bnaismith

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bnaismith
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Lover of poetry and wordplay. I enjoy reading the work of others and hope to learn to improve my own work.

  February 2024     1 month ago

Submitted Poems 4 total

The Rope

Where does she tension exist when it's said to fill the room?
When it connects us like a knotted rope being fed to the loom.

When a pirouette of fibres, entwined in conversation.
Quivers the violin string, just before orchestration.

How can...

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COSTCO

Don’t bother grabbing a trolley.
If you aren’t holding a card.

Backpedal through the checkout.
Get caught and you're barred!

To say YES to a sample
Is to taste an example

But buying the whole thing is...

– by Benjamin Naismith

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A Question for the Morning.

‘Where have you been?’ I ask.


  “I’ve been lost, temporizing, and asleep....”

[Her fingers slide up her sleeping mask.]


  “…where love’s promises rarely keep.”


‘But did I find you, or did you find me?’


  “I rode the swell...

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Untitled #3

Envisions only seen, in an ethereal dream.
Like a Petal caught in the roll of a stream.
It’ll insert a silver lining into the sky.
Shape her little crimson heart, her ballet slipper sigh.

Indeed, her sun gifts light to dance along the dew.
...

– by Benjamin Naismith

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I really enjoyed reading this, great use of language. Paints a vivid picture and feels like you're holding my hand throughout. Fantastic.

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