An Ode to Bloggers Gone … September 12, 2014

An Ode to Bloggers Gone

Where went the bloggers
When their muse dried up,
And their papers written
Now memories,
Dry as a desert rose …
There’s no word no news,
Only a blank page where once
We read brilliant words.

Did they fall into vanilla skies
Or drown in green autumn wine …
Perhaps like moles
They’ve hidden in holes …
With a gin stain
To define their souls.

I know not where these bloggers went …
Perhaps to Gehenna
or Dante’s Paradise …
But as long as rivers flow
And the sun and moon still set,
There’s hope that yet
We’ll read their moving odes.

Wordled for Red Wolf Poems

The worlde words and their creators: Hannah: green, Laura: wine, Jules: bloggers, Christopher: papers, Irene: vanilla Marilyn: gin, Barbara: moles, Purpleinportland: stain –
from poetry written for Barbara’s last Thursday prompt for Red Wolf Poems.

15 thoughts on “An Ode to Bloggers Gone … September 12, 2014”

I love that middle stanza, especially. 🙂

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Bastet on September 12, 2014 at 18:59 said:

Thanks … I have to agree it came out the best.

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“vanilla skies” – I’m going to carry that around all afternoon! brilliant!!!

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Bastet on September 13, 2014 at 07:56 said:

Glad you enjoyed!

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This really speaks to me. I feel like I’ve lost touch with friends, and don’t know how to reach out to them.

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Bastet on September 13, 2014 at 07:58 said:

It’s so very sad … I’ve felt moments of loss I never thought possible to feel for someone I’ve never even seen. Virtual world it may be … but my inner self isn’t convinced.

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The second stanza is glorious.

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Bastet on September 13, 2014 at 08:00 said:

Thanks … unfortuantely i started editing the first line and it went down the tube. Thanks for reading!

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superb, m’lady, just superb

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Bastet on September 14, 2014 at 07:05 said:

thanks … been writing a lot of Japanese poetry lately and it was fun to do this one … though the subject is sad alas.

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I felt quite emotional reading this poem. It reminded me of friendships lost and the hope that they can be regained. The middle stanza is perfect!

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Bastet on September 14, 2014 at 07:08 said:

I do know what you mean phylor … it’s happened to me and more often than I care to remember. I became very sad when one of my favorite bloggers, whom I spoke to a lot daily, suddenly disappeared, never to post again. I still get teary eyed believe it or not.

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I was just thinking today about someone’s blog I followed till he had to quit due to treatment for cancer. I wonder how he is doing – hope he beat it. I’ll take hope in your last lines.

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Bastet on September 14, 2014 at 07:30 said:

Thanks for sharing this note … it’s interesting how we get to know people so intimately … and so sad when all of a sudden they leave us for one reason or another. I hope your friend beat the cancer and will write again soon.

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whimsygizmo on September 12, 2014 at 18:45 said:

I love that middle stanza, especially. 🙂

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- Bastet on September 12, 2014 at 18:59 said:
  
  Thanks … I have to agree it came out the best.
  
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yeoldefoole on September 12, 2014 at 18:57 said:

“vanilla skies” – I’m going to carry that around all afternoon! brilliant!!!

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- Bastet on September 13, 2014 at 07:56 said:
  
  Glad you enjoyed!
  
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barbtaub on September 12, 2014 at 22:21 said:

This really speaks to me. I feel like I’ve lost touch with friends, and don’t know how to reach out to them.

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- Bastet on September 13, 2014 at 07:58 said:
  
  It’s so very sad … I’ve felt moments of loss I never thought possible to feel for someone I’ve never even seen. Virtual world it may be … but my inner self isn’t convinced.
  
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Irene on September 13, 2014 at 03:03 said:

The second stanza is glorious.

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- Bastet on September 13, 2014 at 08:00 said:
  
  Thanks … unfortuantely i started editing the first line and it went down the tube. Thanks for reading!
  
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kdavisfanclub on September 13, 2014 at 19:51 said:

superb, m’lady, just superb

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- Bastet on September 14, 2014 at 07:05 said:
  
  thanks … been writing a lot of Japanese poetry lately and it was fun to do this one … though the subject is sad alas.
  
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phylor on September 13, 2014 at 21:34 said:

I felt quite emotional reading this poem. It reminded me of friendships lost and the hope that they can be regained. The middle stanza is perfect!

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- Bastet on September 14, 2014 at 07:08 said:
  
  I do know what you mean phylor … it’s happened to me and more often than I care to remember. I became very sad when one of my favorite bloggers, whom I spoke to a lot daily, suddenly disappeared, never to post again. I still get teary eyed believe it or not.
  
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georgeplace2013 on September 14, 2014 at 03:34 said:

I was just thinking today about someone’s blog I followed till he had to quit due to treatment for cancer. I wonder how he is doing – hope he beat it. I’ll take hope in your last lines.

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- Bastet on September 14, 2014 at 07:30 said:
  
  Thanks for sharing this note … it’s interesting how we get to know people so intimately … and so sad when all of a sudden they leave us for one reason or another. I hope your friend beat the cancer and will write again soon.
  
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