contained (20160815)

34 thoughts on “contained (20160815)”

1. I pictured a lab from one of those old black and white sci-fi movies (or Young Frankenstein) at first–but then those last three lines are so beautiful.

   1. Thank you. 😀

2. particularly like the blanket over the cage imagining of your heart in a jar

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3. We do need to protect them even if they keep us awake…

   Have you not tried to link up using Mr Linky? There you will find the other entries.

   1. I haven’t tried that. Is it on the Dverse site?

   2. Ah. I found it. I’ll add my link.

      1. 🙂 great to have you on board.

4. I like your use of the lowercase “i” here, a feeling of insignificance, of feeling like less. Trying to muffle even one’s own sound.

   1. Thanks! I don’t usually capitalize anything in my poetry. Puts all the words on an even footing.

5. Great poem, the lullaby being the name repeated.

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6. A lullaby sung to the rhythm of your own heart, or so it seems.
   Lovely quadrille. Thanks for joining in at dVerse. 🙂

   1. Thanks for having me.

      1. You are welcome anytime!

7. Very touching. Loved the imagery. I want to let your captured heart out of the jar . 🙂

   1. It might go on a rampage.

      1. 😀 could be fun!

      2. Love crows btw.

      3. Excellent!

8. I love every line in this poem.

   1. Wow, thank you! Thanks for coming by.

9. I love the metaphor of the heart in a sealed jar, and whispering of the name like a heartbeat.

   Nice meeting you and welcome to D’verse!

   1. Thank you and thank you.

10. Maybe, it is better to let the heart be heard, why contain the musical beat..

11. I like the idea of singing a lullaby made up of a name in rhythm to a heartbeat. But I feel for that heart kept in a jar…

    1. It’s built to endure 😀

       1. I get it… 🙂

12. I love this endearing fantasy.

    1. Thank you!

13. Lovely and poignant. I liked this!

    1. Thank you so much!

14. Love this heart in a jar
    A life w/o the human entanglement
    Simply beautiful
    Sheldon

    1. Ah if only it were as easy as storing an organ in a mason jar, eh?

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