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How words do or don't feel
I tried to help you see how words feel.
I said them out loud to you
slowly,
and pronounced each syllable
carefully.
Listen, I said,
can you hear feelings in these words,
…“his voice fell, like drops of cool water, into the silence”
You looked at me innocently and smiled.
What does water have to do with silence, you said?
But don’t you think it’s a beautiful image that these words create, I said,
like how the drops cause the water to ripple outward
mirroring the sound of his voice speaking
filling the silence
incrementally… can’t you see it and feel it too?
You smiled at me, your green eyes sparkling pools of deep and untouched wonder.
No, you said.
24/03/2009
Lesley-Anne Evans
I said them out loud to you
slowly,
and pronounced each syllable
carefully.
Listen, I said,
can you hear feelings in these words,
…“his voice fell, like drops of cool water, into the silence”
You looked at me innocently and smiled.
What does water have to do with silence, you said?
But don’t you think it’s a beautiful image that these words create, I said,
like how the drops cause the water to ripple outward
mirroring the sound of his voice speaking
filling the silence
incrementally… can’t you see it and feel it too?
You smiled at me, your green eyes sparkling pools of deep and untouched wonder.
No, you said.
24/03/2009
Lesley-Anne Evans
Comment
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Comment by BOB BLACKMAN on March 29, 2009 at 6:57pm - I love this piece, and feel sorry for the listener who was untouched by the words. Excellent! ~Padre Bob
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Comment by Jeff Bidiman on March 26, 2009 at 6:55pm
- I really like this poem because of the way you use poetry to describe poetry, and how not everyone interprets the words the same. Thankfully, I could feel your words!
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