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broken sentences

          not in the habit of unpocketing the day,  I unpeel,
     hoarding each piece of what i am waiting to tell

              each one finding their words
      pushing out small roots
feeding on memories i don't have,
       tolerating sunlight.
— whitetea, Apr 02, 2009

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Region, Country: United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Chrystos, Mark Strand, Adrienne Rich, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rachel M. Simon, Donald Justice, Mary Oliver, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker, Bukowski, Mary Lambert

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themoonman

themoonman

17 years 2 months ago

Hi Whitetea...

I really like what you have so far... one... the way I read it... maybe something like "possibility" or maybe I missed something... but I thought it would fit nicely... good to see you here and posting... Richard
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Quillsvein1

17 years 2 months ago

i read this

three times, very carefully, and i maintain that you are one of the best and most unfairly neglected poets on neopoet. your careful choice of words here makes it somewhat difficult to find an appropriate substitute for "one"--though if i were to make a flimsy, off the cuff suggestion it would be "single". this world rings a with a bit more definition, though again i'm not sure it needs to be changed at all. GB!
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

17 years 2 months ago

broken sentences

I feel a contradiction in this piece. You are waiting to tell, yet you are feeding on memories you don't have? In any event to replace "one" perhaps:beginning? ______________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous
Mark

Mark

17 years ago

Whitney

I tend to agree. "I don't have" is a bit of a twist that I have trouble grasping. Maybe "didn't know I had" ??? hmm Best of luck, Mark I shall return :) Trust is a secret that never comes home.
CN

Craig Norris

17 years ago

huge this is

My thoughts for what they're worth, perhaps the word could be ...caught. Craig
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

17 years ago

broken sentences

Alas, I have comme back to this gem,I would write each[;]or [,] and omit "one" just a suggestion.I never was an English major. ___________________________________________________ Income-tax forms should be more realistic by allowing the taxpayer to list "Uncle Sam" as a dependent Anonymous
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barbsdad2003

16 years 12 months ago

Hey there ...

How about --- each [chunk] finding [] words pushing out small roots feeding on memories i don’t have, tolerating sunlight. Yours, Chuck PS: Or --- each [chunk] finding [its] words pushing out small roots feeding on memories i don’t have, tolerating sunlight.