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Thursday, June 16, 2005

Sonnet: An Empty House Remembers Comments

Rating: ★4.5

The empty house around me ticks and creaks,
A moody end to evening's gentle rains,
A brooding quiet as the daylight wanes,
The secret language empty houses speak.
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Russell Collier

house empty laughter rains Rhyme trapped

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Lesley Sutherland 17 January 2008

I just love the image/metaphor of a house being the repository of the wealth of human experience. Fabulous poem.

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David Zvekic 17 June 2005

nice meter and rhyme. I prefer traditional poetry.

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