Comments | ysabetwordsmith: Poem: "Heartshade"

ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "Heartshade"

Oct 05, 2011 17:49

This poem came out of the October 4, 2011 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from laffingkat and rowyn dealing with phantom personality traits and ghosts of the living. It was sponsored by laffingkat.

Heartshade

The man who died
gave away his heart
to a young woman.

Presently the young woman ( Read more... )

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Comments 6

the_vulture October 6 2011, 01:23:08 UTC

That's so beautiful...

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith October 10 2011, 02:42:44 UTC

I'm glad you like it.

mdlbear October 6 2011, 01:55:23 UTC

Lovely.

rhodielady_47 October 6 2011, 04:20:18 UTC

Looks like I am going to have to lay in a new supply of kleenix...this poem and the one about the ghost pets really get to me.
:}

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith October 6 2011, 05:36:00 UTC

I'm glad you found these so touching.

It's interesting that despite the theme, there were only a few creepy poems and nothing that was really horrifying. Most were just eerie, and some were sweet.

kelkyag October 6 2011, 05:06:47 UTC

This is lovely and touching.