Humps of shell emerge from dark water.
Believers toss hunks of bread,
hoping the fat reptilian heads
will loom forth from the murk
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Bottomless hearts between and beneath the shadows. We say what we say and the words slide over the surface tension of meaning. If only we knew what meaning meant or will... and what gestures connect us..
" He would forgive me tomorrow" ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
That night I told the man I love most he came from. It was also his birthday. We gulped lobster over a white tablecloth in a country where waves erase whole villages, imagination at its most. tony
Congratulations on having it chosen as poem of the day. A very thought provoking poem.
the poems title and " Climbed the pilgrim hill where prayers in tissue radiant tubes were looped to a tree" - this line brought me to my city's Baizid Area where the Baizid Bostami shrine and in the mazar pond the old turtles living with believers activities are same as this poetic description.... but I am not sure about this.... whatever wonderful poem......
Most powerfully said, loveliest worded. Impressive poem and profound poem. This is a thought-provoking poem, Most deserving The Modern Poem Of The Day. CONGRATULATIIONS, dear great Poetess! God's Blessings in Abundance for you and your beloved family.
All night, I was pitching something, crumbs or crusts, into that bottomless pool where the spaces between our worlds take root....... ine expression.Beautiful poem. Congratulations for being chosen this poem as the modern poem of the POD.
A tale of blind faith of the believers into existence of mysterious happenings. Well deserved modern poem of the day.