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Rings (poem)

A new Quadrille prompt this week (44 word poem not including the title) from Kim at dVerse Poets. The word to include this time around? “Engrave”.

Rings

They were inside

A set

Of rings

Initials

Engraved

Ribboned to a pillow

In a church held by ponytails with cherub cheeks and cautious feet

In front of families of smiles

Initials engraved in two rings of a soon brittle metal I don’t recall

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13 responses to “Rings (poem)”

  1. Melissa Lemay Avatar
    Melissa Lemay

    Now you have to go read mine.😅

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  2. kim881 Avatar
    kim881

    A touching poem, Stephen, and I love the idea of the ‘ponytails with cherub cheeks and cautious feet’ and ‘families of smiles’. The ‘rings of a soon brittle metal’ are foreboding.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Thank you Kim and foreboding indeed.

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      1. kim881 Avatar
        kim881

        My pleasure, Stephen.

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  3. Violet Lentz Avatar
    Violet Lentz

    That last line kind of took the wind out of my sails. Excellently done.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Thanks so much Violet and apologies. 🙂

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      1. Violet Lentz Avatar
        Violet Lentz

        No apologies! We write to touch off emotion, and every time you accomplish that you did your job!

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  4. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    A good beginning cannot last forever.

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      Damn that huh?

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  5. merrildsmith Avatar
    merrildsmith

    The soon brittle metal does not bode well for them!

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    1. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
      Stephen J Frankenberry

      It did not, but a long time ago so …

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  6. Dora Avatar
    Dora

    The imagery is beautiful, a setting of promise, but the “brittle metal” suggests its demise. So sad, Stephen.

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  7. Stephen J Frankenberry Avatar
    Stephen J Frankenberry

    Thank you Dora, though like i said to Merril up top, a long time ago.

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