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little miss Cliche'
she champions her dark, & defends it positively
her stamp of approval is her signature: tpd
she’s an orphan of dreams, foster child of poetry
but she would give up her sonnets for a real lover
and swap metaphors for kisses
she’s a girl who desires to be a woman
I told her to hold the fountain of her youth
but a while longer; it will fall away like a chrysalis
she’ll emerge as the bountiful feast of Woman
her body will be a vessel of love & sexuality & heartbreak
of labor & struggle & endurance
she will savor the book of earthly delights
as she fingers the pages
she is never quiet as a mouse
and refrains from being loud as the roaring wind
deep as the ocean & vast as the sky
and perhaps my mentor Cummings would proclaim her
small as a world & as large as alone
she’s told me I have knowledge of poetry
and if I do, it is the years & the roads & the storms
that have beaten it into me
when I have fallen, unable to bear the torch
she will pick up the flame & run with it
to bring light to the shadows of Cimmeria,
to burn down the night
but that is some other tomorrow
for now, let’s adjourn to the café around the corner
we’ll have coffee & select our desserts
and make a poem full of clichés on purpose
her voice is the spark
the indelible mark
of the positively dark…
(Artist unknown)
Published 17th Jul 2016
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17th Jul 2016 5:21am
My poetry feels so small when I read you, fantastic places I visit through them. A wonderful escape for me, honored to have read this! Love and peace with your confectionery feast!
17th Jul 2016 5:23am
17th Jul 2016 5:32am
that's a direct quote from a short Cummings poem, here's the link:
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/maggie-and-milly-and-molly-and-may
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/maggie-and-milly-and-molly-and-may
18th Jul 2016 4:04am
17th Jul 2016 6:26am
Fantastic, John! She'll love it! I love it!
Wow! Cummings, Plath, and everything in between.
Wow! Cummings, Plath, and everything in between.
17th Jul 2016 6:38am
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17th Jul 2016 3:07pm
A slight variation of your usual posts, in my opinion,
John. I liked it very much indeed and indeed again.
So please do stop and have your coffee and sweets
for desert at a small table in the dim corner of the room.
Write your "poem full of clichés" and giggle aloud when
she points them out to you.
John. I liked it very much indeed and indeed again.
So please do stop and have your coffee and sweets
for desert at a small table in the dim corner of the room.
Write your "poem full of clichés" and giggle aloud when
she points them out to you.
17th Jul 2016 9:38pm
Anonymous
18th Jul 2016 5:18am
Sad..she's so alone
18th Jul 2016 7:56pm
This little miss has a lot of learning to do but has found a fine instructor. You can call the positively dark your home.
Anonymous
19th Jul 2016 10:30am
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28th Jul 2016 9:05pm
*sigh*
What to say?
I am completely overwhelmed and so grateful for this, Mr. Feddeler. I really admire your work and to see *me* be a part of it is truly an honor. My...
So...
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/244998-boom-boom-boom-bam/
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/244999-cliche/
Thank you so much.
Much love,
little miss Cliche' aka tpd
:)
What to say?
I am completely overwhelmed and so grateful for this, Mr. Feddeler. I really admire your work and to see *me* be a part of it is truly an honor. My...
So...
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/244998-boom-boom-boom-bam/
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/244999-cliche/
Thank you so much.
Much love,
little miss Cliche' aka tpd
:)
