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Gracy
Gracy
Sep 08, 2020 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Last Letter

A groom, unnerved,
wondering whether his bride will show
at church.

Dad pacing corridors,
waiting for baby
to be born.

Committing a murder,
knowing God’s salvation of your soul
is improbable.

A grown man’s hope
that dawn will dispel
night terror.

Death Row,
anticipating the governor’s reprieve
on the eve of execution.

Irrevocably,
I know for certain
you’ve penned me
your last letter.

About This Poem

Review Request Direction: How does this theme appeal to you?
Is the internal logic consistent?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Río Negro, Argentine Patagonia, ARG

Favorite Poets: Sylvia Plath, T.S. Elliot. Shakespeare, Gongora, Beckett, etc. Many others, such as Cervantes. I have to thank my mother because she read poetry to me from the cradle, so first I learned by memory and soon understood the words. Grammar comes naturally at about 5 years old, without any formal teaching.

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Comments

lovedly

lovedly

4 years 10 months ago

you are a very creative lady ma'am

my three poems are in waiting
no one on neo has any time for me
so I am thinking
of hibernating
consider this as a lost letter
not last
from me
Gracy

Gracy

Gracy

4 years 10 months ago

Dear lovedly, thanks for

Dear lovedly, thanks for visiting and your encouraging words. I'll take a look at your poems now. There are so many new members posting and nobody takes any notice of them, so I just commented on their posts.
Best, Gracy

lovedly

lovedly

4 years 10 months ago

That's OK Ma'am

kindly read the younger ones
we are now senior enough
let's encourage them

Geezer

Geezer

4 years 10 months ago

I see...

the resignation; the foreboding feeling that the writer has in knowing the end is here. All to often, we instinctivly know. The tone of a letter, the things that are said... Nice work. ~ Geez.
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Gracy

Gracy

4 years 10 months ago

Dear Geez, thanks for

Dear Geez, thanks for visiting and understanding. Yes, that's my intention, you're right. It's about a girl who marries a psycopath and those are the stages of the marriage, letters included.
Best, Gracy

Gracy

Gracy

4 years 10 months ago

Dear Teddy, this is about a

Dear Teddy, this is about a girl who marries a domineering psycho. The poem is about the stages of their marriage, including the letters. It all ends badly and she keeps the letters because she loved him, despite all...
Thanks for coming by, Gracy