Monday, December 27, 2021

Above Bullshit & Silence

 


Linking with Shay's Word Garden Word List #6 (Laura Marling) 

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I held my love like a wounded bird

Wings broke from life’s fickle ways

The skin of my heart bruised

From fallen words

Spoken on lonesome lips

Yet I still write poems of love like a song of blues

For I am a hunter of truth in a wild land

Searching for warmth in December

For holy in the lost places

Crying for sand and sea in the waste land of dust

I ring bells trying to be heard above bullshit and silence

For that is what poets and lovers do.


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16 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 27, 2021 at 3:21 PM

    One of your best, Carrie. Spectacular imagery. I would have to quote the whole poem. I love it!

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  2. FireblossomDecember 27, 2021 at 4:42 PM

    Indeed it is!

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    1. Carrie Van HornDecember 28, 2021 at 3:21 AM

      Thank you for another wonderful list and prompt Shay!

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    2. FireblossomDecember 28, 2021 at 8:50 AM

      My pleasure! So glad you like it and are part of it!

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  3. ✿December 27, 2021 at 5:44 PM

    “Searching for warmth in December” ... Girl, come down South. I swear, it’s been tanning weather here for the past three days.

    The second-to-last line is my favorite. <3

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    1. Carrie Van HornDecember 28, 2021 at 3:18 AM

      LOL I do know all too well ..I am right in the heart of that same heat.🔥⛄🤣 Glad you stopped by * .

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  4. JimDecember 28, 2021 at 1:30 PM

    I too enjoy a reprieve from our "wild land" quarrels, name calling, and worse by writing. Helps me keep my head above the drowning line.
    Temperature wise, I am also enjoying with you guys our warm-so-far winter weather.
    ..

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    1. Carrie Van HornDecember 30, 2021 at 2:19 PM

      It definitely has been a warm December. Happy New Year Jim!

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  5. phillip woodruff (jalopy dreams)December 29, 2021 at 10:37 AM

    i really like the imagery in this, and the moon... enjoyed very much

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  6. Sunra RainzDecember 29, 2021 at 12:52 PM

    Really beautiful, Carrie! It had a lovely balance between a feeling of loss and searching and yet so many comforting sensations too. I love these lines:

    "I ring bells trying to be heard above bullshit and silence
    For that is what poets and lovers do."

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  7. JadeLiDecember 29, 2021 at 4:22 PM

    I like the conclusion also.

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  8. Carrie Van HornDecember 30, 2021 at 2:22 PM

    So glad you liked it Lisa and thank you for stopping by.

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  9. Jewish Young Professional "JYP"December 31, 2021 at 12:04 AM

    There are some great lines in here! "I held my love like a wounded bird", "For holy in the lost places", and "I ring bells trying to be heard above bullshit and silence" are my favorites

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