sun
has
arrived
but
you don't see
the
new year,
the
melt,
the
new day.
You're
too blindly busy
thinking
of
the
next
crimson
cut.
But,
the
sky is ready,
trade
your warfare
for
wings,
come
fly with me.
©
2015 Jennifer Wagner
“What
the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring
to the new year.” - Vern McLellan
For
the challenge at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads
15 comments:
You have achieved a dichotomy between the description and the speech in italics, sort of a combination of what the poet sees and thinks. A very interesting piece of writing.
The spaces and the combination of the quotes, but especially the last three lines make this an extremely powerful poem... may it be so and we'll have a great new year.
I agree with Bjorn - wonderful last words.
Layered, nuanced and powerful. An inspired title and closing stanza.
Your metaphors and tropes bring up military type images--what with the spit shine, and even the velvet feels like a back drop for metals--the colors also feel like a bomb burst--hope peace can get through. Thanks. k. (This is Manicddaily--http://manicddaily.wordpress.com--but I think blogger wants me to use an old blogger ID.) k.
Such sadness... to think that people can miss miracles because they are too busy, blind or silly to see they're shooting angels.
This poem reads wonderfully and made me stretch to understand. A powerful piece of writing. Love the closing line especially.
New Year + forgiveness = new possibilities for a relationship! May it be so!
Yes, I agree this could be a military reference or perhaps even a domestic war. Powerful piece that has me thinking of how much beauty is missed when the mind is consumed with battle. Thanks so much for writing for the challenge.
you show the blood pulsing in veins, Jennifer.
A good new year to you... ~
Photo works perfectly for your poem. Powerful images, visual and written.
a bit of a mystery here...
surely i luv your rainbow of words
http://myblog-verses.blogspot.com/2015/01/bits-of-inspiration-happy-new-year.html
Happy New Year ☆´,•*´¨★ Ձ๏15
much love...
I love this poem, especially the themes of hostility and the offer of freedom. Nice work!
Wow. Fantastic writing!
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