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| photograph by India Hobson |
She takes scissors and glue to her past
Memories can be recast
A picture here, a picture there
A collage of images hazy and fair.
Creating memories page by page
Erasing the pain, replacing the rage
The friend who betrayed her is once again true
By deft rearranging, old boyfriends are too.
A friendship that died from a hurtful word
Now vibrant with laughter that can almost be heard
Photoshop fixes the postpartum blues
A glowing new mother she'll carefully choose.
She's tired of memories less than ideal
She'll trash scraps of life that don't hold appeal
Forgetting the parts she wants to conceal
Her scrapbook life will become what is real.
submitted for Potluck Poetry, Week 29, Photographs, Memories, and Nostalgia
28 comments:
Amazing how experience guides us through the present and how memories can be patched together. What we scrap often carries guiding lessons that become internalized though maybe not always recognized. Well delivered concept based on the prompt.
Sounds like strange therapy.
We do make our life... and perhaps ourselves... with the memories that we choose to highlight, don't we? There are times when I wish I could go back and photoshop the memories, or the people that contributed some of those memories,from my consciousness. But then, where would life be without some regret, right?
true sentiments...
love the twists and turns.
Happy Potluck.
A++
Well, I have had my moments of trying to erase images, but... you can't erase the real.
BTW: terrific piece.
this was awesome...one of my fav responses to the prompt over at onestop...you open with a pow...the taking scissors to your past...something i think we can all relate...great write....
ouch, I hope they make photoshop for our minds. This was very creative and evocative. Enjoy the rally!
http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/for-your-kiss/
now there's a way to have a happy ending!
Only humans can do that -- customize memories...
I appreciate the creativity in putting the words together in here :)
wouldn't it be wonderful if we could rewrite the past?
but than we wouldn't be ourselves.
lovely poem!
Really enjoyed this. :-)
Love your original work here :)
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Omg. Mom!
An image speaks a thousand words. Enjoyed your take
Quite a sad tale there, someone trying to rewrite their life. Nicely told!
http://jessicasjapes.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/moments/
I think we all have tried to alter the past to our satisfaction, but then whose life is it? This is very profound!
Wow, am blown by the way how you included the scrapbook into this poem... The attempts in shaping one's life..
Beautiful poem! I love scrapbooks!!!
Interesting read, I like this, the darkness and the act of rearranging life to suit what we'd like it to be.
traumatic images are difficult to erase lol.. nice write lola.. my potluck.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/remain/
Well crafted. The association of memories with collages is very apt, I think. There's a lot to be liked about this.
Very true!
we can make choices about selecting everything; memories remain!
Hugs x
a splendid beauty! loved the poem and the thoughts inside it. splendid.
trisha
http://mydomainpvt.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/free-soul-4-4-11/
true but strange lolomouse.. SmileS..
Someone is Special
I just love this ... 'she takes scissors and glue to her past' ... pulling out the pieces of her life that she wants to remember and binning the rest. There is sadness and joy in this poem and the theme is very clever. Love it, thank you. :)
I went ahead and posted results for week one a few hours early.
:)
http://lunawitch15.wordpress.com/poetry-month-clambake-lets-have-some-fun/
Luna
lovely rhythm in this memory and such truth in the wanting to rewrite so much of the past. Thankyou for this.
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