To see, feel, hold, wake
determination cycles, knowing mistakes
enduring without audience
multi-stepped blossomed awareness
winging it
drenched ducks in a row
elation evaporation
mind marathons
love injects herself into the race
- all this comes after
promising
if your words are
tattooed as you
© Ali Grimshaw 2024
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I like your using the permanence of a tattoo as the gauge of one’s commitment. Really hoping they are more than graffiti!
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It is interesting to think about how we might commit differently if our commitments were tatooed on our bodies.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.
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You’re very welcome, Ali.
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Ali, I’m really impressed by how you blend vivid imagery and deep introspection in this poem—it captures the complexities of determination and love in such a unique and thought-provoking way!
~David
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Thank you, David. I really enjoy the way. Writing makes me think more deeply about life. Wishing you peace.☮️
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Loving all of this….and most especially these lines:
“drenched ducks in a row
elation evaporation
mind marathons”
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Thank you for reflecting back the words that most spoke to you.
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so much may happen after a promise been given.
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Thanks for stopping by.
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so many lines of grasping that promise here Ali – the tatoo though is the ink that dries on its finality
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Thanks for your feedback, Laura. I was wondering if this had enough connection between the lines to pull it together. Poetry is always a grand experiment.
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its rather like the graffiti image- the wall is the connector!
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Really like this style of poetry, all connected at the end with that strong stanza..very good indeed..
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Thank you for your kind response☮️
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all this comes after
promising
if your words are
tattooed as you
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Thank you for reflecting back my friend
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