Tuesday, February 8, 2011

your place

your place:

scary movies
first couch kiss

school skipping
out front step sitting
holding hands
listening





walk by
cross street
looking left

still your place,
but you're not there



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21 comments:

  1. Sharp, very sharp. Great take on prompt with flash memories.

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  2. I like the time shift dimension you got here...

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  3. Great write, Ollie. One of those moments when time completely loses itself in us.

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  4. innocence. such innocence. does that remain? i believe so, even if i don't feel it in my own past.

    i like the time shift dimensio,n as well.

    xo
    erin

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  5. Thanks for the poignant trip to the old neighborhood. Wonderful.

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  6. Whip me back in time......! Felt like parts of my own past. I still have dreams about my first home. Nicely done.

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  7. Nice one. enjoyed the pacy rhythm and sparse storytelling.

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  8. Christmas Island! You would know Roger Rosser and Jenny perhaps? Now Canberra Roger and Jenny.

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    1. Hey little hat!

      Is that roger rosser who used to be a teacher in the Solomon Islands?? I have been trying to locate him for years. I need to give him a copy of my first album. The man inspired me to sing and fall deeply in love with music and performing. And since then I have become a full time professional touring musician, played 15 festivals, released an EP and a full album, and hit number 1 in triple J unearthed roots charts for 3 different songs... the man inspired me, more than any teacher before or after him, to chase my dreams, and I need to thank him for that personally... but have NO idea how I can do that...
      My name is Karl Smith and I am an artist known as THE LYRICAL

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  9. Some feelings are never lost..thankfully..you did a great write here!

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  10. ...and so it is not the same at all, just a place holder to remind of what used to exist.

    *sigh*

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  11. It is funny how when you go back you have to see what was there and if it still exists and yet it never truly does.

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  12. Nice one OO. Everyone knows this feeling.

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  13. I grew up in a very small mid-western town ... your Magpie reminds me of how I feel when I return. It's a good feeling, bitter and sweet.

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