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loneliness

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Loneliness enfolds like a blanket

a coat of no colour

a cloud without a lining

only a mirror

 

Wrap yourself

windingsheet tight

stare out the night

Loneliness enfolds like a blanket.

 

Tuck in your toes

afraid of life’s bite

shroudsafe

protected.

Loneliness enfolds like a blanket.


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Isobel

Sun 6th Feb 2011 08:38

I like Chris's comment - there is a lot of truth in that. The image of a stone blanket works well - as does the picture. The poem has an effect on the reader. x

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Julian (Admin)

Sat 5th Feb 2011 22:03

The repetition of that line, is superb. The poem is too short. I want more. These are the opening three stanzas to an important - no, vital - poem, it feels to me; one that enfolds...
Thank you.

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Dave Bradley

Sat 5th Feb 2011 20:09

Tight, grey, fearful - all words not used but somehow summoned up by this poem, which manages to be both clever and a cry from the heart

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winston plowes

Sat 5th Feb 2011 19:29

These words for me go really well with the pic Ann. A stone blanket. This would als be a suitable and interesting topic for a ghazal. Win x

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Chris Dawson

Sat 5th Feb 2011 17:28

Interesting idea - loneliness as protective. I think familiar states can be comforting, when the alternative's scarey.
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