Un•an•tic•i•pat•ed
Unanticipated, as I showered
today, I watched long black strands of your hair
coil like water snakes toward the drain,
whipping their muscular way
toward the sewer, slipping through
the surge, singing silent songs of entropy
as they left me to cry
over the scent of your shampoo and the pitted
razor blades that did not leave with you
when death came to take you from our house –
and, before the kitchen felt
my feet and fingers searching for
routine, before the bed unmade me
more than yesterday, I again
turned down the frames of you I’d
set atop the shelves we’d hung
to hold memory unanticipated.
©2008-2009 *b1gfan
Details
Submitted: May 13, 2008
File Size: 844 bytes
Image Size: 0 bytes
Resolution: 0×0
Comments: 197
Favourites & Collections: 262 [who?]
Views
Total: 2,905
Today: 0
Downloads
Total: 21
Today: 0
Thumb
Submitted: May 13, 2008
File Size: 844 bytes
Image Size: 0 bytes
Resolution: 0×0
Comments: 197
Favourites & Collections: 262 [who?]
Views
Total: 2,905
Today: 0
Downloads
Total: 21
Today: 0
Thumb
Author's Comments
a poetic definition of the nature of the unanticipated.
Dave Prisk
Dave Prisk
Daily Deviation, 2009-01-22
There is much to be said for someone who can master the poetic arts of alliteration and enjambment, but once you read Un.an.tic.i.pat.ed by *b1gfan, you can easily see what makes this remarkable poem so unforgettable. Its flow and heart-wrenching subject, as our suggester notes, will most certainly weave its undeniable magic.
(Suggested by ~Alannavich and Featured by ^LadyLincoln)
Report a Policy Violation
Site Map
Community News93 78 Photography Rules for Complete Idiots^kkart
 reports, 1d 3h agolol some of these are just downright hysterical! 86 So i herd u liek emotes?? - Volume 39^Synfull
 reports, 1d 16h ago39th volume in a weekly series focused on promoting emotes and emoticonists from the dA community 48 Daily Lit Deviations for July 4, 2009*DailyLitDeviations
 reports, 1d 12h agoDaily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it. Each day we will feature 10 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you  the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community. |
PollWhat would you like to see planned for deviantART's 9th birthday on August 7th, 2009? |
deviantART Loves You
Deviously serving the art and skin community for 3,255 days.
Only 32 days until our ninth birthday!
|
Deviousness
When it comes to community spirit, `Rushy is a shining example. From participating in devmeets, to providing positive encouragement to other artists, `Rushy can always be found demonstrating what it really takes to be a true deviant. It's without any hesitation that we are delighted to award the Deviousness Award for July 2009 to `Rushy Read More
|
Show them your love!
Follow us on Twitter
Become a fan on Facebook
©2009 deviantART. All rights reserved
Devious Comments
Comments
--
<3, MaxX
Double or nothing.
--
Writers Block is my Arch Nemesis. It is Evil, and must be Destroyed.
=RawEm0tion
~Lyrics-Community
strong close
xo!
--
I am a poetry admin for *DailyLitDeviations.
interested in collaborating?
writer, photographer, painter, whatever(er) -
I'll mix with words with anything you've got.
The other draft was so incomplete so I'd put it in my journal to get it our of my head, at least long enough for it to take its own shape. I guess it turned out o.k.
Previous Page12345...Next Page