I unhook distant memories
from shoddy clasps
of midnight sky -
tempestuous
stars
dive
and now I’m lost in a
soliloquy
with broken
verse
shelved up high
the moon glares down
*with a soft sigh*
Why don't you
smother me
starless
night!
I had fun taking some verses from my tweets on #poetryin13 and combining it into a more cohesive piece. Shared with dVerse for Live Open Link Night!
Tricia Sankey 
Nice stuff, TS; enjoyed hearing you read it / them live. Well put together.
Thanks Ron! I think I was a little star-struck being with you all, thus the background filter! 🤣 BTW I read some of your stuff on 50-word stories last night and was impressed! You rock on all your publications! 👏
“and now I’m lost in a soliloquy with broken verse,”.. sigh .. this is breathtakingly evocative, Tricia 😀 Loved hearing you read- thank you so much for joining and thus making the evening all the more memorable 💝💝
Poetry parties are cool! 🥳 Pleased those verses touched you! ❤🙏❤
Like a tasty mulligan stew, your poetic brew tastes fine! So glad to welcome you to our group. Looking forward to reading (and hearing) more of your work.
Thanks so much, Glenn! 🥰
Love the feels in your words, Tricia.
Thanks so much, Mitch! 💖
I like the infrequent, but clear use of rhyming words to hang this all together. Beautiful.
Appreciate your comment, thanks for stopping by! 💝
I too think the braiding of “ayes” worked the charm here.
Thanks, Brendan! It’s funny how the rhyme just came naturally when I played around with the words. Nice to hear it works! 🥰
Positively lovely!
Thanks, Linda! 💕
lost in a
soliloquy
That’s a wonderful image. (K)
Thanks! Appreciate the feedback! 💖
Beautiful!!!
Thanks! 🥰
So nice to hear you read this yesterday Tricia: I love your cosmic poetry!
Thanks Ingrid! It was the first time I’ve done a Google meet and I didn’t know how to change the space background filter but it did go with the poem! I figured it out now though, learn something new every day,! 😂
Oh I thought it was brilliant 🤩
🥰
Beautifully put, Tricia. Enjoyed it.
Pleased you enjoyed it! 💖
I’m so pleased you joined us at OLN Live, Tricia, and that I got to see and hear you ‘in real life’, rather than just words on a screen. Tweet poems are fun and I enjoyed yours very much, especially ‘I unhook distant memories from shoddy clasps of midnight sky’ and ‘lost in a soliloquy with broken verse’. I look forward to seeing and hearing you at the next one.
Thanks, Kim! It’s nice to feel connected to the group and I will definitely try to make more. 💓
“…smother me starless night.” — wonderful imagery, as we are swallowed into the unknown. Peace~Jason
Thanks so much, Jason! 💕
Smother me starless sky ….. I love that line! Well done !!
Thanks, Helen! 💖
These flow well together, as if written as one.
Thanks, Ken! I did change and add a few words here and there that weren’t in my original tweets. Kind of a fun game looking at my twitter poems in 13 words and then telling a longer story with them!
Someone told me recently that a poem is never finished, only abandoned.
I don’t know about the “abandoned” part, but anything can be seen with a new eye.
I have tweaked and edited so much of my old stuff over the years, that quote definitely resonates with me! ❤
I just looked that up and found it here: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/paul_valery_103777
Thanks for finding that!
I just tweeted the quote! Let me know if you’re on twitter!
Evocative!
Thanks so much! 💝
It’s my pleasure 😊
Sorry to be so late, but I enjoyed your reading–and your starry filter, too!
Thanks, Merril! 🌠💫✨
You’re welcome!
Perhaps that’s where dreams come from. The night sky smothers us and the lack of oxygen drives us to hallucinate?
Haha! I think certain men with sleep apnea could definitely use a bit more oxygen, but the deeper and more relaxed we are, the more we dream!
I was trying to be deep and philosophical Tricia 😂
😆 Just don’t recomment actually smothering oneself! 😉
Lol!! I was kidding 😜