One Island
Crafted to represent our lives flowing together
Two islands.
Your life. Mine.
Time flowing around,
between, shifting them,
until they are one.
Captured in a band
of gold, our life
together.
The prompt from Sarah (sarahsouthwest) for Mindfulness and poetry – Tuesday poetics at dVerse is to hold a small object in your hand. Sense it. Feel it. Describe it.
Rings are a grand choice for this prompt. Married thrice, I did not keep the rings of failure. 26 years with wife #3; guess this one is going to work. Arthritis threatens my wedding ring. I may have to shed it one day; frown.
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Thank you.
You could always place it on a chain.
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Lovely.
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Merci!
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I like the idea of time shifting lives until they are one.
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Thank you, Frank.
Sometimes it works that way.
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I like the image of time flowing like a river around the islands. Quiet passion.
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Thank you, Sarah. Your “quiet passion” is just right.
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This is beautiful – the image, the time-as-river metaphor, the model for togethering. Thank you!
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Thank you, Jazz.
I described it as a river when I gave the sketch to the jeweler. I counted on his sense of proportion, and we were not disappointed.
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Beautiful! Especially that second stanza!
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Thanks, Lynne. And it feels just that way.
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Beautiful rings – I like how with time, the islands merge.
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Merci!
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Pas de quoi!
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Yes, the sands of time moving you towards one another to the circle of life together. It’s beautiful and so are the rings
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Thank you, sir.
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Thanks to you!
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If those rings could talk, they would have stories to tell! I like your take on this prompt.
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Thanks, Dwight.
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Your poem is so gentle and honest, Ken. I love that your rings have been crafted to represent your lives flowing together and
‘Time flowing around,
between, shifting them,
until they are one’.
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Thank you, Kim. 🙂
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What a great choice… a ring is such a good thing to hold in your hand
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Thank you, Björn.
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two lives merging and blending like the ring that symbolises it, such a beautiful image to me -you are blessed
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😀 Thank you.
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So beautiful Ken.
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Thank you, Linda.
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. That’s all I can say….and I’m going to get another cup of coffee now and taking a pause in my reading because I want to savor this warm feeling your post gave me.
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Thank you, Lillian. You’ve prompted me to reread this myself, while enjoying my coffee.
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Beautiful
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🙂 Thanks.
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beautiful Ken, the rings, the words, the love behind it all ❤
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Thank you, Kim.
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What a wonderful love you share. (K)
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Sigh.
Yes.
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A great choice for the prompt. It’s amazing how something small can hold a magnitude of love, memories and committment. I love the design.
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Thank you. It certainly works for me!
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Beautifully designed!
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Merci!
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