13 Oct 2013

Haunting

Menace
personified,
waiting just out of reach
for the time when the barrier
will fall...

In life
our worst mistakes
pile up in serried ranks,
sit behind another fence,
waiting.

They haunt
waking hours
with retrospective shame
until repentant senses crave
pardon.

For the original picture and more poems, go and visit Tess and her Mag 190.


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18 comments:

  1. Kay13 October 2013 at 16:49

    i love the second verse....fab-u-lous!!

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  2. ekta khetan13 October 2013 at 17:41

    Very nicely written! Bravo!

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  3. Berowne13 October 2013 at 19:40

    Sharply original response to the prompt...

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  4. Kathe W.13 October 2013 at 20:28

    excellent way to see this image! we all have some "dogs" in our past lives.

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  5. Tess Kincaid13 October 2013 at 21:26

    Nice write...the black dog suits it...

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  6. little wing writer13 October 2013 at 22:32

    love the manipulation of photo and your story all the more so....side by side, we are not much different.... glad to have stopped by

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  7. Li14 October 2013 at 01:29

    Nice word play! I especially enjoyed this having discovered the site "Dog Shaming" today. :-)

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  8. Anonymous14 October 2013 at 04:44

    haunting

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  9. hyperCRYPTICal14 October 2013 at 09:57

    Brilliant response Jinksy. So well done.
    Anna :o]

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  10. Silent Otto 14 October 2013 at 14:39

    These are dog days indeed , Florence ..... Thanks

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  11. ds14 October 2013 at 16:43

    Always best to let sleeping dogs lie...but they are not always sleeping, are they? Cleverly done, and wise. Thank you.

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  12. gautami tripathy14 October 2013 at 17:36

    I love your take! And image!!

    Excellent writing!


    doggy tales

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  13. Sueann14 October 2013 at 20:18

    Beautifully written.....
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  14. Doctor FTSE15 October 2013 at 08:50

    You made a worthy metaphor from the picture.

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  15. Bekkie Sanchez15 October 2013 at 16:45

    It's all been said. Bravo!

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  16. Margaret18 October 2013 at 03:08

    I agree with the Dr. above! Each verse just kept getting better.

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  17. ~T~18 October 2013 at 18:53

    If sins look like that, I'll be more careful...

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  18. humbird20 October 2013 at 13:24

    Indeed haunting and disgracing ~ Cool take on the prompt!

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