Sunday, February 3, 2013

MAGPIE...Prompt 154



                                     Central Library, Manchester, U.K./ Robin Gosnall


THANK YOU, Tess, at Magpie Tales...


Love's Leap

A word,
love,
leaps past my heartbreak,
trips at the rim of the scaffold,
tumbles over the edge.

A singular undoing
to erase that tiresome word,
that cliche',
that "love".

Without "it"
anywhere in sight,
a taste in my mouth,
like bitter tea.

Maybe honey in the comb
will sweeten my acceptance
of an ancient banality.

I thumb through the dictionary
to find another word to say,
if ever again
I find myself
in....

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23 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2013 at 7:21 PM

    I like this piece! Nice!
    McGuffy's Reader
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  2. AM ZafaranFebruary 4, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    " leaps past my heartbreak,
    trips at the rim of the scaffold,
    tumbles over the edge" it's so beautifully put!

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  3. BerowneFebruary 4, 2013 at 6:25 AM

    Witty and sharp, a la Lyn...

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  4. LynFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:30 AM

    Hi McGuffy Ann-
    Welcome and thanks a lot!!

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  5. LynFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:31 AM

    Hi Hedgi-
    Who could ask for more? Thanks!

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  6. LynFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:32 AM

    Hi Zafaran-
    I really appreciate your comment..thanks!

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  7. LynFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:33 AM

    Hi Berowne-
    Really like that...a la stuff...thanks!

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  8. LynFebruary 4, 2013 at 8:33 AM

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  9. HelenFebruary 4, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    Nope ... no substitutes allowed! I love looking at those red shoes in your header.

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  10. Tess KincaidFebruary 4, 2013 at 5:34 PM

    Beautiful write, Lyn...bittersweet...

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  11. Kathe W.February 4, 2013 at 5:46 PM

    love this forst stanza....it says it all!

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  12. Silent Otto February 5, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Yes, it is a leap of faith, profound

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  13. LynFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    Hi Helen-
    Thanks..I try them on every day! No substitutes, of course!!

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  14. LynFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    Hi Tess-
    Thanks so much...I saw this lover's leap!

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  15. LynFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    Hi Kathe W-
    Thank you for the comment..so glad you liked this one!

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  16. LynFebruary 5, 2013 at 9:36 AM

    Hi Kutamun-
    Thank you for looking into this!

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  17. ~T~February 5, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    Keep that thesaurus handy! Well done.

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  18. LynFebruary 5, 2013 at 2:43 PM

    Hi ~T~
    I'll take all the help I can get, as long as it turns into a poem!! Thanks...

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  19. 21 WitsFebruary 6, 2013 at 11:47 AM

    Ah yes, a most delicious treat!

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  20. Carrie Van HornFebruary 7, 2013 at 1:04 PM

    Every stanza stands strong on its own....i love "A word love, leaps past my heartbreak trips at the rim of the scaffold tumbles over the edge.".....brilliant ode to the written word and libraries Lyn! :-)

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  21. LynFebruary 8, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    Hi Karen S.-
    I like the way you put that...thanks!

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  22. LynFebruary 8, 2013 at 4:28 PM

    Hi Carrie-
    Yes, a salute to libraries..that's where I grew up! Thank you...

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  23. DoriFebruary 10, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    Love it!!!

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