Still the Universe for dVerse Poets Ekphrastic Prompt, June 19, 2025

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Still The Universe

Bleach all the colors from the flowers. Cancel out the sun.
Stay the music. Still the dance. Tell laughter it is done.
She will not walk this way again so all must cease to walk.
Her conversation’s over. The whole world must not talk.
Earth upon its axis should stop its ceaseless motion.
The cook must quiet his cooking pots, the chemist trash his potion.
The universe must cease to be now that my true love’s dead,
and I’ll lay myself beside her on our wedding bed.

 

For dVerse Poets

To see poems, go to link above. To see the prompt, go HERE.  image from Pixabay.com

13 thoughts on “Still the Universe for dVerse Poets Ekphrastic Prompt, June 19, 2025”

    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Thanks, Derrick. I have been trying to find your blog..thank goodness you commented so I can use the link. I no longer know how to find blogs on WP except to follow the daily trail backwards..

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      How old were you when your mom died, Ann? The first line of the poem somehow got scrunched up beside the photo instead of with the poem. I’ve corrected it.

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  6. lillian's avatarlillian

    Ohhhhh….this took my breath away. Literally! The emotion is visceral. So very powerful! October 14, 2013, I could not understand how the world outside the hospital walls could still be moving on. My husband, on life-support. Our family pleading with God to let him stay. I understand these feelings. For our family, my husband is a walking miracle…with us still and 100% cognitively okay. From that day forward, I wake up every morning, thankful for every day. But yes…..how can the world continue when something tragic happens. I can feel the anger of the person….lashing out…stop! Stop! Don’t you understand what’s happened? A powerful write to the image! Thank you for posting!

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