The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 6/30/08

BlueIris

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Mon Jun-30-08 01:56 PM
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The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 6/30/08

"Sand"

It's not mine
but I should have seen it coming—
the gradual pulverizing—you know
eventually it will all disappear,
as will you.
I did not mean for everything
to get smaller.
I did not mean for the rich, richer
and the poor, poorer,
nor for everything to be fair
though my translators
bandy about "justice" and "righteousness"
with abandon
as though words were meant to correlate to thoughts.
As though ideas matter.
Do dunes compensate?
I did not invent intent.
You did.
And the way indented footprints disappear
on the ocean's arrival?
That was yours, too.
How eloquent.

—Patty Seyburn

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Westegg

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Mon Jun-30-08 02:53 PM
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1. Love the irony, sarcasm, anger, and the metaphor...

...of something/anything left alone along the beach until it is beaten into sand by remorseless tides.

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BlueIris

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Mon Jun-30-08 02:56 PM
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2. Isn't this greeeeaaat? After I found it, I was really excited. nt

Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 02:56 PM by BlueIris

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Jun-30-08 03:19 PM
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3. My dear BlueIris...

Oh, lovely!

I can just hear the hissing of the foamy wave as it covers the footprints...

Thank you!

I will answer your PM in a little while...

:hug:

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BlueIris

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Mon Jun-30-08 04:03 PM
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4. This is truly one of my better finds.

Ah...

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BlueIris

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Mon Jun-30-08 07:33 PM
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5. Kick.

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