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Quiet Neighbours
Published: 2009-07-10 21:38:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 3582; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 29
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Curtains pulled, lit upsome nights: but no one’s ever
sitting outside
an infant stroller
upright in the frost-thick grass,
growing mould next
to a wire clotheshorse;
both been there weeks, though someone’s
still mowing the lawn
around the concrete
slab, marking where the apple tree
fell with autumn’s storms
and gave rise
to an occasion to plant
commemorative rose bushes
all twisting branches,
wearing only leaves now
their season has passed,
but who wants to see roses
blooming alone in winter?
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Comments: 54
Thanks kindly, glad you did.
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Congrats on the DD!
Well deserved.
It's a stunning poem, well written
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Thank you so much, it's lovely of you to say so
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Thanks, glad you liked the end.
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Beautiful. I love the flow and transition. It just melts on the tongue. Perfection, really. DD well deserved
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Thanks very much, what a wonderful compliment; melting on the tongue.
Much appreciated!
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So pretty! I love it! Congrats on the DD, by the way! You deserve it! ^w^
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Yay! I really liked this piece and am so glad it was selected!
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Thank you! Much appreciated
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"all twisting branches,
wearing only leaves now
their season has passed,
but who wants to see roses
blooming alone in winter?"
Simply stunning.
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Thanks, so pleased you thought so
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Excellent
A well earned DD if there ever was one.
The last line in particular is filled with a kind of melancholic truth, as if you're reluctantly accepting the fact, rather than embracing it.
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Thanks kindly, how very flattering
Glad to hear it came across like that, that was my intent.
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well deserved DD
made me feel like a grave
or a frozen mirror
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Thank you very much, glad to hear it evoked that sort of association, that is more or less exactly the sort of tone I was aiming at.
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no, thank you
never expected you to respond
the fact you have means that you are pure
and i can't help but to be drawn to those types of hearts
thank you again
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Pure hearted? Well thanks again, what a unique compliment.
And also thanks for this (I believe this was you in your former dA incarnation, just over a year and a bit ago):
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It was excellent advice, and has served me well.
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...woah, I can't believe I wrote that! You know, I try to write whatever personal comment or advice I can give at the time so that the author feels it is especially for him or her. Thx for that man.
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Yeah, small world eh? But no, it was good advice, really.
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well, it makes me smile to know i've helped
even if it was a lil
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all twisting branches,
wearing only leaves now
their season has passed,
I love the way you described this!
Congrats on the DD
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Why thank you, glad you enjoyed that strophe!
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Very good! Sensual... a tad melancholy without being sentimental. Me likes!
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Thanks very much, that's what I was aiming for.
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I'm so very pleased to hear that, and thank you for the 
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this is really darn sad, thru my eyes at least.
lovely but sad.
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golly this is nice
some beautiful weird mysterious emphasis on concrete slab i naively see
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This is a wonderful expression regarding the inspiration.
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Thanks very much, glad you thought so.
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