you have the audacity
to thrust into the sea
and stay still within her
though her raging flays you
her relentless tides wash you away
20201110
Ms Quickly’s prompt: https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/november-10/
PAD challenge at writers digest: https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2020-november-pad-chapbook-challenge-day-9
AND added to the Open Link night at d’Verse https://dversepoets.com/2020/11/12/open-link-night-278-rejoice/
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Very powerful and emotional in brevity. Quite beautifully written too. I enjoy your writing style!
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thank you Lucy. i feel like i’m not saying everything, or sometimes even not saying very much. there’s a lot of unwritten stuff behind this one.
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The stillness in the center is perfect. (K)
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it is! i long for that. and fear it.
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Yes, that’s exactly right.
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I find this poem very sensual and sweet. Nice.
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Thank you Adriana!
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Damned if you do damned if you don’t but having the audacity comes with that golden ticket of joy. You said a lot in very few words.
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Very great metaphor! Seems we are all peninsulas jutting into life just waiting to be washed away!
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I find that shorter pieces often pack more power and this is no exception. Well done!
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THank you Tricia
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It’s the unwritten words that sometimes come through on a piece- nicely done!
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thanks linda. funny how that works sometimes, isn’t it?
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Lots of peninsulas out there … dissolving. I love the brevity of your poem. Chock full of meaning.
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Thanks Helen
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You said a lot briefly and left it open to interpretation. Isn’t it amazing how the readers get something different from what is written, cause not all our experiences are the same. The readers bring their own meaning to the poem so that what you speak speaks volumes. (Did that make any sense at all?)
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Debi that made a lot of sense! i love it when that happens! poems are not a spectator sport, everyone participates.
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exactly.
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This speaks volumes! Love this potent, fiery poem that poses a question the other must answer 😀
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Audacity…..a great word! Much meaning can be found in so few words here.
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There’s so much in these few lines–and a lot of passion contained.
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