Long Lost Lonesome Cinquains
Myrna.
Tattooed Goddess.
Biting deep an apple.
Its juicy tang, the fruited pang –
She’s gone.
Deadly.
Modifier
making suspect the day.
I wish I was born inside you—
blame god.
Obit.
Morbid pasttime
checking papers for you.
Come back to me in the morning
though dead.
Blame you.
Dusty corners,
swept aside in a jiff.
I wish I were with you now, love—
buried.
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Your words match your title and good use of form.
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The economy of words serves the poem. Very powerful poem. Make me miss the Myrna I never got to meet.
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Very clean! And tight and great title.
Concept locked down
Craft.
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Oh Manny, these are wonderful. You used the form, not the other way around. Beautiful and sad.
Hope you’re doing well.
lots of physical pain. it’s later than we think,
Masterful!
I am master of no ship.
Love: “Come back to me in the morning
though dead.”
I love your lines