All the Little Pieces
How to rewind
broken,
the subtle shift of shard
and floor
laid between night’s
fall
and the morning’s first
glow. Take this
lantern. Set it
on the wall. Remove
the glass. Do not
light the candle.
Wait.
O at the Edges
Musings on poetry, language, perception, numbers, food, and anything else that slips through the cracks.
O at the Edges 
Beautiful poem Robert! Great photo as well! Dwight
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Thanks, Dwight. The photos are from morguefile.com.
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Robert Carlos Williams? 🙂 Very nice minimalist/imagist poem, Bob! More lyrical than I normally find them, with its alliteration(s) that flirt with being lilting (second stanza in particular). WTG, RO!
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Or is that William Carlos Okaji? Ha! Sometimes ya gotta play. I had fun with this one.
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Yeah, that’s even better! As ee cummings intimated: ‘homo ludens’ [with emphasis on the ‘play’ translation] 🙂
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Oh, yeah.
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Beautiful! Simply beautiful.
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Thank you Peri!
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I can see it 🙂 Absolutely loved it!
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Thank you. I’m so pleased it works for you.
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Sometimes waiting is the best thing to do, even if (or when) it is a bit eerie.
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You are so right, George!
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Beautiful words and beautiful pictures
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Thank you, Barbara. I enjoy pairing photos to poems. These, like most of the photos I use, are from morguefile.com.
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Lovely Robert. The subject is dark, happens in darkness, too but the feel of the poem is calm and light. How do you do that?
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Oh, I dunno. The light is already there, waiting to appear…
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Robert – just wow. Simply fascinating how you connect inanimate objects with life and universal meaning. I wish I could pull things like this out of my head and arrange them in words like you do. Wish you the best in 2017! 🙂
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Thank you, Kelly. And may your 2017 be spectacular!
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Thank you, Robert! Wish the same for you! 🙂
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Greetings to you.. I got to this blog and started reading the poems and the articles. I enjoyed them thoroughly. And being very true with my words, I loved all the articles I read on this blog. I too have a website:
https://incrediblepoetry.wordpress.com. please visit and comment about what you think of my poems. Hopefully you will soon… And ya, wish you a very happy 2017..
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I will be sure to visit your blog.
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Yes…:)
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Thank you.
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Love this, nice.
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Thank you, Karen.
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Would it be okay if you checked to see if I got your information correct?
karenviramontes.com/2017/01/20/blogger-recognition-award/
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Thanks for thinking of me, Karen, but I’ve elected to not accept blog awards – I simply don’t have the time to participate fully. But I do sincerely appreciate the sentiment. By the way, your comment was sent to my spam folder. I haven’t a clue why, but thought you should know.
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It’s fine, that’s why I didn’t put the rules on there. I did it for fun and just to promote those whose blogs I like.
Probably got sent there because of the link.
Depends how u have your comments section for ur site set up.☺😊😄
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