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Lonesome Backwoods

by Shifa Maqba

In the lonesome backwoods behind our vintage house

We buried our souls deep just to have ghosts around.

 

But phantoms, they startle, howl, scream and weep

Way past their bedtimes because the night doesn’t seep

Into their cavities where they safeguard our souls,

Still glowering in caskets of gold.

 

And that’s what they’ll ever be-

Fossilized memories,

Vessels of love...

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Friday 12th February 2021 11:12 am

Poetry   lonesome   backwoods   forest   memories   love   ghosts

Whispering Winds

by Shirley Smothers

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Sent my heart away
Carried away on whispering winds
To a lonesome land

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Tuesday 5th March 2019 12:59 am

haiku   Heart   Lonesome

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