Sunday, January 31, 2010

Yellow Pad

Yellow pad lined
in pale, horizontal
blue,
empty with the tint of
air, awaits a
word or
two, perhaps three.

Pen, filled with
inky black, like dried
blood,
hovers in rose-blush hope
to midwife a
word or
two, perhaps three.

Word, awaiting a
birth, the color of
light,
Flows from the heart; a
word or
two, perhaps three,
fit for a yellow pad.

11 comments:

  1. There is nothing I love more than an empty yellow legal pad. Honestly! I feel this rush of excitement when I see one...
    Love this Glynn!

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  2. This is quite lyrical, Glynn. I'm glad these words found their place on your pad.

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  3. a soul
    made for word
    alive
    flowing from Love
    listens for
    a word of light
    or two
    perhaps three

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  4. words awaiting birth ... sometimes slow in the transition

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  5. glynn more than anything the structure of this poem spoke to me of birth.

    you have structured it like a birthing canal and this is more beuatiful than the poetry itself which is outstanding.

    the first words out of my mouth after reading were: "yes"

    and then i smelt the yellow, aged paper.

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  6. "Midwife a word"...oh my, oh my. Soulish man.

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  7. yes! i could fill a whole yellow legal pad with thoughts of how much i love yellow legal pads...

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  8. *grin*

    Yes, that's really about what I felt when I posted last night. Love it. I just love it.

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  9. oh exactly. Love this.

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