Reclamation.

cave near body of water at sunset

On the shore of a cave
I had thrown myself in
I smashed up stalagmites
growing from my skin
and sawed off stalactites
dripping off my chin.
/ /
New flesh, pink and sweet
like pearls and starfish
scattered at my feet.

13 thoughts on “Reclamation.”

Beautiful imagery!

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January 2, 2020 at 12:29 pm Reply

Lovely! ❤

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January 2, 2020 at 12:46 pm Reply

I love this piece. Very vivid!

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January 2, 2020 at 1:17 pm Reply

Happy New Decade Nancy!

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January 2, 2020 at 3:28 pm Reply

Very nice.
I have a few minor suggestions I feel would improve your powerful poem.
Best and a muse New Year,
Fernando

On the shore of a cave
I threw myself in
smashed up stalagmites
growing from my skin
sawed off stalactites
dripping off my chin.
/ /
New flesh, pink and sweet
like pearls and starfish
scattered at my feet.

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January 2, 2020 at 8:42 pm Reply

Lovely poem. Nice edit, fjllore

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January 3, 2020 at 1:28 am Reply

Beautiful imagery

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January 3, 2020 at 8:23 am Reply

So beautiful!

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January 3, 2020 at 1:06 pm Reply

Wow 👏👏💙💙💙

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January 3, 2020 at 4:35 pm Reply

I was surprised to see rhyme! Love the imagery and the rhyme works well!

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January 4, 2020 at 9:51 am Reply

Wow, powerful. Your writing is exquisite. I wanted to leave a comment on the most recent post, but as there were no other comments I couldn’t figure how to access the Reply box…sorry.

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February 4, 2020 at 10:56 pm Reply