After a busy day toggling teaching and summertime parenting, I managed to find time to write a petite pen. This painting by Ron Hicks depicts the lingering suspicions of things unsaid. If their awkwardness speaks to you, I invite you to join me in penning a bit of brevity, 30 words or less. If you post to your own page, please be sure to ping back here so everyone has an opportunity to enjoy your work.
Happy Tuesday!
The Things Unsaid
Hardheaded winter
waits by the woodshed.
Back to back,
the cold limbs of lovers,
ornamental dead,
are left rooted
next to each other
to shiver and suffer
the things unsaid.
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
Very powerful! I love it all. Every line has grit and loss in it.
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Thank you. Ron Hicks paintings are so expressive. They have so much to say.
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Stunning imagery to accompany this painting. ❤️
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Thank you. 💜
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Stunning poem.
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Thank you. I loved your take on this painting as well, friend.
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I followed one of your poets over. Hope you don’t mind me adding a poem to the beautiful artwork.
Those last two lines of your poem are wonderful
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You capture the brittle coldness of the image so perfectly, K.
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Thank you. Those were incredibly expressive looks, and it was great imagining what the pair might be thinking.
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Can feel the uneasy shivers through this – perfectly described, K 🙂
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