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March 28, 2011
Deceptively simple, Q by *antonfrost unfolds with each subsequent line, like a vision slowly coming into focus. A masterful use of line-breaks and imagery.
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Literature Text
she
rests by
the river
with a hand
in the water.
she reaches
into it
as she
lies there,
her hand
like a limp
pearly tremor
of ribbon
under the water
as it moves.
she yawns
with her tongue
to one side
and begins
to doze,
waiting
for
you.
rests by
the river
with a hand
in the water.
she reaches
into it
as she
lies there,
her hand
like a limp
pearly tremor
of ribbon
under the water
as it moves.
she yawns
with her tongue
to one side
and begins
to doze,
waiting
for
you.
Literature
Fugue
I found her in a tree, once.
She was sittin' stuck in the uppermost branches, serene and unsurprised as an angel on Christmas morning. Dappled light inked her pretty with the shadows of leaves, and her fingers faintly tapped the rhythm of a bright hymn on the burdened limb.
"Hello!" she called, miraculously. The sun made a silhouette of her waving arm, and I breathed for the first time in hours. Her face looked so sweet, smilin' and brilliant. Though she was only a few dozen feet up, she looked down at me as though she was ages and miles away.
"Susan, get down from there," I yelled. "Momma's worried," I added in a mutter, my gaze scurr
Literature
Love Isn't Chasing Rainbows
we wouldn't be dreamers, big schemers,
with go-nowhere jobs, nine-to-five.
no saving face, morning after regrets,
and what was his name agains.
we'd be euchre in the café
with men who had seen it all
before. salt plains, burma forests,
atoll islands and elephants at the zoo.
a car park wedding and a shotgun
house. make up chasers are
for the suburban dream –
who wants kids anyway?
I'd finish my degree, want
to work far, far away and
you'd agree to follow me
to the edge of the world,
but no further because
heights still won't be your
thing. in lust for all days;
we would have the world.
just say –
[yes]
Literature
drive
all pigtails and freckles,
bubblegum and denim jumpers,
you’re too young to know what
the letter D, U and I stand for,
but you’re already
driving me up a
Disney-princess pink
wall
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Wasn't quite sure of what to make of this piece at first but... it's beauty has really grown on me with each re-read... bravo. =]