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June 22. Twenty-Two Fleshy Words

by Susan Cowger 9 Comments

Skin
completely
covers us with feeling,
a soft gauze to hold us in and
hold back small leakages:
both comforter and comforted.
*
 

June 22, 2011 Blog

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  1. Mommy Emily says

    June 25, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    funny, how it can be at the same time, fragile and strong, this skin that holds us in… a tent for our soul. beautiful.

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  2. Pig Woman says

    June 23, 2011 at 4:52 am

    Oh, so it is still there somewhere. I like that. 🙂

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  3. Susan Cowger says

    June 23, 2011 at 12:03 am

    Bethany– "a thin boundary, a property line" –THAT is what the next stanza should contain!

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  4. Susan Cowger says

    June 22, 2011 at 11:59 pm

    LOVE the banter! Yes I do! And sorry for the typos in my comment.

    AND YES Pig Woman, I found the heart rock exactly as is on the beach by your house. I did not touch a thing. I took the picture and left it. Pretty sure it was just part of a larger rock that if I dug it up could lose all its heartness. Why ruin it…?

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  5. Craig and Bethany says

    June 22, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    A thin boundary, a property line.

    **Love the banter of the commentators!

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  6. Magpie says

    June 22, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    The photo is really thought provoking. I like the idea of "comforter and comforted".

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  7. Pig Woman says

    June 22, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    So interesting how poets read poetry so different from me. Now as a non-poet who has trouble "getting" poetry, I "got" this one. I read the last line and thought, " why yes, yes, indeed. Uh huh."

    My seester really appreciates poets who are brave enough to critique though , Brian. 🙂 She says it is all about becoming a better poet.

    So, S, did you really find that heart rock there in the last post or did you plant it? We want to know. ha.

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  8. Susan Cowger says

    June 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    Yes, I've found the greatest challenge of limiting my words to the date of the month is having more to day that that number will allow.
    I am glad to hear your thoughts–most helpful, Brian!

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  9. Brian Miller says

    June 22, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    this one did not grab me immediately…read it last night and came back this morning…it is very subtle and i think the last 3 lines have potential, they are nice touches, the soft gauze, leakages the last line translates across other things…maybe better non minimalist…

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