Hello Barbara. Cannot find the original posting so I am piggybacking on this
message.
This is a tough poem for me as it has some personal resonance of a lost
loved one. However it is an excellent piece which is even more powerful
because you do not indulge the poem or yourself. Thanks for a good read
Arthur.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Horwood" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: new sub: chemo
Hello Barbara,
This is a very powerful piece. The simile of storms and rain
seems very effective to me.
Best wishes, Mike
--- Alkuperäinen viesti ---
Chemo
it never hits with the flash and thunder of a storm
doesn't sweep away in a raging flood
maybe that's why I forget to run
why I allow such damage in the end
no, it's more like the gentle relentless rains
the steady flow that seeps and drowns
the worm
leaves it stretched across the sidewalk
for the birds to pluck away
I should be glad that it's working
I should be
but somehow when I pass a mirror
and see the swollen marked terrain
I want to cry
enough
BBO
5/30/01
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