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TK
The Poetic Knight
Member since March 8, 2009
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In The Blink Of an Eye
In The Blink of an Eye
A dot on the sidewalk moving,
the man of the world is afoot;
a wife, a little girl, a son on the way,
all awaiting his safe return.
A promotion on his mind,
the bearer of the bacon,
his peers are impressed with
the future he’s making.
Deals closed --- securing freedom;
his anniversary, daughter’s birthday,
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the long awaited, extended vacation.
A family man with values and devotion.
Walking along humming a tune,
dreaming of the morrow’s coming,
he stops to acquire
a dozen roses for his wife.
Flowers in hand, he continues along,
all but stopping again to admire
a pair of childlike eyes that remind him
of his daughter’s undying affection.
Moments later, with a song in his heart,
he’s off and homeward bound ---
roses in one arm, a puppy in the other,
his feet just off the ground.
Just around the corner,
a man on the edge,
walks aimlessly through the crowd,
pushing, shoving, from inside his head,
wants to scream out loud.
A Vietnam Vet, divorced by his wife,
cleaned out was his entire life,
now down on his luck and
completely stressed out,
he knows only the realms of strife.
Off the chains of restraint,
he can no longer contain
the anger that boils inside,
no matter how hard he tries to refrain,
overburdened by the storms that collide…
(cont).
(cont)
The man of the world and a man on the edge
intersect and come face to face,
all to the surprise of sudden chaos,
intercepting the same time and space.
“Bang-Bang,” rang two shots,
one bullet flew astray, but the other, so sadly,
struck the man in dismay
through the heart of his dreams,
and no one knew why,
or just how everything could be lost
in the blink of an eye.
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21 SunReceived a critique
on In The Blink Of an Eye from @themoonman
"I almost didn't read this because I feel the title to be very cliche... but the poem is good and the story within is very relative for all, for we never know what is around the next corner. I'm assuming the "(cont)" was…" -
20 SatReceived a critique
on In The Blink Of an Eye from @weirdelf
"is (cont). (cont) a device or does it indicate incomplete? Cheers, Jess, reprehensibly irrepressible" -
11 ThuPosted a poem
In The Blink Of an Eye
" In The Blink of an Eye" - July 2009
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18 SatReceived a critique
on The Heartz of Men from @Seren
"Oh poetic knight your verse brews deep and your spirit runs to leagues This is beautiful ... and these words I wish I had writen I am in awe .. of uncertainty, and the knowledge of death, so able to change, yet unwillin…" -
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13 MonReceived a critique
on We The People from @Seren
"Your poetic sword is sharp here keep up the good work I will look for more from you this is brilliant ... Love Jayne x" -
13 MonReceived a critique
on We The People from @Ink Dragon
"you deserve an extra star for content here. I have just seen an exhibition about "traces of power", and your poem reminds me of the photographs I saw there. Very well expressed, too. Yours, ~Nina" -
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11 ThuReceived a critique
on On the Thresholds of Tomorrow from @Ink Dragon
"on my way to your website. Thanks again for the lesson in chat. A little birdie told me that you were not happy with the amount of feedback you have been getting on your poems. You know, I think I can see a few possible…" - March 2009
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31 TueReceived a critique
on Dimensions of the Kaliedoscope from @Shonna James
"Was preparing for beautiful colours to dance in front of me, and wasn't disappointed. We has the human race are just one tiny little piece of that beautiful, ever changing cylinder. I fear that if we are not careful we…" -
31 TueReceived a critique
on Dimensions of the Kaliedoscope from @yenti
"I liked this poem it was quite hard to read this is probably why the response was low, but please not to worry on that count, it makes a change to have someone that uses words that I usually look up in the Oxford but I…" -
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15 SunHighest posting month
March 2009 — 6 poems
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13 FriCritiqued
"Dagger" by @Morgana Tragic Proprietress
"I love the straight forward- in your face-- and the passion behind what you are really saying. Props. Very nice. Tells me a lot about you. Mark" -
13 FriFirst critique offered
on "Dagger" by @Morgana Tragic Proprietress
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