Sunday, August 19, 2018

Emptiness Is Your Lot In Life


Where you were only 
A minute ago, the vacant 

Space is now full 
Of longing. 


4 comments:

  1. Beautiful evocation of loss. Feels raw as anything right now.

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  2. Thanks so much, Duncan. Curious things happen at times when you least expect them; in the case of this poem, it was started and finished so quickly I had the feeling something grievous had transpired somewhere and was pushing me to quickly put it down. Well, you and I now know what it was: The loss of our dear friend, Tom Clark. BTW, the poem on my FB page is introduced by a poem from one of my very favorite poets. Here it is:

    “He who has seen everything empty itself is close
    To knowing what everything is filled with.”

    --Antonio Porchia, Voices

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  3. Beautifully said. The comments and the poems.

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