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Empathy
Empathy has a special keeper.
There is a rose left on the vine
with its head hung,
looking at the fallen petals below -
the fragrance is crushing.
We are a all part of each other,
the flower knows,
empathy is the enduring love of a rose.
There is a rose left on the vine
with its head hung,
looking at the fallen petals below -
the fragrance is crushing.
We are a all part of each other,
the flower knows,
empathy is the enduring love of a rose.
Published 17th Nov 2020
Author's Note
The challenge: Define empathy, written as poem.
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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19th Nov 2020 2:14am
19th Nov 2020 8:22pm
19th Nov 2020 10:27pm
The rose knows.
Or as Nabokov said annagrammatically: A sore rose of Eros.
Or as Nabokov said annagrammatically: A sore rose of Eros.
21st Nov 2020 00:46am
22nd Nov 2020 4:36am
23rd Mar 2021 1:57pm
7th Jul 2021 5:52am
No, thank you you’re amazing. And hey, years ago I saw a poem about spring cleaning and standing toe to toe with a ghost. Not one of yours, but I think you posted it. Do you know the one I mean? It was awesome and I’d love to read it again.
Either way, hOpe everything is well in your world 🙏🏼
Either way, hOpe everything is well in your world 🙏🏼
9th Jul 2021 4:47pm
spring cleaning and standing toe to toe with a ghost, sounds awesome 😃 I will look around the sounds & clouds... I'll have to think, but there's a familiarity. Thank you Frankee the cat. 🐈😁
13th Jul 2021 10:40am
Since reading I’ve been patching up my childhood home and have come to know that ghost pretty well haha. So yeah TY Pish, keen for a reread, but also it’s no biggie at all. Hope you’re well 🙏🏼
17th Jul 2021 5:43pm
I remember one here specifically,
In that I took the text and made an image, and then posted it with some sort of poem or thought
... with that image attached. I don't remember the name of it though and I've been trying like heck. I suck at names.
I'll run across it again someday/ghosts are very keen.
Bit I did a search in my Facebook feed and found these you might enjoy. I appreciate your visit! 🥰
"Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time. No ghost was ever seen,
by only two pair of eyes."
Carlyle
And then ,
All Hallows Night
by Lizette Woodworth Reese
"Two things I did on Hallows Night:—
Made my house April-clear;
Left open wide my door
To the ghosts of the year.
Then one came in. Across the room
It stood up long and fair—
The ghost that was myself—
And gave me stare for stare."
In that I took the text and made an image, and then posted it with some sort of poem or thought
... with that image attached. I don't remember the name of it though and I've been trying like heck. I suck at names.
I'll run across it again someday/ghosts are very keen.
Bit I did a search in my Facebook feed and found these you might enjoy. I appreciate your visit! 🥰
"Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time. No ghost was ever seen,
by only two pair of eyes."
Carlyle
And then ,
All Hallows Night
by Lizette Woodworth Reese
"Two things I did on Hallows Night:—
Made my house April-clear;
Left open wide my door
To the ghosts of the year.
Then one came in. Across the room
It stood up long and fair—
The ghost that was myself—
And gave me stare for stare."
17th Jul 2021 5:46pm
I hope your home project is working out coming along, because that sounds awesome.
24th Jul 2021 1:37am
Oh, the Reese one is SO CLOSE lol. Thank you Pish you’re an angel and no fluff I still come & read u many years later because I think ur really talented, too. Yeah farm is lovely, fresh eggs heavenly, but OMG SO MUCH WORK like 5y and $200k+ pure capital loss later (just for materials ffs) overwhelmingly how I feel is aarrggh shoulda bulldozed 😩 😭
