Here is my take on this week’s festive Poetry Rehab prompt https://wordpress.com/read/post/feed/31982590/889902717
Candle
The flame quickens the wick
& mollifies the wax
as it descends
into a pool of its own making;
keeping vigil over the dead;
bearing witness,
in each flickering instant,
to possibility and resurrection.
Poetry, Politics and Language 
Quiet beauty, wrapped in possibilities and certainty. Thank you!
Thank you, Liz, as always, for your kind words.
A tender description of a blessed time!
Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Perfect, I really enjoy your more discursive posts but sometimes, well sometimes, less is more, as here.
It is certainly true that less is often, if not usually, more so far as poetry is concerned and we can learn a lot from each other in terms of trimming and refining our work. I am relatively new to blogging, but, in the last two years,I have noted that, while short posts tend to garner a lot of hits on the day they are published, long-form pieces accumulate more visits in the longer term. It is like the way pop songs may soar briefly to the top of the charts but subsequently sink without trace, while concept albums and symphonies end up enjoying a much more enduring appeal. When I first started writing poetry, nearly thirty years ago now, most of my pieces were very, very short. One was just a title and a footnote flanking a blank page!. As I have grown older, however, I have felt the need for a broader canvas. One of my new year’s resolutions is to attempt to square this circle by serializing the publication of long posts in some way. Something like the way downloadable TV series can entice viewers to binge-watch a show ten times longer than anything they would be prepared to sit through in a movie theater. The blogosphere is a powerfully liberating arena for a diverse range of newvoices, but I feel that we will blow that opportunity, if we confine ourselves to producing one-hit-wonders.
I must confess that I agree with your point about the longevity of well considered and crafted content. Something to think about for the future I think…
Perfect choice of words to paint a picture that comes to life.
Thank you for your kind words.
You are welcome!
I loved it. The wording was just right. 🙂
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