Sunday, November 27, 2011

Best Left Unsaid


Picture Credit: Courtesy of Tess Kincaid's Magpie

Discarded

Abandoned sofa
Vagaries of the weather
Lashed heaven’s fury

Smacked the ungrateful
Wild times or relaxation
Conveniently lapsed

Secrets abundance
Speak and reveal I will not
Was wild and vicious!

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22 comments:

  1. Tess KincaidNovember 27, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Nice...I especially like the last stanza...wild and vicious...!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Hank, I like this match of image and picture - especially the memories of what may have passed upon the sofa... but the last two lines, perhaps a typo? Check it out and let me know, because I don't want to waste a great first impression! Thanks, Amy
    http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/amy-is-back-therapy-in-bb/

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  3. Brian MillerNovember 27, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    abandoned furniture...i am sure it has many a story to tell if only it could share with us who it once held..

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  4. TALONNovember 27, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Oh, if furniture could speak - wouldn't our homes become noisy? :)

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  5. anthonynorthNovember 28, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Great thoughts from the couch. If only they could remember.

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  6. Dave KingNovember 28, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    You can't blame it, having been sat on all its life.

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  7. JJ Roa RodriguezNovember 28, 2011 at 4:14 AM

    i must agree with Miss Tess. That last line is vicious...

    Have a great week ahead Pareng Hank!

    Pareng JJ

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  8. Pat HattNovember 28, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    Must feel reborn having it's life inflated once more, with no one sitting on it and sucking the air from it's grasp. That is if it could talk, but somehow it took a walk and got free. Yep, enough out of me.

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  9. BerowneNovember 28, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    Interesting, challenging take on the prompt...

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  10. Laurie KolpNovember 28, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    ahh, yes... those couch secrets can be very dirty...

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  11. LisaNovember 28, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    You gave voice to the sofa.

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  12. TrellissimoNovember 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Ssh! It a secret, eh?!

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  13. AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    nice dig on the prompt.

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  14. SukoNovember 28, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    Magnificent mag!

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  15. RHYTHM AND RHYMENovember 28, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    A most unusual subject but none the less good to read. I once wrote about a common garden pea.

    Yvonne.

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  16. flaubertNovember 28, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Hank, nice, the air of mystery to it. Concise piece.

    Pamela

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  17. LydiaNovember 29, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    I like how you brought in the "vagaries of the weather" in the first stanza and then used "wild and vicious" at the end. Very atmospheric magpie.

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  18. kaykualaNovember 29, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    Thank you All,
    For visiting and comments extended. This is a lively community!

    Hank

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  19. ScarletNovember 29, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    so many tales that couch can tell... nice one ~

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  20. indiwriterNovember 29, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    If only the couch spoke.. sigh..

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  21. LolamouseNovember 30, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    I, for one,am glad that the furniture doesn't speak!

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  22. AnonymousDecember 3, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    i like how it builds up to the last line

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