Nights and Nights

Nights and Nights

A Poem by songbirdwriting

Tonight
is colored blue
in the name
of your absence


Tonight
is like a bone

shattering

© 2016 songbirdwriting


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Well, I can see you kept this short and rather sweet, yet tonight will differ from the other. Trust in that word

Posted 7 Years Ago


it's more like emptiness in the world when the lover of life's being absent, & the lone home is nothing but full of blues. very deep & intellectual poetry you've come to licked down.

Posted 7 Years Ago


The rendering of emptiness within so few words. Blue has always represented sadness. The final stanza is as though the heart has had too much. The ache is overwhelming.

Posted 8 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

songbirdwriting

8 Years Ago

Thank you for these words - they are beautiful, almost a poem in themselves.
Very poignant...and in that, utterly beautiful.
I love the short poem that speaks so loudly...says far more than the words used to pen it on paper.
Nicely done.

Posted 8 Years Ago


songbirdwriting

8 Years Ago

I myself prefer very short poems that pack a punch with almost no words, so this is my attempt at wr.. read more
You said a handful in the short poem. Amazing use of words.
Coyote

Posted 8 Years Ago


songbirdwriting

8 Years Ago

The idea was to get as much meaning into as few words as possible. Glad to hear that it worked - tha.. read more
Coyote Poetry

8 Years Ago

You did very well and you are welcome.
You show a succinct way of describing loneliness and sorrow. This is short but puts emotion into words nicely.

Posted 8 Years Ago


songbirdwriting

8 Years Ago

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback!

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songbirdwriting

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