Methinks Powerful poem -good language -long for more details -would like a
little more to go on
Best wishes Patrick
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Heather Taylor
Sent: 23 June 2008 17:01
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Subject: Early snap: Last Rites
Hi all,
I worked on a new poem on Friday at a workshop and I thought I'd throw it
out there. I've been super busy with my MA (we have our showcase on Friday
with agents, producers, etc) so I won't be online for snap day...so here is
something new!
Heather
Last Rites
The receiver seemed to leap from my ear,
the gnarled cord pulling at it
like a man left drowning.
You picked it up, rescued my father's
voice from the floor as my insides swayed,
my dinner threatening to return to my plate.
He wants to talk to you, you said
acting like a life preserver between us,
but I didn't want to be saved.
The man who thought he could've raised me
better than the wife he abandoned
didn't deserve any last words.
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