Friday, July 23, 2021

And To Thee An Hourglass Comments

Rating: 5.0

suddenly in a gap between talking, he was taken over
by a new page, turned mid flow, as he clutched his chest,
creases betraying a defeated face as a thousand thoughts
bottle-necked the wasp-waste of an end, the hourglass
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Clive Culverhouse
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Clive Culverhouse 29 October 2023

Also on PoetrySoup 'a poignant and powerful poem. I did enjoy the hourglass metaphor! '

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Clive Culverhouse 22 September 2023

This was a true story from when I was a paramedic.

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Clive Culverhouse 22 September 2023

I put this peom on the Write Out Loud poetry site, here's a comment it got. 'Exceptional writing, particularly the closing line, it pins down so much and the lack of resolution leaves us reeling.'

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