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ATTEMPTING ASCETICISM

 

So kiss your hand, and wave,

And pray unto nurturing skies

Your soft, slow goodbyes,

Sighed sublime

In pinewood rhymes,

As I trod away upon

These distant dream patterns of mine

With dreary march...

 

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©25 January 2023 - 7:34pm — humanfruit
29 January 2023 - 4:52am — patriciajj
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I was completely transfixed

I was completely transfixed by the floating, atmospheric movement of this spellbinding expression with its "soft, slow goodbyes" that glided with ethereal grace into a mist of pulsing sorrow and a desire for oblivion. Written with astonishing poignancy and immersive power, it absolutely compelled me to read it again.

 

Applauding the word mage!  

 
26 January 2023 - 2:09am — redbrick
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And that trodding away shall

And that trodding away shall progress from dreary to solemn to sublime!

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

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26 January 2023 - 12:15am — lyrycsyntyme
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Powerful mood shift

I didn't anticipate the suggestion of a distanceless, soulful connection, albeit in a bittersweet moment, to shift into such a lonely drag through a fog. From gentle to heavy, and very well written.

 

Detachment may reduce sadness, but also all but eliminates joy. I hope you will reattach yourself, despite the difficulties life surely does offer.