I sit and look at photographs of relations that used to be,
Some I remember from childhood, some related more distantly,
Their faces often smiling, or serious and stern,
Some looking very peaceful and gentle in their turn.
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I think this is absolutely lovely! What a beautiful, skilled poem and how interesting, complete and perfect in form. Just perfect!
I wonder if in the future there will be a machine that can rekindle voice imprints from materials left on walls floors etc.... A thought provoking write from a great voice, love duncan
Ernestine, you have stoked the furnace of memories, long sinced past. The fire from those memories...from that furnace, to this very day, still warms me. Nickoli
Nostaligia penned evocatively and sensitively (I would expect no less from a poet of your calibre) . And although you wish you could chat with these sepia faces, you words tell the reader how much they have already told you - in your dreams perhaps, or from books penned long ago - or even through reading wonderful poems like this! Beautiful write. love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥