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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
Jan 17, 2024 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)
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An Old Photo of My Parents

I can look at their black and white photo
whenever I want, to take in where they’ve been.
The old wood frame somewhat worn
from years of repeating the memories.

The image within, from long ago, is a little blurred.
But that’s not why I couldn’t understand
where the love, captured in time, might have gone.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Coming from a broken home at a young age, the ashes leave evidence of better times. These ashes have also left scars that echo in our family to this day.

Style/Type: Free verse

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Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: San Francisco Bay Area - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Bukowski, Billy Collins, Ted Kooser, Haiku & Harvey Kurtzman (a visual poet, of sorts)

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Lavender

Lavender

1 year 6 months ago

An Old Photo of My Parents

Hello, Michael,
Such a silence here, full of thoughts and memories. I sense the child you once were meeting the adult you are now, still wondering.
Thank you,
L