One-way Ticket (new title) final...
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(06-02-2023, 01:40 PM)brynmawr1 Wrote:  The low whistle
of the early train 
leaving wakes me         I'd suggest moving "leaving" to end of second line; to me it reads awkwardly dropped to third
 
on the hard side
of dreaming for
the sound of return.    very nice touch
 
Down in the valley
a dog barks
to be let back in.
 
Covers tugged tight
to my chin, I listen
to birds barter for love.
 
My feet searching
the chill settle
each for the other.
 
It’s cold here.
It shouldn’t be
in mid-May.

I'm starting to think the last stanza isn't needed either.   I think you're right.
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RE: Unseasonable - by Knot - 06-05-2023, 07:14 PM
RE: Unseasonable - by brynmawr1 - 06-06-2023, 03:00 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit) - by Knot - 06-06-2023, 07:34 PM
RE: Unseasonable(edit) - by brynmawr1 - 06-07-2023, 08:02 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit) - by TranquillityBase - 06-07-2023, 06:17 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit) - by busker - 06-07-2023, 10:24 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit) - by brynmawr1 - 06-08-2023, 12:25 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit) - by Knot - 06-07-2023, 08:41 PM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by rowens - 06-08-2023, 06:34 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by brynmawr1 - 06-08-2023, 11:39 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by TranquillityBase - 06-08-2023, 07:25 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by Knot - 06-08-2023, 04:40 PM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by TranquillityBase - 06-09-2023, 01:41 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by rowens - 06-09-2023, 01:54 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by brynmawr1 - 06-09-2023, 08:06 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by TranquillityBase - 06-09-2023, 09:53 PM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by rowens - 06-09-2023, 09:52 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by Tiger the Lion - 06-09-2023, 10:06 AM
RE: Unseasonable(edit2) - by Knot - 06-09-2023, 05:14 PM



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