I’ve been submitting poems to the Visual Verse online anthology since 2016, and am delighted to have another poem featured in the February 2020 issue, Vol. 7, Chapter 4. The inspiration is an amazing image by Omid Armin. As you will see, I’m in great company, with Jane Dougherty featured on the previous page. You can find my poem on page 9 or you can link directly to the poem, entitled ‘In the Rusting Sky’.
Lovely poem – really evocative. Great stuff.
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Thank you so much.
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Very beautiful!
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Thank you, Lucy!
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This is beautiful!!!
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 10:29 AM writing in north norfolk kim881 posted: “I’ve been submitting poems to the Visual Verse online > anthology since 2016, and am delighted to have another poem featured in > the February 2020 issue, Vol. 7, Chapter 4. The inspiration is an amazing > image by Omid Armin. As you will see, I’m in great ” >
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Thank you so much, Christy!
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Congratulations Kim, your poem complements the mage beautifully! xxx
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apologies, I meant to say ‘image’! xxx
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Cheers Xenia! xxx
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Congrats, Kim. I love “I am suspended between broken sky and pavement soaked with tears”. Lovely.
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Thank you, Sherry!
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Congratulations Kim, and what beautiful words to enhance the photo!
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Thanky ou, Linda!
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The shards….oh the shards. This is a beautiful image and your words amplify it so very well. Just beautiful writing, Kim….of course! 🙂
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Wow! I love all of it, especially the last sentence.
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Thank you so much, Mary!
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The whole poem has me aching for the person, such flecks of lucidity in the disorientation. My favorite lines:
“I am suspended between broken sky
and a pavement soaked with tears,”
Congratulations on being published in the current volume!!!!
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Thank you so much, Jade! The images in Visual Verse are so unusual and diverse, you never know what they will come up with next.
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You are very welcome. It surely was a provocative image and you captured it so well. The cobalt turning to rust is sticking in my mind.
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I love wander to sanity with fickle feet. The photo is transcendent.
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Thank you, Colleen.
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You already know I like this 🙂
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Well done Kim.
Lost then found – lovely.
Anna :o]
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Gorgeous writing, excellent imagery and word-smithing; a tidy two stanzas. Congrats for your feature status.
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Thank you, Glenn.
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Congratulations, Kim, for having your poem published. What an amazing photo–I couldn’t quite get my bearings for a few moments–what was I looking at, upside down or right side up?! Your poem gave me the feeling of someone perhaps with dementia wandering lost on the street.
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Thank you, Gayle. It took me a while to get my bearings with the image, which is tricky when they give you an hour to write a poem!
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Well done, Kim…really like the poem…JIM
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Thanks Jim!
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Congratulations on the publication of you poem. I liked your ending… and begin to wander closer to sanity. I think we all try to land from time to time and move closer to sainity. Doesn’t always seem to work.
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Thank you so much, Dwight. Sanity seems to be more elusive these days.
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That’s for sure!!
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Lovely poem inspired by a lovely image.
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Thank you, Judy!
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I like the desire for home even with fear and uncertainty.
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Thank you, Frank.
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Congrats Kim … powerful and poignant poem … sadly happening to too many these days!
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Thank you, Kate.
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that drip of colour from sky to building to street, the hopes from high right down to her feet. a stunning poem Kim I am memerised.
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Thank you, Gina.
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This feels like transition.
Congratulations on the placement, Kim.
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Thank you, Ken.
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I enjoyed your piece very much, Kim. I like the emotional and descriptive elements which compliment the image so well.
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Thank you, Kerry.
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Congratulations, Kim! Your poem went perfectly with the image–and that last sentence just brought it all home. It made me think of some homeless people I’ve seen wandering around in Philadelphia.
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Thank you, Merril.
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I love this. You’ve got a nice blog, and I’m glad to follow you. 🤗
It’s an honor to be here 🙇 . I hope I can make good friends with you💐
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Thank you for reading and commenting.
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😊💐
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