THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Five Chinese Verses" by Wendy Xu:
sweltering cooling toe without gaze gate
forward dimming glint text while taste
for a while
it was sweltering
then cooling
dimming to a feint glint
finally a cold gaze
the final straw
a nasty text
leaving a bitter taste
painful as an ingrown toe nail
without regret
the gate stays shut
it's time to move forward
Poets Pantry - Poets United
Nice sequence Rall. Happy you dropped by my Sunday Standard today
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I'm seeing a lot of poems about texting and technology today...it speaks to the power they have in our lives now. I felt the pain in your words - lovely writing!
ReplyDeleteOnward and upwards?! ♥
ReplyDeleteNo way out but through, forward is the only direction. Well said.
ReplyDeleteOne knows when it is time to move forward. Sadly, sometimes that is one's only choice. Albeit one made with regret, feeling powerless to change the tide.
ReplyDeleteNice progression!
ReplyDeleteThat final straw can be bitter, but our hearts know when it is time to move on....really wonderfully done!
ReplyDeleteDonna@LivingFromHappiness
Those nasty texts can certainly color our outlook on life. I don't blame the speaker in the poem for keeping the gate shut. Why open it to a nasty texter?
ReplyDeleteLove the first stanza, a relationship like a single day.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we just have to close that gate on our past and open it to our future.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
oh that ingrown toenail reference is perfect..somehow a nasty text is a hundred times worse than a nasty face to face.
ReplyDeleteA nasty experience indeed – and forward is the only way, yes.
ReplyDeleteYes, move forward from that ingrown toenail. People seem to feel their ugly has a right when they let it flow through their fingers.
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