Forced Widow

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Forced Widow

empty house
disregarded boards
tools strewn across the floor
his service calls
out the door

chopped nuts
in crystal glass
forming transparent tears
bring back the rose
throughout years

his children
thorns of the rose
all ready sown seeds thrive
piercing my heart
Where are mine?

He is gone.
again, bowling ball
the throbbing pains of life
no starting place
a second wife 

Planted junk
helping others
no charity at home
abstinence
I alone


1994

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Cryptics500 commented on Forced Widow

03-12-2015

i alone, i robot, Edgar Allan Poe windows by Anderson

frog commented on Forced Widow

08-08-2009

I like the reference to the bowling ball. It brings the poem into focus, especially with the reference of the house and the junk. A great write.

blanket commented on Forced Widow

06-20-2009

OH my! The imagery is ripe...one could almost smell the decay of love. Sad, sad, but in such an inherently common place way so many can relate to now. Wonderful!

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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