Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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 IN FRIENDSHIP WITH AWAKENING: a quadrille

Sadness awakens me with overthinking and overhearing. 

What of dust settled after evening breezes of yesterday 

and  crispness of melon rind in wee hours of tomorrow? 

 We've watched helplessly 

as heartbeats erode sleep of predawn.

We now conspire to decipher time in silence. 

© gillena cox 2023

BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH
The Challenge
... to pick an opening line from a blogger friend’s poem (with due permission/acknowledgement) and use it in your poem on friendship. Please use the line as it is anywhere in your verse. The form/style/length is up to you.

I have used the line "we've watched helplessly" excerpted from the poem Jan and Bo by Rob Kistner


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14 comments:

  1. Kim M. RussellMarch 1, 2023 at 4:16 AM

    A poignant friendship quadrille, Gillena! I love the lines:
    ‘What of dust settled after evening breezes of yesterday
    and crispness of melon rind in wee hours of tomorrow?’

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  2. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2023 at 4:34 AM

    Thanks for your apprecistion Kim

    Much💜love

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  3. Dwight L. RothMarch 1, 2023 at 9:57 AM

    Very well done, Gillena. A very thought-provoking poem!

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  4. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2023 at 11:56 AM

    Thanks for your appreciation Dwight

    Much💜love

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  5. Carys OwenMarch 1, 2023 at 1:05 PM

    I love the imagery you use to express different moments in time. Thanks for sharing your poetry :)

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Cary

      Much💜love

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  6. paeansunpluggedMarch 1, 2023 at 1:16 PM

    Conspiring to "decipher time in silence" is so poignantly deep. In friendship silence between two friends speaks volumes. Thanks for joining in, Gillena. 💙

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2023 at 5:50 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Punam

      Much💜love

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  7. robkistnerMarch 1, 2023 at 3:21 PM

    I am so very honored Gillena, that you chose the opening line from my poem Jan & Bo — thank you. It is s poem that has not garnered many visits, but it is a poem of great meaning to me, so thank you for finding it my friend — and I love what you did with it!

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    1. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2023 at 5:49 PM

      Thanks for your appreciation Rob.

      Much💜love

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  8. brudbergMarch 1, 2023 at 3:46 PM

    I love those closing line... so much of friendship is the in the silence.

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  9. Gillena CoxMarch 1, 2023 at 5:50 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Björn

    Much💜love

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  10. GraceMarch 1, 2023 at 9:03 PM

    Love that last line Gillena. Thankful for the friends around the bloggerworld.

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  11. Gillena CoxMarch 2, 2023 at 12:11 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Grace

    Much💜love

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