— Shall Become As — Poem by Evie Shockley

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Evie Shockley

Evie Shockley

Nashville / Tennessee / United States

— Shall Become As —

Rating: 4.2


You put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from
my hand. the night
before the full moon

the moon seems
full. what is missing
is a dark hungry
sickle, the sliver
of shadow eating

us up inside. after
the mountains breathe
their mint-and-sorrow
green against the long
summer sky, they burst

into hot october
laughter, lighting
the horizon with citrus,
rust, and blood. you
put this knife in my

hand. we pull. we
meet as oceans come
together, heaving
against and clinging
across our salt watery

boundary. we approach
endlessly like two rails
of one track, tied
in a parallel that
promises our eyes to

merge, someplace far
off in the distance. you
put this feather in my
palm. my fingers
close around flight.

Thursday, October 23, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: life
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 27 September 2018

we approach endlessly like two rails of one track, tied in a parallel that promises our eyes to merge, someplace far off in the distance........touching expression with nice theme. Beautiful poem.

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Mahtab Bangalee 27 September 2018

wow superb, great, outstanding writings- like to quote the moon seems full. what is missing is a dark hungry sickle, the sliver of shadow eating /// she is really another great one Poetess of America

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Ranak Zaman 25 April 2016

It's nice. Carry on dear.

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Ranak Zaman 25 April 2016

it's nice :) 'we approach endlessly like two rails of one track, tied in a parallel that promises our eyes to merge, someplace far off in the distance. you put this feather in my palm. my fingers close around flight.'

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Mahtab Bangalee 27 September 2019

the sliver of shadow eating us up inside. after the mountains breathe their mint-and-sorrow green against the long summer sky, ............/// excellent poetic writings

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Pepi Pwakana 01 June 2023

'the mountains breathe their mint-and-sorrow green against the long summer sky' such refreshing image. It connotes a sense of calmness and a balance in climate. Good choice of words Ms Evie

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jim jom 20 January 2023

Men are very cool, women are mysoginistic

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Charley De Inspirator 13 December 2022

This is a brillaint piece

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Sinclair Rogers 25 November 2022

'you put this feather in my palm. my fingers close around flight.'...'MASTERFUL'! ! !

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Evie Shockley

Evie Shockley

Nashville / Tennessee / United States
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