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Winter MAG
March 17, 2008
Walking after school
I am struck by the shape of this branch against the bleak sky
shockingly stark and
gray and unrepentant;
Stabbing upwards
so violently – as some knife into a pillow
a sudden rip, and feathers rain down like cloud.
The moment stretches, taut –
(unexpected eternity on a sunless afternoon)
– snapped
as I smile and remember how to breathe
© Anonymous
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This article has 45 comments.
miss.snw said...
on Sep. 9 2010 at 9:06 pm
Very Nice Job. Love it
countrygirl said...
on Aug. 30 2010 at 8:56 pm
it is amzing how you can take something as simple as that and make it into such beautiful imagry
aml1000 said...
on Jun. 28 2010 at 9:56 am
This poem is fab, so descriptive and the idea is incredible
summer-baby said...
on Mar. 8 2010 at 11:47 am
this is so adorable!! What were youthinking when you wrote this?
PoetLaureate07 PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 15 2010 at 9:42 am
I dont get it.... help
creziimimi said...
on Feb. 8 2010 at 1:00 pm
Yeah, I see what your saying, I kinda agree, but I do believe it's a very good poem, I mean I like it, but I see what your saying, and I respect it, becasue I kinda agree. No offence to the author, but yeah, I like it, but Redemtion, your right.
forget_me_not SILVER said...
on Jan. 19 2010 at 9:03 pm
beautiful...
sungirl109 said...
on Dec. 15 2009 at 5:36 pm
well its okay
Poet_in_Motion PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 12 2009 at 6:34 pm
I totally disagree with Redemption because this is a really, really fabulous poem and the imagery is great. And anyways, it's free-verse, so the lines can be of any length (that's why I love free-verse the best; so much freedom!). I think the flow is great and it paints a perfect picture in my mind.
bamboom212 said...
on Nov. 1 2009 at 9:06 pm
i also disagree with Redemption. The poem does flow and it's really good. One of the best I've read in a long while.
BloodshotMoon said...
on Mar. 31 2009 at 10:01 pm
Wow, this is, I don't know what to say or what to rank it so i put okay because it stuned me at the way it effects the reader. I mean wow, great job. I would like to see more of your work. It is really nice.
~I Luv Tigers~ said...
on Mar. 17 2009 at 11:44 pm
I liked it but i dont quit understand it if i did i think it would be a really good poam
Undiscovered PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 6 2009 at 3:12 pm
Your imagery is absolutely stunning! The knife in the pillow painted a perfect picture in my mind! Keep it up!
yael krifcher BRONZE said...
on Feb. 17 2009 at 1:23 am
okay
GlobieRSquash said...
on Feb. 15 2009 at 1:56 am
I disagree with Redemption65 this peice does flow. It all depends on how you read it. Very nice job!
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