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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
Apr 08, 2024 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Talking with the Dead

I mistakenly thought the departed
could have nothing more to say, but I was wrong.
For me, the dead do make a commotion.

I hear them all the time in discussions
I have with them about things left unsaid
when they were here, with you and I.

Do you talk with them too? I wonder
if you’ll share what they say to you.
We’ve no reason to keep this to ourselves now.
I just want to listen to all they were.

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

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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 3 months ago

Talking With The Dead

Hello, Michael,
I have many conversations with those I've loved who have passed on. Somehow the communication is much clearer now, there's no BS, no small talk. Just a sincere understanding. It's lovely.
Wonderful poem.
L