asked us to feature the word KEEP
in our poem of exactly 44 words.
It was hard to keep it under
several hundred words!
Submitted to dVerse
November 4, 2019
a pocket watch
my father tied
through a buttonhole
in his bib overalls
by an old shoe lace
I keep within a
glass dome
my father tied
through a buttonhole
in his bib overalls
by an old shoe lace
I keep within a
glass dome
my mother’s collection
of small glass birds
I keep in a bird cage,
bright-colored bits
that pleased her...
of small glass birds
I keep in a bird cage,
bright-colored bits
that pleased her...
now me
I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get to your quadrille, Bev, but I’m here now! I love the images you paint: the pocket watch and the way it was tied by an old shoe lace but it now treasured in a glass dome, and those small glass birds in a bird cage. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteNice ways to display that pocket watch and glass birds.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful images of memory
ReplyDeleteThis is a simple and sweet tribute. 🙂
ReplyDeletePhysical reminders of love, well cherished — wonderful Bev?
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful thing to have as memory...
ReplyDeleteThis is a very sweet tribute!
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