Friday, September 27, 2013

The unbidden ghosts of bygone belief



bench-in-a-misty-park.jpg 
Misty Park by Petr Kratochvil.jpg



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The unbidden ghosts of bygone belief


they come and sit 

the unbidden ghosts of
bygone belief –
gathering in patches of sun-spill
there on the hillside where sharp edges of slaughtered innocence
swarm, scraps of flesh still seeping
for blood-memory is exact and irrevocable

they come and sit 

the unbidden ghosts of trusting giggles
of that little girl with clothes free-falling
haunting each silent shudder
of the now-grown woman
flinching from each would-be loving touch
alone
in servituded-worship
of the ever 

Unbidden Ghosts
sitting at her side  


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16 comments:

  1. Well, I love it, Pearl. I played just a minute with the words late last night and you have used them in much the same way I was writing them, so guess I'm back to the drawing board with mine. Poetic minds thinking alike... Your photo choice is perfect for your poem. Super job.

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  2. An eerie poem - goes so well with the photo.

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  3. oh pearl, my heart has a new fissure forming.

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  4. Park benches are like that they whisper their secrets to you.

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  5. Oh, Pearl. This is so powerfully sad. What a statement.

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  6. I agree with Laurie, Pearl. This evokes deep sadness. Well-penned.

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  7. That's the trouble with the past... It happened...!

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  8. Oh I can see those unbidden ghosts sharing the park bench with her. "that little girl with clothes free falling"......haunting.

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  9. there are ghosts and there are ghosts - & i am very familiar with their hauntings... nicely written

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  10. Very powerful and sad. I especially love the opening lines.

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  11. The unbidden ghosts of bygone belief and trust seem to be a mockery to the woman grown into an alternative reality. A disturbing reflection on the "progress" of growing up.

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  12. Very strong and evocative. The photo is an excellent intro to the writing,

    Elizabeth

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  13. Definite sense of a physical haunting surrounding this woman..maybe those ghosts will leave..at some point..

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  14. It kinda gives a spooky feeling indeed!!!

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