Ah, my dear poet friends, this has been far too long. I can't believe it's already getting towards the end of May! I fully intended to post more on this blog before now, but time did not permit. I did not however totally quit writing poetry. I was on vacation last week in the mountains of North Carolina and it was somewhat inspiring to my muse. Here's one poem I wrote while up there.
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Because God saw fit
to let the wind
create a power outage
I look at your picture
via cellphone light.
I keep that snapshot
in the safest place I know,
next to a note another girl
wrote me before.
I've been meaning to burn
her henscratch and doodling.
Why should I keep it,
when you write poems
and give canvas life?
In the dying cellphone light
I imagine us together,
like a couple from Austen,
playing by the social rules,
coming out the better,
disappointing Bingley's sisters.
1
As the cellphone dies
and my eyes begin to close
I can't help but imagine
that there is a place
among the great
waiting for us.
2
The two of us,
with hands held tight,
are legends,
are myths,
are from the tales of old,
like Unicorns, almost.
Posted by Nathan on May 20, 2008
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