negotiable leave

~ imPRESSions ~

Author's Note

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Inhale the pine scented breeze is the only line of comfort here after a poem containing much pain. It is in sharp contrast to my own scent of pine poem whose intent was to bring light and peace.

Be numb to me

When experiencing the pain of relationships, that short phrase says it all. Anything to do away with the pain.

Thanks for the share Freds.

Chris

[redd Brick Keshner]

When contrasts happen to us such comfort can be found and doing away with of the pain, so true. Thanks Chris.
Freds

[Coyote Poetry]

Would be nice to escape easily to the pine scented breeze. I felt the honest tone in your words dear friend. When we decide to run. Need a place to go. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[redd Brick Keshner]

To run and just be away and free as against a mere running away; in a manner of speaking we all need our own moon to howl at whenever we need to.

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too dear friend. Johnnie ready for a long vacation near the sea. I like to do some howling before I am done.

[Nick Warwick]

Ah yes, relationships. When they're happening, time seems unimportant. When they end, you realise how much time has passed. The hourglass doesn't come with an off-switch. When they're happening, you're looking at yourself in The Other. When they end, you're free to set narcissism aside and see the sun rise for the first time. Hooray for the eastern horizon. "the mirror put away" has a TSEliot ring to it. As in other poems of yours, Red, there's a sense of opposites being introduced to one another.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Thanks kindly Nick. Sometimes it feels like opposites are sides of a selfsame coin.

[Ken e Bujold]

in the wake of my posting Smoke, I take some solace in knowing I was/am not the only one who felt a hurricane howl through recently. Hope all is well my friend

[redd Brick Keshner]

Just read that and concur! Hurricanes. indeed! All is well for now. And poetry evens the keel the Muse at the helm.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this took me to my most recent relationship and how it soured because of the judgmental, acid attitudes I saw in her...they were certainly camouflaged for a good while.
People change, but often people's real selves take awhile to surface.
really good poem,
j.

[redd Brick Keshner]

Apologies for mislabeling that poem. lol. I badly need a secretary and an editor! bahaha... I am filled with gratitude for the the take that has arisen in your reading, j. This camouflaging is such a potent make or break as relationships age. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and journey with us.
Freds.