Tonight’s dverse poet’s cafe topic is fire and it can be in any form. This one may be in a form but no guarantees.
two extinguished travelers
searching for shelter
where warmth could be
and found each other
*
kindling of combustible memories
tossed into the pyre
ignited by unvalidated emotions
consumed by mutual witness
*
wounds picked open
their poisons drained
gaping flesh exposed
cauterized with validation
*
passion roared
heating hearth and home
orange gold windows
frigid blasts held at bay
*
steaming coffee and tea
warm biscuits with stew
peach pie a la mode
storehouse of nourishment
*
seasons of drought
parched crops
smoldering fields
gnawing dis-ease
*
fears reanimate
doubts conflagrate
tempers incinerate
chill infiltrates
*
cold hearth, empty windows
two extinguished travelers
searching for shelter
where warmth could be
^ the title is a play off of Pearl Jam’s song, “Off He Goes”
(in both title and theme)
Tao Talk 
Nice job of coming full circle!
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thank you jilly!
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“consumed by mutual witness” – great language!
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thank you very much
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I like the circular structure of this poem, Ms. Jadeli. Each stanza can stand alone–I especially like the 3rd.
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Thank you very much Victoria
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Where there is fire…there is relationship…well done.
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Thanks so much VJ 🙂
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could be … says a lot. and we are back into the circuality of the poem… I find myself wanting to change movies and books so the ending can be different…. 🙂
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you never know what the future might bring. maybe in the sequel? 😉
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A very nice poem. Love the flow and the development of relationships.
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Thank you very much 🙂
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i enjoyed how you used both cold and heat to demonstrate the sensation that fire brings
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Thank you Gina. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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It feels like you are using a form here (it could be yours or known to others)…it was an element that made me want to keep reading.
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Yes, Janice, it is a diamante form. Glad to hear the diamond drew you in 🙂
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Beautiful work.
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Thank you, Astrid! glad you liked it
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Jade, like the circular connection of the encouter… 🙂
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Thank you, Rob. I was of two minds here. One is that it was the relationship of a lifetime for both of them and may never come again. Another is that both individuals are trapped in the vicious cycle of serial relationships.
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Nice sounding stanza: “fears reanimate
doubts conflagrate
tempers incinerate
chill infiltrates”
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Thank you very much, Frank 🙂
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I have a feeling that there are those relationships that are passionate for all the wrong reasons… and in the end there is ashes
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Agreed but many times only seen in retrospect…
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Rivers of the Heart
Tributaries on Fire
Hidden Streams Flood…
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thank you for the comment in haiku form! ❤
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Winks.. i Don’t Know
How to Write Poetry..
i Fired Form With Free..:)
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methinks a poet be thee 🙂
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me THinKs
You Are A Kind
Fire LiT SMiLe MarKeR
On A Poetry Trail..;)
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This is beautiful. Relationships can inspire lot of words.
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Sometimes things heat up too fast and then fizzle out…
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yes they can
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🙂 I enjoyed this one very much !
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