The Art of LosingA Poem by SilentDreamAssignment: Take a short story or poem. Modernize the outcome or rewrite a conflict. After reading "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop, I disagreed with what felt like acquiescence.“The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the
intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.” Elizabeth Bishop
The
Art of Losing
Lose a little every day. Accept lackluster greetings, two separate rooms to unwind in. Do you even see her?
The practice of distance grooms her to
lose faster: friendships, her words. Seclusion’s a given.
Do none of these matter?
She lost her smile. You laughed! And said at last, a home you can recognize. The art of losing her isn’t hard to
master.
She lost her voice; silenced her dreams, the realms she once owned and dwelled
in. She missed them. For you, there was no disaster.
--She
felt lost (completely. Uncertain And unsure). By now it’s evident that the art of losing her isn’t hard to
master even though (for her!) it may feel like
disaster. © 2020 SilentDreamReviews
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2 Reviews Added on June 2, 2014 Last Updated on April 24, 2020 AuthorSilentDreamBaltimore, MDAboutZsanece Brown was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1976. Much of her poetry is inspired by dreams and love, longing and the comfort found in silence. Her work has often been described as bordering on t.. more..Writing
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