free formed

free formed

A Poem by Donald Meikle


It wasn�t much to look upon
A page of simple words
Blown along to twist anon
A rage of thoughts un heard
Caught at last on leafless twigs
To tear and flex with ease
A shout of torn and tortured truths
Flapping in the breeze
Bitter litter caught by
Naked Winter trees
To cause
A token memory of
Leaves


© 2008 Donald Meikle


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oh Donald, how beautiful. Fantastic short words with a wonderful rhythmus. Perfect rhyme.

Posted 15 Years Ago


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Very, very nice. I really enjoy the richness you achieve with so few words.

Posted 16 Years Ago


There is a great energy to this sort of windblown.

Posted 16 Years Ago


This is very nice. I like how the naked winter trees kind of echo the discarded feelings on the page and the images are vivid in my mind of the flying flapping sheet catching in the tree and being ripped, also resonant with the feelings on the page. It all works very well though I have to agree with the previous reviewer... the last line is kind of superfluous.

Posted 16 Years Ago


this has beatiful rhyme, i love how you say so much in the fewest words. that makes for great poetry.
I'm not sure you need the last line though, i think it would end better with just:
A token memory of
Leaves

Posted 16 Years Ago


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Donald Meikle
Donald Meikle

Halifax, MA



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Liverpool born,USNavy vet. Enjoying first marriage. three daughters, (two bathrooms) one until they left. (a tree that loves me) Poet thru geneology) Scot Irish. Living in New England more..

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