Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Armistice


just as smudge on teeth 
a Black with blue eye 
condemned to fuzz on peach.


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21 comments:

Laura said...

Finally said...

How is it that you always get to post first? ;-)

Beachanny said...

Really - so inconsequential. Short but deeply buried meaning today. I took it that in any world this trait was so irrelevant that it became inconsequential or perhaps unaccepted. Perhaps I didn't go deep enough?
Gay

Brian Miller said...

oh you are not the only one reading between lines...smiles...nice short verse...always love your pics too...

hope to see you around the dVerse, but i got you linked so will be seeing you either way man...

moondustwriter said...

Yes my friend you do look way beyond the blue eyes or the fuzz. I believe it is what makes you a good writer is the look beyond
will you please help make the world see that as well???
Love and hugs

Anonymous said...

power in so few words, man

Unknown said...

Sorry Anthony, I read this many times but simply don't understand it. I know that poetry is multi layered and like music, means different things to different people, but I'm not 'getting' anything. Sorry!

Anonymous said...

I believe this is about the acceptance of bi-racial or multi-racial people. Let me know if I'm on the right track. Intriguing write.

emmett wheatfall said...

It's great to see you write short verse Anthony. I interpret your poem to signify the idea of association between certain things. For example, teeth can have smudge on them, Black, meaning people, can have a blue eye, fuzz can be associated with a peach. The poem is about association; however someone chooses to do so. I love this powerfully little poem.

Radio Nowhere said...

I like what you have to say here. You did it quite well in so few words

Joseph Hesch said...

I don't think it's the fact that three short lines don't necessarily lend themselves to a simple understanding. I believe the power in these lines is that they compel everyone who reads them to parse their own meaning, search their own knowledge and experience for an answer. That's ART, brother,

mrs mediocrity said...

really, really love this. power in those three lines, they are just enough.

Anonymous said...

Short but sweet - and packing the punch of much longer works.

Rasii said...

You can hear the empty sadness...Rasii

Cyn Bagley said...

This one has a punch.

Claudia said...

i just can't believe what power you have in such few words mr. desmond...magic...i knew it...ha

Anonymous said...

Oh.. so much in those 3 lines... power packed!
There's anything but insignificance here!

Terrific!

signed...bkm said...

I agree with poemblaze on the interpertation. Nice...I should say Great!!! work Anthony....bkm

ayala said...

Short and powerful. I read it twice,good write.

Vinay Leo R. said...

Says a lot in three lines, and I needed three reads and one examination of the comments section to realize I may have got the right interpretation! Beautiful :)

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Shashidhar Sharma said...

Hi Anthony...
Its perfect and with image it becomes more than perfect...
Thanks for sharing...

Shashi
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