Sunday, June 27, 2010

Mississippi Raining


standing in front of the mirror
I watched as words
fell from a crack in the side of my head -
words that smelt
like a warm Mississippi summer rain
running slow – towards hot
like reading Faulkner
in the shower



bkmackenzie
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27 comments:

  1. I am in with you...
    excellent images you words have painted.
    keep it up!
    ;)

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  2. Thank you for your visit. I would be interested in learning more about this Monday children's group...Sounds like a fun challenge.

    I love you poetry - very evocative...it lingers.

    Smiles

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  3. Thank you Jingle and Julia for stopping in my new site I appreciate your support....bkm

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  4. Lovely blog and beautiful words, thanks for sharing.

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  5. Thank you Brigid for visiting -I appreciate your wonderful comments.....bkm

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  6. Beautiful blog and creative writing :)
    Short Poems

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  7. Wow thank you Marinela for your comments- I love your blog also - you are a creative lady...bkm

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  8. Oh, this is wonderful. Love how you use your words to paint such lovely and powerful images.


    Melanie

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  9. Thanks so much Melanie--- love your name..I appreciate your kind words....please visit again...bkm

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  10. Love your site. Wonderful mix of images and poetry. I especially appreciate the use of sound within the poems.

    I look forward to reading more.

    And thanks for visiting my blog a little earlier.

    Bill Cook

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  11. Bill, thank you so much for your visit and your wonderful compliments...looking forward to hearing from you again...bkm

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  12. this is beautiful... love it

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  13. Thank you Dreamer-blessings...bkm

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  14. This is great! Your imagery is just amazing, as always.

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  15. Your words are addictive and you always capture the world with such vivid imagery.

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  16. Great imagery here, especially the use of Mississippi river.

    http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/ice-cream/

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  17. Always a pleasure to read.

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  18. Great images there...but when I read in the shower, the pages start to stick together.

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  19. Excellent use of imagery. Very thought provoking piece :O)

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  20. Like reading Faulkner in the shower--a delightful image within a steamy poem.

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  21. Its beautiful and perfect.. I enjoyed it.. Thanks for sharing..

    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com

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  22. What a fine short poem, Barbara. How often I've felt that little crack out of which words seep. Glad you posted this over at Forgotten Fridays--(I decided to play too.)

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  23. oh MY, bkm! Wonderful! I am so glad you set this out for a second look for such as me who missed it the first time. From the words falling to the shower running...just marvelous.

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  24. Thank you for visiting The Friday Forgotten and linking your post. Your imagination and creativity should never lie dusty in a dark corner of your blog. We are happy to help clear away the cobwebs.

    Your words are nostalgic and full of powerful imagery. I could feel the thickness of the rain ruining my book as I read with you.

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  25. Good place to read ol'Faulkner...read him in August once.

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