The question is strong....and seems to linger....or perhaps it is my own? I hear an echo, "you don't." I think somehow it has the substance of the "wind."
Gee thanks Brian Annell...you are right ..you don't Elena..yes..ust like ripples..try to catch one of those Bug..that is an awesome line! Blue Skies..there is no "how' Juliana..thanks..and a sigh..thanks! Susan...big truth..thanks
You are a poet through and through, Suz. I love the metaphor of the floating milkweed seed...like all the stupid things I've said (or done!) that I can't undo. Loved it!
Nana & Marilyn..no you can't take back words that are out there..thanks Goldenbird..beautiful..why thanks Ellie..ah Milkweed seeds..it does fit doesn't it...thanks Red...Poems are to be given away... and taken to heart if they speak to you.. C.L...ah teach..thanks.. Relyn...you...with the poet's heart..you understand..thanks for your kind words Rick..coming from you..wow
this is an incredible in few words...the milkweed seed...I grew up on a farm in the Midwest and you rekindled my memory of the them in the fall...great read...bkm
snap. love the image of the milkweed in the wind...and so true, how do you get them back in once they are out...
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Very cool! Just like ripples in the water.
ReplyDeleteThe question is strong....and seems to linger....or perhaps it is my own? I hear an echo, "you don't." I think somehow it has the substance of the "wind."
ReplyDeleteI guess we have to learn to live with the naked milkweed stem.
ReplyDeleteYes, please tell me how to collect all the scattered milkweed seed and make it the same??
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words, Suz !
ReplyDeleteAnd a lovely picture !
Nice week,
Sylvia
sigh... this was beautiful
ReplyDeleteand yes, some things can never return to the way they were and when the substance is gone...
Oh wow -- what a wonderful keeper. What a story it tells, and what truth in that question -- the picture is lovely too.
ReplyDeleteSo true..
ReplyDeleteGee thanks Brian
ReplyDeleteAnnell...you are right ..you don't
Elena..yes..ust like ripples..try to catch one of those
Bug..that is an awesome line!
Blue Skies..there is no "how'
Juliana..thanks..and a sigh..thanks!
Susan...big truth..thanks
Very true and meaningful..
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Well done. thanks for visiting.
This is so true - how can you take back words once they have been spoken.
ReplyDeleteGreat imagery with the milkwood seed. This is one of your best! Loved it.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOne word...publish.
ReplyDeleteYou are a poet through and through, Suz. I love the metaphor of the floating milkweed seed...like all the stupid things I've said (or done!) that I can't undo. Loved it!
ReplyDeleteYou don't. But, oh, I've often wished I could. Great sentiment, perfectly expressed, Suz.
ReplyDeleteSuz, this is another one for my "Suz Favorites"! Just fantastic!!!
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Nana & Marilyn..no you can't take back words that are out there..thanks
ReplyDeleteGoldenbird..beautiful..why thanks
Ellie..ah Milkweed seeds..it does fit doesn't it...thanks
Red...Poems are to be given away...
and taken to heart if they speak to you..
C.L...ah teach..thanks..
Relyn...you...with the poet's heart..you understand..thanks for your kind words
Rick..coming from you..wow
So sad, but a fact of life...and you so eloquently captured it in your poem. Well written my friend ~ Amanda
ReplyDeletethis is an incredible in few words...the milkweed seed...I grew up on a farm in the Midwest and you rekindled my memory of the them in the fall...great read...bkm
ReplyDeletebuttercup600..thanks Amanda..some things remain forever out there
ReplyDeleteBkm..A farm? lucky you..vast fields yes...thanks for your kind words
Powerful, Suz. I LOVE this!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I have been away for a week and am catching up on all the great posts at One Stop....
ReplyDeletethis was so well expressed, reminded me of the damage we do to others and as much as we try we can never out it right again..cheers Pete