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2012/01/16 by seingraham

In the Tyrrhenian Sea
just off the Amalfi coast
we were diving,
Playing at being fish
when first we
found her

We were near enough
Pompeii to wonder
if she had been swept
from offstage
At the opera perhaps
caught mid-aria
—practicing most likely,
just going about her life—

As so many others
were during that
remarkable eruption …

Vesuvius still
sputters I hear

S.E.Ingraham©
Magpie Tales #100

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Posted in POETRY | Tagged magpie tales#100, poetry, Poets United | 5 Comments

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on 2012/01/19 at 01311:8:32p seingraham

Thank you Brian, claudia, Tess and Shers – for reading and commenting; I quite like this prompt and love the idea of underwater sculptures – some people are just beyond creative, yes?
on 2012/01/17 at 01311:8:32p brian

ha…very nicely played…the opera when the bass vocal goes off….smiles at your close as well…
on 2012/01/17 at 01311:8:32p claudia

nice..love your play on pompeii here..swept from offstage at the opera..great..and..Vesuvius still
sputters I hear… what a great closure
on 2012/01/17 at 01311:8:32p Tess Kincaid

I love the notion of her being a victim of Pompeii…nice write…
on 2012/01/16 at 01311:8:32p Shers

Very pretty prose – lovely writing!