Pearls~

Pearls~

A Poem by NoneOfYourBusiness akaKITTY KUTABAREakaCandyPole

In between a wave

and the shore

my pearls scattered

at the bow of your boat

and there

you scooped me up

didn't miss a single letter

of my shattered moon

you took my siren song

with a kiss

while Johnny Cash

dreamed dusky notes through the spray

catching leaping fish

on his baritone sorrow

 

For you I became a woman

pearls in my hair

my legs uncertain

in the shallows

my ice floe gown traded

for lace

and satin

my scales decorating a seagull's throat

in the sky

while the frost built roses

for my trail

to your life .  . . .

 

 . . . .life is precarious

and in a way

I have comfort

the feel of your dying against my breasts

a memory tattoo

that curves me into an arc

around the agony

of the hollow bride

but I have these pearls of me

you collected

and saved;

so to the bottom of the sea

I will trail you on the strand

of oyster shells

and add my tears

to the sea

 

 

copyright:2011vssmd/amusemusepress

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 

© 2011 NoneOfYourBusiness akaKITTY KUTABAREakaCandyPole


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OT
bravo!! I was just thinking I need to read a new Selene poem ha - descriptions to make Carroll jealous - "pearls in my hair
my legs uncertain
in the shallows
my ice floe gown traded
for lace
and satin
my scales decorating a seagull's throat" - so nice! and I love the whole of the last stanza in particular! "add my tears to the sea" !!

Posted 13 Years Ago


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Beautiful imagery! A lovely poem:) Well done.

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Your poetic images consistently blend stories into reality and then some. This one makes me think of love for some reason, but I liked how it made me feel and it made me smile. Excellent excellent and superb.

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

...your poems are the pearls...

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

In the background , I'm hearing Johnny singing his soulful cover of N.I.N. "Hurt"

your poetry - you , such a gift ...

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Here again you display your delicate wisdom strung along with purifying grace. Just wonderful.

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

:) here, where i live, a saying goes that a bride shouldn't wear pearls on her wedding day because she'll cry all her life...and i just love how your poem brought involuntarily that thing into my mind - obviously, my favorite part is
"the feel of your dying against my breasts
a memory tattoo
that curves me into an arc
around the agony
of the hollow bride"
- the permanence of the pain imprinted on the soul and the flesh - the ever heritage of love...

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

hollow coves of the heart nurturing cold salty tides, priceless sunlit memories bound together with moments of irritation, pain, grief... stellar wordcrafting, dearheart

Posted 13 Years Ago


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and in a way
I have comfort
the feel of your dying against my breasts
a memory tattoo
that curves me into an arc
around the agony
of the hollow bride

oh my... you somehow combine a magical feel with a sense of tragedy... that part above in particular really hit me.

Posted 13 Years Ago


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this is kind of heartbreaking. I'd say more, but I don't think my phone can handle it. you don't have to be told, this isbeautiful beyond measure very nice.

Posted 13 Years Ago


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you are worth every last pearl of it

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