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Forsythia

Irony
insists on
these two things:

your tongue taming
the yellow.

I forget
what
the other is.

— Kailashana2, Apr 28, 2013

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Editing Stage: Rough draft

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Region, Country: Ohio, USA

Favorite Poets: Bokonon: “Let your life be the poem you write”. , I'm still writing.....

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Ian.T

Ian.T

13 years 2 months ago

Anna

Maybe it is the smothering beauty of the green, that arrives late,
is the rest of the write ??
As short as this is, it is a large puzzle to sort out, it has a multitude of sighs..
Yours Ian.T

Rula

Rula

13 years 2 months ago

dear Anna

I'd be grateful if you could remember the other one :) though I loved the
ending lines very much.
Does your yellow flower symbolize the coward?

Esker

Esker

12 years 10 months ago

"your tongue taming the yellow"

Like how your poetry bleeds off
like that..like someone thinking aloud
away....looking into that distance..
I remember conversations
with people like this..
I talk aloud like this all the time
and it just pisses people off.

I like smart people
creative people..
realize how rare
it is
to find them...

MIssed this poem
but not really..

I found this..!

S

scribbler

12 years 10 months ago

Now Anna--

You Know there are two things in poetry which are of utmost importance : a good memory and......and.......uh....what were we talking about?.............stan

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