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BOXES

BOXES

 

It's time to face that room

and all its sundry clutter.

Old stuff he kept for years:

opera magazines, sports trophies,

brittle yellowed journals telling

of obscure endeavours long ago;

the passions and activities

that cause the junk of decades.

 

I open the door and greet

my own past too - I played here

in a cloud of fantasy and aspiration,

small kid on floorboards

measuring the frantic world before

it rushed forward like an ocean,

leaving childhood beached

and packed away in boxes.

 

 

Published in Pulsar Poetry Webzine, November 2018

 

 

 

 

 

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john short

Wed 21st Nov 2018 18:00

Hi Kate

Didn't occur to me when writing that it had universal application but that's good news. Thanks for liking.

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Wed 21st Nov 2018 11:56

Glad this one's out of the box John. Bad puns aside, I agree with John Coopey... It's a moment known to many captured sensitively.

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john short

Wed 21st Nov 2018 10:22

Hi Ray, thanks for your comment and glad you liked it.

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john short

Wed 21st Nov 2018 10:21

Hi Stu, thanks for your comments. I will get round to buying your first book via the link. All these subscriptions and competitions etc. they start to burn a hole in one's pocket!

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Stu Buck

Wed 21st Nov 2018 02:44

very nice john. sepia tinged and dripping with nostalgia. well written and evocative.

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raypool

Tue 20th Nov 2018 21:11

Fantastic closing lines John. Consolidates the poem, which reads so easily and endearingly.

Ray

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john short

Tue 20th Nov 2018 10:56

Hi John, pleased you liked it. Thanks!

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John Coopey

Tue 20th Nov 2018 08:47

Best poem I've read today, John. You could have written it for anyone, A universal and uniquely personal experience at one and the same time.

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john short

Mon 19th Nov 2018 22:44

Thanks Taylor, took a couple of rejections to get it right though. But that's standard procedure. Glad you liked it.

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Taylor Crowshaw

Mon 19th Nov 2018 14:41

Last two lines sum it up for me John. Beautiful ?

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