to lisa

[vaneramos]

she has left you
have no one to lift your
handheld swaying
limbs toward a wide I’d heaven

apex bud
you cringe emerge
teeter atop
new views expanding endlessly
far rooted sprawls
so low
too angry clouded

still under shadow
others tangled
stand on branches
reach for you

Comments

[dakoopst.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful....absolutely beautiful.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

My original purpose for joining LJ was to encourage myself to resume writing poetry and finding an audience for it. I have

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My original purpose for joining LJ was to encourage myself to resume writing poetry and finding an audience for it. I have <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=vwaffle&keyword=Van%27s+poetry&filter=all"">posted some</a>, but not as much as intended. Seeing you and a couple other of my "bear friends" thinking about poetry and creative writing lately, who I normally think of as lying outside of my "writer friends" set, has inspired me. So thank you.

This poem also reflects a sense of loss I feel right now.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

nice one, Van. i'm sure many of us echo
your sentiments, too.~paul

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I first encountered her writing on another web site four years ago, but she has touched and influenced me significantly since I joined LJ in April, and I miss her.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

me too!~p