Dear
Margaret,
you are
lace
and words.
Your
delicate tatting
graces
your sleeves
while
your poetry
stirs
my heart.
I
imagine you a book
with turned
down pages,
a soul
breathing through
an alphabet
into my spirit.
The
last time I saw you
I
held your face to memorize
its perfection
with my fingertips.
Margaret,
I pray you will soon return.
Your
verses bleed across my skin
leaving
my flesh a written tablet.
Today
is not soon enough
and tomorrow
is an eternity.
I will
stand guard at my mailbox
waiting
for your post to tell me
you will
return once again.
With
love,
Oron
©Susie Clevenger 2012
At today's Poet's United's Thursday Think Tank the prompt was timeworn featuring the beautiful vintage art of Vicki Sheehan. Because of its antiquity it had me thinking of another era and my poem was written with that voice in mind. Please stop by and read Ella's interview with Vicki and visit her blog page to see more of her lovely work.
18 comments:
Susie, you took that envelope and breathed life into it. Beautiful!
Gorgeous! I love the enchanted story and the magic you portrayed~
Wow, you really did breath life into this art form~ Both are a work of art :D
solid piece - yes full of life. Love your blod title - I laugh every time!
I love what you did here...breathing life to the book, delicate with lace and words ~ I enjoyed the love struck note by Oron ~
Very imaginative and that second to last verse is outstanding.
A love poem of a different sort. A fairy tale story, compacted.
The third stanza is just so, so perfect, it's stunning. I could almost smell the perfume on the page. The language you've used is so typical of those times, delicate, well mannered, thoughtful.
This is an enchanting write Susie!
How delightful, with a hark back to days of romance and the answers in a letter.
Eileen
This is of a different level, hats off Susie. Loved the direction you took it.
I LOVE the title and I LOVE the love story told here. Absolutely beautiful.
You certainly did achieve a voice from another era. I love the sweetness in this and the possibility you gave a scrap of paper. Awesome poem Susie!
This prompt truly inspired you and you gave it back to us.
Beautiful...
yes as if you breathed life into......
Susan, this is wonderful! i've read it three times already. so beautiful!
Wow, fantastic poem. I was holding my breath--you really captured the romantic sentiment of that artwork, and then some! Wonderful.
I like your premise and the execution of it.
Oh how lovely, in every way.
It is soo romantic. I remember having to wait for letters...
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