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emmajones
Emma Jones
United Kingdom, Liverpool

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Water dripping
against the cool hard
surface of the kitchen sink.

Kettle boiling
whistling angrily all by
itself.

Fly buzzing
dipping and diving
it lands inside an open
tub of margarine.

Outside the rain is pouring
an incessant downpour
that bodes no well.

No hungry mouths
run in from school.
No Mother's love to wrap them in
and keep them warm.

A snapshot caught out of sync.
Memories imprinted never to be reinstalled.

Dust will settle.
Time will pass.
But, for now the whistling kettle
does not know that no one
will answer to its call.

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Min Comment by: Min - 2006-06-12 14:20
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Could you put 'that bodes ill'?

Very mysterious with a hint of sadness. Makes me wonder what's made this scene occur. Various scenarios run through my head and I like the choice available.
henrydavidlau Comment by: henrydavidlau - 2006-06-11 16:02
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I really enjoyed this poem, I really liked the vivid imagery and the melancholy tone symbolising loneliness. The stanza that really hammered the point home was:
'No hungry mouths
run in from school.
No Mother's love to wrap them in
and keep them warm.'

Great stuff.
yourlatestcliche Comment by: yourlatestcliche - 2006-06-10 08:27
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i like the mood of this poem and it flows nicely, great job
psgri2003 Comment by: psgri2003 - 2006-06-08 05:03
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this reminded me of ray bradburys 'there will come soft rains', beautiful
jkaber Comment by: jkaber - 2006-05-28 14:36
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This is a wonderful mood poem. I could picture the scene very well. I agree with several others that "that bodes no well." does not read well. My own preference was for "bodes not well." I also thought it might be more effective to change-
"it lands inside an open
tub of margarine."
to "landing inside an open
tub of margarine."
nice write.
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