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It Was A Long Forgotten Walk
It was a long forgotten walk
the way back home,
no birds lit up the sky
with song,
the trees had died,
all their leaves had run away
and the evening shadows were tall.
I waded through the frigid air,
each step a thought,
each breath was asking why,
but silence
was the answer that you gave
and when I looked no one was there
but ghosts of dreams
left lingering in a grave.
Are those the stars,
or God's own tears that glisten
in the sky?
I close my eyes,
forgetting all and lie down
still to die.
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raj
Tue, 2014-02-11 12:48
Williams
I have no words to express how alive each word, each line feels, it enveloped me in the mood it created while I read through and through. If this you call as a "rough draft" I can't even imagine where you would find room to tweak it up...i could find none...thanks for posting this..
Regards,
raj (sublime_ocean)
William Saint George
Tue, 2014-02-11 13:38
Your words are kind, Raj.
Your words are kind, Raj.
Thank you.
No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job. - TS Eliot
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raj
Tue, 2014-02-11 13:52
Williams
Please believe me, what I said is what i felt.
Regards,
raj (sublime_ocean)
Dalton
Tue, 2014-02-11 16:55
Hi William
I found I appreciated this poem even more the second time I read it. It seemed like a lost soul looking out for a lost love. Maybe I'm way off. But it seemed to resound with this feeling. Still I enjoyed it and would be interested in hearing your plain views as to what provoked this poem, provoked or inspired whatever the word is.
Keep them coming brother
Seren
Sat, 2014-02-15 08:18
William
What can I say ? you do sad soooo good my friend, at this minute I cant find anything to suggest, I have an abscess in my mouth and I am reading to take my mind off the pain beyond that I am useless tonight, sorry
Kudos
love JC xxxx
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats
alidzain
Sat, 2014-02-15 08:23
love the emotion
love the emotion in this piece, bro.its raw and its reaching deep into me.bravo!
Alid
wesley snow
Sat, 2014-02-15 13:06
The language is excellent.
I have to comment on the punctuation though. The use of commas throughout is excessive and unnecessary. This is one poem that actually could get away with nothing more than the question mark. Most troubling is the use of a comma before the word "and". "And" is a rejoinder and does the job of a comma. It separate two halves of a sentence and should never be used twice in a sentence.
I say this out loud because of our history in discussing mechanics.
Otherwise the poem is dark, mysterious and gorgeous.
W. H. Snow
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William Saint George
Sat, 2014-02-15 14:50
You've mentioned this before
You've mentioned this before about my submission to your sempiternal workshop. It makes me uncomfortable getting rid of punctuation, but I'll get them out now.
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No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job. - TS Eliot
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wesley snow
Sat, 2014-02-15 15:27
Don't get rid of it.
Actually, on a second read I found very few problems. I don't know where my head was at. Workshopidis I suppose. The only two problems I found are below.
each breath was asking why(,) Since "why" precedes "but" you (god help me) need to add a comma.
but silence
and when I looked(,) no one was there This comma is the only one that needs to be removed. Sorry for my earlier comment. What was I thinking?
W. H. Snow
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Rula
Sun, 2014-02-16 03:00
Sad!
A touching piece Williams. I hate to say it, but can't think of anything to improve.
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