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[aid] => mick
[title] => Plastic Pink Roses
[time] => 2005-05-23 22:15:24
[hometext] => I wrote this while in a graveyard for a walk yesterday. It was a very thoughtful trip... I did a lot of questioning. The grave I wrote about said 'Jean C. Ward, wife and mother, 1912-1949, at rest' and had pink plastic roses.
[bodytext] => False water drops like
manufactured tears
on sale at Walmart,
rest faded beside the granite rock.
Abandoned and wind-worn.
Visited in memory
as few seconds allow;
the wind, an empty
one-sided conversationalist
in comparison to flesh and blood
and breath.
Only plastic pink roses adorn
shallow meaning.
I bet pink wasn't even your favorite colour.
~Kara
[comments] => 10
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[informant] => waos
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[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
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[score] => 20
[ratings] => 4
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => SadPoetry
)
Plastic Pink Roses
Contributed by
waos
on
Monday, 23rd May 2005 @ 10:15:24 PM in AEST
Topic:
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False water drops like
manufactured tears
on sale at Walmart,
rest faded beside the granite rock.
Abandoned and wind-worn.
Visited in memory
as few seconds allow;
the wind, an empty
one-sided conversationalist
in comparison to flesh and blood
and breath.
Only plastic pink roses adorn
shallow meaning.
I bet pink wasn't even your favorite colour.
~Kara
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waos
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by mylady on
Monday, 23rd May 2005 @ 10:18:50 PM AEST
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| nice poem... |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by Silent-No-More on
Monday, 23rd May 2005 @ 10:46:27 PM AEST
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Ohhhh, Kara ---- I do like this! Better yet... I like it for many reasons. It was your author's note that drew me in actually (one of my more recent writes was born of a stop at a cemetery - so, I could relate to finding inspiration there and... to your remark that it was a "thoughful trip"). The write itself is thoughtful, insighful AND thought provoking. And this:
the wind, an empty
one-sided conversationalist
in comparison to flesh and blood
and breath.
was terrific. It was your conclusion though, that really drove this home (together with the title, I suppose). Your point is not lost on this reader. Extremely well done!
Impressed,
~Snemmy~ |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by Man_On_High on
Monday, 23rd May 2005 @ 11:30:37 PM AEST
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Kara..
I find it only necessary to say that
this poem preserves the memory of one who
has never met you..
how noble and kind
so much said in so few words..
beautiful solitude..
great imagery
very well written
B
M.O.H. |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by Blu on
Tuesday, 24th May 2005 @ 12:19:23 AM AEST
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Love it.
I know how you can see or hear or taste something... and to anyone else
it seems insignificant, but to you it inspires poetry.
Very lovely, lonely at the same time.
Your work is always inspirational to read.
Blu |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by MorningDove on
Tuesday, 24th May 2005 @ 12:22:02 AM AEST
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| This poem is wonderful. I wish people wouldn't put those plastic flowers there unless they plan to change them out monthly. It looks so degrading to me. Maybe it is supposed to look nice from the streets or something, but even an ivy planted would be nicer. Only 37 y/o and all she gets is plastic faded pink roses. It just seems so sad to me. It is a very emotional sort of poem. I love cemeteries and the headstones of the old graves. They are quite unique and interesting. Rita |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by DorianChambers on
Tuesday, 24th May 2005 @ 01:03:43 AM AEST
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A very nice peice of writting, poetic and genuine . . .
Dorian Chambers |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by bobotheclown on
Wednesday, 25th May 2005 @ 10:47:09 PM AEST
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well this definitely was not what I was
expecting and you asked me to tell you what I
thought about it so I might as well be
honest... and say that it was AWESOME. I
thought the last line was a bit weak, but the
rest of the poem was really well done. I
thought this poem was a bit more
commercial friendly (if you want to use that
term). I was reading a poem in a book at
Chapters and while the two poems have
nothing in common the structure of the two is
what brings me to draw the comparison. Well
I am not sure if that makes any sense, but I
hope at least one thing is clear... that I love
this poem.
Bobo (Joel) |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 29th May 2005 @ 12:35:57 AM AEST
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| Wow...This is a masterpiece. Your use of imagery was brilliant. This is such a thought provoking piece. Excellent work. |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by Stellar on
Monday, 6th June 2005 @ 07:16:14 PM AEST
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Such sad imagery...very well written!
**Stellar |
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Re: Plastic Pink Roses
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by harlot20 on
Monday, 1st August 2005 @ 06:59:01 PM AEST
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| thats such a sad poem to read. it makes you wonder what has happened to the ppl who where ther who buried here. why the flowers hadnt been replaced. such sadness |
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