Sunday, November 27, 2011

Magpie Tales #93 - "A Time Existed"

Photo courtesy of Christine Donnier-Valentin.  Used for Magpie Tales

A Time Existed

A time existed
of endearments murmured,
wrapped within my arms.

Beloved hands caressed,
enjoyed
my dress of velvet, red.

Legs trembled,
uncomplaining,
passion
overwhelmed me,
plush cushions flattened.

Discarded.
Abandoned.
Forsaken for another.

Beside the road I stand
showing a bit of leg,
hoping to be cherished,

needed.

by Margaret Bednar, Art Happens 365, November 27, 2011

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29 comments:

  1. relNovember 27, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Margaret,
    It's not easy discarding an old friend, one that has shared so much with us but perhaps giving them a chance to bring happiness to others is solice enough.
    Nice!!
    rel

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  2. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallNovember 27, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    hope to be needed and cherished, what a powerful longing you have captured there.

    amazing magpie.

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  3. TexWisGirlNovember 27, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    'showing a bit of leg'. :)

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  4. JinksyNovember 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Poor sofa...

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  5. Laurie KolpNovember 27, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    I love the sofa POV. What a character.

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  6. MaggieNovember 27, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Aaw, this is so sweet.

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  7. HelenNovember 27, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    I hope that peek of leg does the trick ... I enjoyed this, Margaret.

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  8. Tess KincaidNovember 27, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    Nice write, Margaret...I like the minimization here...

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  9. TALONNovember 27, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    I love all the love and passion you 'stuffed' inside this sofa! Very cool!

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  10. Old RavenNovember 28, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    Well done. It's a wow poem.

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  11. Ginnie HartNovember 28, 2011 at 3:09 AM

    You do have a way with your "passion," Margaret! :)

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  12. Isabel DoyleNovember 28, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    showing a bit of leg - surely that will secure the old lady a new lease on life?

    lovely poem Margaret

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  13. Doctor FTSENovember 28, 2011 at 4:01 AM

    Very well constructed metaphor throughout. The settee ends up dumped at the roadside - the rejected lover ends up a streetwalker. Excellent.

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  14. MartinNovember 28, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    A saucy sofa, now sad.

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  15. izzyNovember 28, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    Showing a bit of leg- a tad of knee perhaps ? thanks.

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  16. MargaretNovember 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    I really can not express how much your stopping by and commenting means to me. I started writing poetry a little over a year ago and now it seems to just be something I MUST do or I get cranky. I feel I stumble along, using free verse like a crutch, though.

    Truly, thank you. Your blogs inspire me as well and I am so happy to spend my mornings with a cup of coffee and your creativity.

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  17. CHummelKornellNovember 28, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Human emotions within the confines of an aged red couch...remarkable write!

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  18. TrellissimoNovember 28, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    Great tale of life's twists and turns...

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  19. Ginny BrannanNovember 28, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Ah Margaret, I like your take on this. Seems we both were thinking along same lines--being used and abandoned. Nicely penned.

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  20. BerowneNovember 28, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    "Showing a big of leg." And a lot of decolletage. :-)

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  21. Brian MillerNovember 28, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    aww...being discarded is no fun at all...a couch or otherwise...traded in on the new model carries a lot of pain...

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  22. Other MaryNovember 28, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Awww...that's what we all want, to be shown a little love. Nice one.

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  23. JBinford-BellNovember 28, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Showing a little leg. Very nice image. Poem is full of nice images.

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  24. Cathy FeasterNovember 29, 2011 at 2:21 AM

    Love how you went into the mind of the couch...at first I thought you were writing the thoughts of someone who'd had great memories of the couch, but then I re-read it! beautiful work :)

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  25. Dave KingNovember 30, 2011 at 7:16 AM

    A very human sofa. Delicious.

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  26. hyperCRYPTICalNovember 30, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Just loved this and giggled at the leg showing!

    Anna :o]

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  27. chiccorealNovember 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    Dear Art Happens 365: Personified, I feel this empathy for a couch all of a sudden...is this normal? Misplaced miss is missed!

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  28. miss pieNovember 30, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    ahhh, the torment of caring....

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  29. AnonymousDecember 3, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    great metaphors

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