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WORDS FIND ME
I’m here and there, when words find me,
Ink scrambles, flowing thoughts on doodles,
Though leaves have uncanny sense to flee,
Phrase bound are motifs smooth and serrated;
Games of catch and hold, when words find me,
Frieze syllable by syllable, undressing memory,
Bared to whispering wind or howling banshee ,
Thoroughly shredding paper past and future;
Ensnared are shackled twigs to tree,
Sunlight strums, so symphonies can shuffle,
Silhouettes, add depth of form when words find me
WORDS FIND ME © gillena cox 2017

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24 comments:

  1. Magaly GuerreroMay 16, 2017 at 11:53 AM

    Few things are as wonderful as to be found by words... :-)

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 16, 2017 at 12:36 PM

      Indeed,
      thanks for dropping by Magaly

      Much love...

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  2. brudbergMay 16, 2017 at 3:45 PM

    Sometimes I think poets are fleshed in words...

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 16, 2017 at 5:25 PM

      Thanks for dropping by Björn.

      Much love...

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  3. Kim M. RussellMay 16, 2017 at 3:47 PM

    Great words, Gillena. I especially like the lines:
    'Games of catch and hold, when words find me,
    Frieze syllable by syllable, undressing memory'
    and
    'Sunlight strums, so symphonies can shuffle,
    Silhouettes, add depth of form when words find me'.

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 16, 2017 at 5:26 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Kim

      Much love...

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  4. Sanaa RizviMay 16, 2017 at 4:30 PM

    I love this especially 'Though leaves have uncanny sense to flee,phrase bound are motifs smooth and serrated.' Beautifully executed.

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 16, 2017 at 5:27 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Sanaa

      Much love...

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  5. Paul John DearMay 16, 2017 at 5:56 PM

    Words they find you indeed.

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 17, 2017 at 6:53 AM

      Yes that's the order of things, they do indeed find me Paul. Thank you for dropping by

      much love...

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  6. AnonymousMay 16, 2017 at 7:07 PM

    The flow of this alone... I'm taken away. Thank you

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 17, 2017 at 6:52 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Martin

      much love...

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-WadeMay 16, 2017 at 7:57 PM

    Ah yes, the truth, that they do find us.

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 17, 2017 at 6:51 AM

      Happy you dropped in Rosemary, Yes, you don't think or decide on writing, and before you know it, you are like caught in a web-feeling of overpowering urgings to note something

      much love...

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  8. Sherry Blue SkyMay 16, 2017 at 8:59 PM

    Words find us everywhere. One poem found me in the forest and I tried to memorize it till I could get to pen and paper.

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 17, 2017 at 6:49 AM

      Yes, know the feeling, Sherry, the shifting and assembling until you are abled to do your jottings. thanks for dropping by, and your empathy

      much love...

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  9. ThotpurgeMay 16, 2017 at 9:33 PM

    Love the repetition and the first line is a home run!

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 17, 2017 at 6:46 AM

      Humble bow. Thank you for your appreciation Thotpurge, such an encouraging comment, coming from the 'queen of imagery'

      much love...

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  10. JimMay 17, 2017 at 1:47 PM

    "when words find me," that is a writer's delight.
    This was nice, Gillena, a refreshing reminder of our dependence on finding those words.
    ..

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 22, 2017 at 3:04 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Jim

      much love...

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  11. Frank HubenyMay 17, 2017 at 8:00 PM

    I enjoyed the sound of this and the word "symphonies" seemed to come at just the right place in the poem with the multiple endings of "when words find me".

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    1. Gillena CoxMay 22, 2017 at 3:05 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Frank

      much love...

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  12. Bekkie SanchezMay 19, 2017 at 3:58 PM

    When words find you, things like this poem happen and that's a good thing!

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