Broken Cycle, Whole Heart
Wrinkled, tossed, unused,
this heart had grown
a stranger to affection
until your heart took it
for a spin, rinsed away
any trace of despair,
and broke the cycle
that held it captive
with a love that is
permanent, pressed
into the pages of both
my heart and mind.
This poem is my response to Poetics: Put Your Words on Spin Cycle, the prompt from De Jackson at dVerse ~ Poets Pub, which is to write a laundry poem. She offered the option to use a list of laundry words and to include three or more words or phrases from the list.
fluff & fold
spin cycle
permanent press
wash & wear
cycle
dryer fuzz
machine wash warm
tumble dry
dry flat
presoak
wrinkled
front load
rinse
fine delicates
clothes pins
downy
tide
Image source: Pinterest
rivrvlogr 
How perfect! Love this use of “permanent, pressed” especially.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. 🙂 The first draft also had “spin, cycled”, but I needed to split those words to arrive at the final version..
LikeLike
It’s always so cool how poems evolve within themselves.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Well there you go, Ken. Next year’s Valentine’s Day verse is already written. How romantic!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re welcome.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love where you took this. Nicely done Ken.
Pat
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Pat. 🙂
LikeLike
Oh my gosh that is the most romantic laundry ever!! ❤️💕🥰
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Broke the cycle…I love how this turned out to be.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Grace.
LikeLike
I liked the break of “permanent, pressed.” Nice allusion.
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 Thank you.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Such beautiful words! Really enjoyed your poem!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Merci!
LikeLike
You put those words through the wringer, Ken, and came up with a well-pressed poem that tells a love story that broke the cycle with a happy ending.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Kim. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is SO sweet, Ken. I’m so happy for you.
-David
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, David. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
That sounds pretty perfect!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
You can make any subject into a love poem! (K)
LikeLiked by 1 person
🙂 I can’t help myself.
LikeLiked by 1 person
This is so tender and sweet Ken.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Linda.
LikeLiked by 1 person
The way of the heart.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Cannot be denied.
LikeLiked by 1 person
No, it cannot, and looking back, what a ride.
LikeLiked by 1 person
A beautiful love poem sure to warm the heart of the recipient!
LikeLike
Delightful! And the metaphors truly work – a poem for all who find themselves happily permanently pressed together with another after time left solo wrung out, on a heap of despair.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Jazz.
This is one time when rinse and repeat doesn’t apply. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
A clever and lovely love poem, Ken.
I particularly liked:
“with a love that is
permanent, pressed”
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Merril. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re welcome!
LikeLiked by 1 person
What a perfect metaphor for explaining passion and permanent love.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Björn.
LikeLike
This is absolutely brilliant! I love the usage of “permanent, pressed.” 💝💝
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Sanaa. 🙂
LikeLike
Brilliant poem, Ken. I love the picture on the side.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Sara. Sometimes I spend more time editing an image to get what I want than I do on the poem. But then, as with this one, sometimes I get to edit the poem in my mind as I edit the image.
LikeLike
Either way, it works!
LikeLiked by 1 person