The Souls Of Household Objects

things that are here

So familiar they cannot be viewed, gnostic perhaps,

each embodied with spirit, trapped in recall,

an earless china dog of unknown origin,

looking stupidly into the living room,

a black-and-white portrait of a Victorian aunt,

strict and cheerless, framed in something faking silver,

children captured free of sin, a moment of innocence,

a wedding picture, frozen, now of strangers,

a postcard from Vienna, retouched with eye bending colours.

The big brown clock fails to tick.

The smell of dusty leather and dried flowers.

Surrounded by things I can now never change.

Reviews

[Valentine]

Isn't this the truth, we get so comfortable with our 'stuff' that we cannot bare to change it. Nice thoughts in this. Valentine

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

You are so masterful at capturing not only the physical, but the internal. This speaks to me about being surrounded by memories, the past, and how time passes and so our chance to change it. Wonderful!

[Becky C Strukamp]

The imagery is hauntingly delightful. The souls of household objects, what a unique way to describe an environment so familiar to us all ...yet seen from an abstract point of view. brilliant!

[Emily B]

could you ever? was there a moment somewhere?

[Mary]

wonderful imagery, whew! I'm not sure I'd like to spend a lot of time in this room. I love how you not only describe the objects, but how you ascribe a soul into each of them (framed in faking silver, eye bending colors, etc.) Each has a story to tell. the last line intrigues me.

[FJ Davis]

Fascinating take on what is supposedly inanimate.
You well capture a fleeting, familiar--somewhat haunting--feeling most of us have experienced, but are unable to articulate.
An amazing piece, Leslie; very strong ending!

[An Ordinary Woman]

quite a capture here, much better than any old photograph. Perfectly lovely.

[flyingdreams]

beautiful...... loved the imagery. It was as if i was having a peek into a room . You have managed to capture the mood too

[Ruth]

Amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed this, you write so well and deeply about such objects...not always inanimate...they hold energy of what we sometimes do not understand!
Beautiful work!
xoxo

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. beautiful poetry ... when i look at objects around me ... i see memories ... some of them speak ... some of them whisper ... you articulate all that and more brilliantly ... the last line is particularly powerful ...