What happened to Wednesday Words? Ah well this week, we have gone insane with our Gromit spotting addiction and I am back at work too, so I actually wasn't home at all on Wednesday to blog!
HUGE apologies to my loyal Wednesday Words fans, but this week only we are all about the Thursday words!
There is another reason. I wanted to blog a poem I wrote many years ago for my friend Jamie. You might remember my post on 29th August last year, called Blue Jay. 29th August was the day he died tragically as a passenger in a car crash aged 18, just before he was due to start University. 9 years on, and he's still often in my thoughts.
However... I have lost the poem I wanted to publish 🙁
So instead, I am publishing an earlier draft of the poem, which isn't quite as good. In fact, it's more prose than poetry and the finished version was so much better.
The Magician (for Jamie)
The Magician
amazes us all;
so clever,
talented.
His biggest feat,
the disappearing act.
His presence replaced
by a cloud of magic dust
and a thousand cheers.My friend was humble,
good to us all;
so pure,
talented.
Not a magician,
but like a disappearing act,
his presence is replaced
with a cloud of magic dust
and a thousand tears.© Emma Day
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xxx
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That is a lovely poem but I am sorry to hear about your friend 🙁
Michaela Britton recently posted..A Little Obsessed With Bags
What a lovely but sad poem for your child. Been meaning to link up for ages. x
Complicated Gorgeousness recently posted..Hello darkness, my worst friend
My child? No it wasn’t for a child – it was for my best friend that died.
Thanks for linking up x
What a lovely but sad poem for your child. Been meaning to link up for ages. x
Oh I meant to write your friend… I have child on the brain it seems. Sorry xx
Complicated Gorgeousness recently posted..Hello darkness, my worst friend
I think you’re being too hard on your first draft… but I’d love to see the final too if you find it again 🙂
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Only found your Wednesday (or sometimes Thursday!) Words a couple of weeks agp – just reminds me how powerful words are. Great stuff.xx
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Sorry for your loss x but what a beautiful heartfelt poem x
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Beautiful but so sad. The contrast between the two endings is heart breaking.
Beautiful poem about a sad loss. My close friend committed suicide when we were teenagers and these things really stay with you. I’ve linked with a more frivolous rewrite of Tragedy about toddler tears x
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How beautiful. I read this with tears streaming as I remembered a friend who passed in a similar way. I’ve never been able to find the words to express how I felt about this but you’ve just done it for me – thank you my lovely – this will be kept close to me for a long while xxx #Prose4T
I think first drafts are always the best as they are spoken from the heart. I love the analogy you have used for your friend Jamie. Thank you for your fabulous writing and for linking to Prose for Thought x
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What a moving poem and so sad.
(It’s pretty good for a first draft too!)
Sarah MumofThree World recently posted..What she wore: Next seaside playsuit
Wow. That comparison of the magician to your friend sent shivers down my spine. This is a fine piece of work.
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