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Tsunami

by Tina 

Posted: 03 January 2005
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Brother, I will not meet you
or know you
or be able to see such things as you;
this nightmare of surging ocean.
I shall never know it,
could not imagine it,
not for all my years
imagine hope cast upon an unwanted tide
like pearls bouncing on a hardwood floor
slipping away.
Maybe in thousands of years, brother.
when the moon slants and wavers
then I will know
but until then
I can only gaze upon second hand images
and hold my breath.






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joanie at 17:18 on 03 January 2005  Report this post
Tina, well done. You have captured the idea that we shall never know - those of us who weren't there. We can feel in our own way, try to inagine what happened, but we shall never be able to properly know what it was like.
Very good.

joanie
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Tina at 19:28 on 03 January 2005  Report this post
Thanks Joanie for your encouragement in this and other works
Tina
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John G.Hall at 14:48 on 10 January 2005  Report this post
'pearls bouncing on a hardwood floor' lovely image of precious things spilled & lost, also a sea connection of course. Cool.

This image shows a good eye & a sighted heart.

John G.Hall
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Tuppence at 17:36 on 22 January 2005  Report this post
what a moving poem
i agree with john about the pearls
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Beanie Baby at 16:17 on 01 February 2005  Report this post
This is very moving. I think many poets were inspired to take up their pens and express their feelings over this devastating tragedy. I think I wrote two within days of the images hitting the TV screen! I also like the reference to beads; very visual.
Beanie
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optiplex at 22:20 on 02 February 2005  Report this post
jeez... this says what its all about... Very well summed up, and emotion that I think we all felt.

Thankyou
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jewelsx at 00:35 on 14 February 2005  Report this post
your poem is filled with heartfelt emotion!

beautifully done!

jewelsx
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Myrtle at 20:50 on 09 May 2005  Report this post
This is just right, I liked it a lot.
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