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on wanting to be forgotten.
midare

eyes open, watch
 1
trees unfold,
 2
unfurl,
 3
unwind; leaves fall
 4
through forests
 5
into snow.
 6
for only so much longer
 7
can i remember
 8
their colors: split
 9
hues break into rejoinder.
 10
let me go.
 11

27 Jan 06

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terribly sad

lovely

i'd cut one 'let me go' -- deafen the echo -- so to speak
 — unknown

i was thinking about that, unknown.
now i feel better about cutting one out!

thanks for your fast comment!
midare
 — midare

beautiful poem midare. your work is so quiet and peaceful and expressive.

in line 6, maybe you could do without 'and'?
 — unknown

ah, this is beautiful writing
short, cutting, like thunder on a summer's day

your use of verbs is truly well done, eyes "open," then the tress "unfold" but also, so many other things can unfold, I can imagine.  Then "unfirl, unwind," there is a feeling of urgency here, a succession of events, something like a tearing away.  Is the author watching all this from a distance?  I agree with unknown that you could do, perhaps, without the "and" in line 6.  The last three lines - nice juxtaposition in so few words, "split hues break into rejoinder."  

Thank you, this is very well done, I will savor it on this Saturday morning.  Your poetry makes me shudder, all I can do is take a step back before I hurl full force in it.  So rare ...
Maria
 — slancho

thanks, second unknown and maria!
i eliminated the 'and' from line 6.  the whole pome
seems leaner and reads better without it there.
thanks for pointing that out to me!

smile
midare
 — midare

i really like this poem.  it isn't simple but it is spare.  which fits the theme well. whoever said to only use one 'let me go' was right because that's what i noticed about it.
 — stint

thank you, stint. :)
 — midare

nice.

l6 "into"? or maybe "onto" instead?  

good rhythm in this piece.  unfold, unfurl, unwind.  good beat.
 — inebriated

Almost an ancient oriental feel. (which i always enjoy)
 — Locanther

very nice poem.
one day fore me b'day.
how are you?
 — unknown

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