Conjured Memory
The ocean outweighs the land
yet earth offers heavier substance
water no matter how vast
no matter how deep
like your love
evades my grip
So tread I must upon murky shores
my feet entwined among sea grass
a messy but solid way
surefooted, I am not, but each fall ends
The descent from you does not
I go nowhere
yet in stillness, plummet faster
Feet are earthbound
but a mind may reach beyond
aided by senses
that need no touch
I watch for you …
upon the wave-crests
or emerging from deep currents
you ignore the pull of the moon
shirk-off the insistence of the tides
I listen for you …
only an indecipherable message is delivered
upon the fickle breath
of a mercurial
absent-minded zephyr
I smell you in the sea-breeze
only a memory of what you no longer are
Taste …
a remembrance preserved
in the dried remnants of a prickly brine
If only my mind could throw off time
my body supersede its senses
then I might once again swim in your depths
with smooth and sure strokes
conjure what I struggle to remember
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The digital art pieces are a composites of photos found in the public domain or my own work.
- https://www.pexels.com/photo/sea-clouds-waves-blue-sky-96377/
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memories,by_Emil_Fuchs(bronze).jpg
- https://pxhere.com/en/photo/611974
Resulting works and Conjured Memory are copyright Pryde Foltz
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Wow. How did I miss this. You are amazing! Fantastic!
Thank you, GBM:)
As a beginner in English poem, I found yours is ah-ma-zing!
Great poem. Love it. 😊
Thank you, ayah:)
You're welcome 😊
@prydefoltz,
Pryde, I am truly honored.
I had no idea you felt this way about me.
I guess we need to talk, don't we?
OK ... enough baloney. That was absolutely beautiful. You are truly a gifted writer & poet.
LOL ... you are in the present. Not some made up memory:) This kind of thing ... is great poetry fodder but also makes for horrible love hangovers:)
A powerful and harmonious play of words @prydefoltz! Stirred sleeping emotions deep in my soul.
Thank you, raiserxn:)
wow, how to develops is very good poetry patterns. a great work.
Thank you, anggre:)
Wow, that beautiful poem. I felt it inside me.
Thank you, cordero:)
This is an exquisite poem @prydefoltz. Truly felt the longing. And the indented text is genius; felt like sad echoes.
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Thank you, Jazzhero. That is much appreciated:) I will look into the other matter:0
Wow that was ethereal and I'm very happy to have read that. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Niki:)
You have a gentle flow and rhythm permeating this beautiful poem. I like how you have taken the theme and crafted both the style and appearance to fit with it.
So glad you enjoyed. Thank you, naquoya:)
You and your gorgeous use of extended metaphor, one as powerful as the sea. Just when I think you can not take what you have so beautifully woven any further, the tapestry has more details added, more appeals to the emotions and senses:
All gorgeous, white spray cresting waves. and if your imagery and extended metaphors had not yet pulled your readers under these waves of longing, than your appeals to the senses would be the siren's calls that would, I fear, do them in (as they have me).
Lovely poem and read, @prydefoltz, thank you for sharing.
Thank you, carmalain. What a beautiful comment:)
What a beautiful poem. I love how you structure your stanzas. The visual element of this staggered process added so much depth to the poem. You are truly a master at word choice as well. Loved it. 😎
Very kind. Thank you, Steveo:)
Pryde, this is sweet.. i love it when words can carry me into the mind of the poet.. and i like your style too..☺
Thank you, queen:)
You are welcome <3
👍🤓
Thank you, Moon:)
I would very much want to hear you read your poems. I have a feeling it will give more impact to it.
Perhaps one day, Lee. I have entered the 100 day challenge and so I have a lot of poems to write, but maybe when I am finished I will put up my favourite as spoken word:)
Yey! Looking forward to it!
This is a good one Pryde. I could really connect with it.
Thank you, Paul. I was surprised where this one went and pleased:)
Beautiful write.
Thank you, yrretel:)
Damn... this is powerful... love the way it's structured and arranged poetically and visually too.. it makes for a varied reading experience.
Great work! Inspiring :)
Keep it up my friend! I'm sure much more gold will be unearthed inside the participants of this contest.
Good times ahead!
With love
Hart Floe Poet
<3
Much appreciation, hartfloe:)
Much appreciation back at ya @prydefoltz :)
With Love
Hart Floe Poet
<3
I love this one!
Thank you, Denise:)
I loved it too... a nice long poem 🦋
More long ones to come. 91 to complete the challenge:)
And this is why being part of this challenge is layered in bountiful gifts. This is a masterful poem, the longing is palpable, personal in the best of ways, the kind of ways where one is left wanting more, to know more, to read more -- and of course, to ponder upon such ruminations.
So very glad to have met you like this.
Carry on. :)
Thank you, mamadini. I am honoured by your words and have followed you. We will see more of each other:)
I too followed you (when I saw your lovely words on my blog).
Until the next round. :)