Sometimes I dream of storms
and the violent washing away
of all this detritus – plastic bags,
furniture, paperwork
in ragged piles, all those
endless books, shoes,
smart shirts, faded jeans,
best china, glassware,
all flying
whirling, spiraling.
I dream of a wild wind raging.
Another one for dVerse. It’s quadrille night, and we are storming along for De. Go and check it out.
Spring cleaning!
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YES. Wouldn’t it be awesome if we could just leave our clutter to the weather?
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What a super poem about a super wish. I too wish this. I’d open my house from one end to the other and let the storm sweep it clean.
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I suppose the mess after the storm would be hard to clean up, but it would require cleaning while day to day activities don’t.
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I would love a cleaning storm every now and then.
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I love the second line, “the violent washing away.”
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Love this!
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Sarah, I know just what you are experiencing here. Me too. I have figured out as I add the years on, the more junk you have, the more time for living fully it sucks up.
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Can you come and clean our place? I think it may need something that violent, lol. Dorothy would be pleased, Toto too
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Nice dream!
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I’ve heard of people who’ve almost totally let everything go…always wonder how it ended up for them…your poem captures a real feeling whether acted on or not.
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Oh for that raging storm through this house… especially the basement.
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I too long for clearance but your poem made me think of the great Pacific garbage patch – still you have some powerful dreams
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Loved this!
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Like the Wizard of Oz tornado that picked up Dorothy and Toto but instead it would pick up all our “stuff.” The simplicity movement — back to basics — sometimes that sounds delicious!
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That’s great! The last line says it all.
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oh i dream too!!! 😀 and this is amazing! the urgency is felt
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Yay ! I love this. Finally a poem I understand. And its depth, mixed with simplicity makes my mind spin. Well done.
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Thank you. It’s hard to do much with 44 words. I try to be clear, but leave some space for the reader to fill themselves. It doesn’t always work.
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