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JO JANOSKI resides in Pittsburgh, PA, USA with her husband, Ron.
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No Longer Mine
The creature sleeps in my bed again...
For the workshop challenge, and in my never-ending quest to make everyone love poetry:
The creature sleeps in my bed again,
like a pillow, lifeless, without care.
Paying me no mind, like she's royalty,
though I paid for and built her this lair.
Feigning disinterest, she acts bored.
Her face is turned away from my gaze.
Til she sets her mind on my pocket
and asks with her sweet alluring ways.
I have nothing. I give all to her
and dream of days she and I had fun
in spring gardens and sunny hay fields
we ran side by side, breathing as one.
She was my sweetness, that lovely girl.
I lost count of quickly passing time.
When did her running slow, her eyes dim?
Now I know she is no longer mine.
Copyright 2007 JO Janoski Poet Laureate of PA ™ |
Posted: 10:11 PM, August 13, 2007 in Poetry |
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Mine or hers?
Are they ever really ours? I think we're more properly theirs...
Lovely sentiments, Jo. I, too, have a friend to whom, in all likelihood, I will soon have to say goodbye. And I'm dying by inches in anticipation of the day. |
Posted by Bubba at 10:28 PM, August 13, 2007 |
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Another Sad View
Shirley
This is beautiful Jo. I thought you would be the one to break the cycle and yet, yours leaves me feeling sad as well. I think the starkness of the painting itself inspires a sense of loss and loneliness. Great poem! |
Posted by Shirley at 08:17 AM, August 14, 2007 |
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familiar gaze
ozy
That is pretty much the way my cats treat me. When I get up in the morning they kinda give me that "who the heck do you think you are moving while we are laying on you"...
The dags just look at me like "is it dinner time yet?"
Wonderful poem. Great flow and rhythm. |
Posted by ozy at 08:18 AM, August 14, 2007 |
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no longer mine
| jo,, this really hits home for me,, i have two older girls,, and i am scared every time i leave them,, they will no longer be mine when i return..... |
Posted by paisley at 06:49 PM, August 14, 2007 |
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My Dog
| This poem reminds me of my dog when I was a kid. |
Posted by dermott at 08:04 PM, August 14, 2007 |
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