Thursday, February 18, 2016

Special Feature Collaborative Poem--By Mary Jo Balestriri and Michael Escoubas--United States

Possibility

By Mary Jo Balestriri and Michael Escoubas

In the silence
of the rain’s hush
the sky looks
uncertain
and though I fear
the in-between
of myself
and the murky
gray weather
I watch color
slip quietly
imagine
roots and stems
sip life
sap rise
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In summer air
dogs and ponies
alfalfa hay
raked in rows
make air thick and sweet
with clover smells
they seem like arms
embracing me
these smells, these colors
this weather slips in
on cat’s feet
pregnant with
possibility
my roots and stems
sip life

12 comments:

  1. Well done to you both, it is a very clever poem.

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  2. Thank you Annie. Appreciate you writing.

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  3. Well done, Mary Jo and Michael. It's amazing how much the weather inspires us.

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  4. Loving the duel of this dynamic duo... a wonderful, different spin on all thing seasonal. The poem is both relevant and essential.

    Cordially, Myke Todd

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  5. very nicely done congratulations love and light angelee

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  6. Appreciate so much everyone's gracious comments on "Possibility." What a joy to write and magnified many times over knowing that people enjoy it.

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  7. Great piece, I really enjoyed, congratulations to you both!

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  8. I really enjoyed the way you both used symmetry to explore the different aspect of weather and life. A different way of looking at the weather. tHANKS

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  9. This is beautiful; I loved the use of water at the start and end, giving the appearance of a full circle of life that is from water.

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  10. Enjoyed the reading, well done Mary Jo and Michael! Keep on with the good writing! All the best, Gert

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  11. Thank you to everyone who commented. It was fun writing together, a good experience. That you responded means so much to us.

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  12. This is indeed a very interesting style. I wonder how you manage so many styles of presentation!

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