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hugo la rosa
Member since July 16, 2009
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The Pains They Thought for the Broken Earth
I walk across
the sunny patio again:
The gnarled edgings have
given dandelions
and thistles. There is
no sign of a lawn
but a look alike
crumpled carpet, green
beneath the swings where
the winter past
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has been singing
its tingling, chilly melodies.
The painting rollers,
the broken bricks,
the wheelbarrow
remaining;
the climbing little vineyard
dry and forgotten
beyond any obligation,
free of any duties.
The lonely driveway,
ravaged by the purity
of salt, burning it,
underneath the steps.
The glory of Spring
is here, once more,
even though accosted
by a loveless sadness;
even when the fence
has given way
and fallen,
together with some
of the lanterns.
But those against the trellis
still remain, who
knows for what the use.
You see, such were the storms
that cleaved
unto the many days
in the history of the houses,
and the deserted,
clean streets of Ozone Park.
In the end. . .
God only knows
what imagined pains
they thought for the broken
ages of the earth
that so inadvertently came.
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29 MonReceived a critique
on The Pains They Thought for the Broken Earth from @lyz
"and you take heed, I also want to see more like this gracing the pages. Love to all. XX" -
16 TueReceived a critique
on The Pains They Thought for the Broken Earth from @Nordic cloud
"Maybe not shorter poems, this one, you know Hugo could be compacted a little as it is a kind of series of visions of a Spring garden after the Winter, and the lines could be a little longer making the whole slightly mor…" -
15 MonReceived a critique
on The Pains They Thought for the Broken Earth from @loved
"your poem has earned more five stars than i shall in a life time you poetry is marvellous but theres only a small suggestion only perhaps if you could curtail a bit and hack of/off a tail somehow many more stars shall c…" -
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- August 2009
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15 SatHighest posting month
August 2009 — 7 poems
- July 2009
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16 ThuFirst critique offered
on "a lotus blossoms" by @Kailashana
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16 ThuFirst publication
Starry Eyes (since unpublished)
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15 WedJoined Neopoet
Membership begins
First poem published 1 days later.
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