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I go to places to say where I've been
by Emily TongI go to places to say where I’ve been,
blunder the answers to stories and dreams.
It seems where I start, is right where I end –
an ending confused, like untethered laces
on shoes with written-on, falling out seams
I go to places to say where I’ve been.
on finding me here, in these strange places
I circle again, myself to redeem:
It seems where I start, is right where I end.
cast my guarded self to the faces
that haunt and question all that I seem;
for I go to places to say where I’ve been
and puncture the truth in all of the phrases
and divide the soul, the people, the dream.
It seems where I start, is right where I end.
redemption comes, fills all the spaces –
my heart, your heart, and their hearts now teem.
I go places to say where I’ve been;
It seems where I start, is right where I end.
02/05/2010 Author's Note: trying out villanelle -
Posted on 02/05/2010
Copyright © 2024 Emily Tong
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by V. Blake on 02/05/10 at 06:09 AM I am woefully ignorant of all poetic form, so I can hardly vouch for how well you accomplished whatever your goal was, but regardless, I can say that I really enjoyed reading what you have here. :) |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 02/05/10 at 01:38 PM WOW! And if this is where you start your villanelle trip your trip my be the longest you've ever taken. Very well done! |
| Posted by Therese Elaine on 02/05/10 at 04:31 PM Like Vince,I am also not familiar with a lot of the various poetry formats but I really enjoyed how you spun this out -you have an excellent ability for creating these very clear pictures but you gather them together with a dreamy quality -very nicely done! |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 02/05/10 at 04:50 PM I'd say you knocked this sucker right out of the park. Very nice and certainly one of your best to date. |
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