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Matty11
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My girl friend is pint-sized

Post by Matty11 » Wed Sep 04, 2019 9:58 pm

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A winter's pace, the frost winking,
    my rucksack weighted
with your checklist. I trudge back.

Unbridled, you stride on. Stature
  defines us. At the top
you waving. Me frowning from afar.


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A winter's pace, the frost winking,
    my rucksack weighted
with your checklist. I trudge back.

Unbridled, you stride on. Distance
  defines us. At the top
you waving. Me frowning from afar.
Last edited by Matty11 on Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: My girl friend is pint-sized

Post by poet-e » Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:43 pm

I don't get how the title, "My girl friend is pint-sized," relates/connects to the rest of the poem.

In the 'Boston Legal' show, an attorney jokes "My girl friend is pint-sized" b/c she's a small person....    ;)

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Re: My girl friend is pint-sized

Post by Matty11 » Mon Sep 09, 2019 11:47 pm

Thanks P. I have made a small change that will hopefully give a nudge on the title/poem thread.

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Phil

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Re: My girl friend is pint-sized

Post by Deb » Wed Sep 11, 2019 2:35 pm

Hi Matty? Phil? 

I'm confused about what to call you.

Your poem, I get it. Now I feel a little more guilty about my husband carrying my backpack on our day hikes. He volunteers, though.


The frost winking is a nice touch and I love that the rucksack is filled with her checklist and not her things. Subtle.
Then, you still have the climb.

I understood what you meant by the distance the first time I read this but I believe the change you made is nicely done.

~Deb
 

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Re: My girl friend is pint-sized

Post by indar » Thu Sep 12, 2019 3:11 pm

I taught drawing for many years and started with (yawn) rules of perspective. The girlfriend (unemcumbered) strides on ahead and is at the top. I can only think of this as a description of what happens to two objects in space, one at a further distance from the other, higher and smaller on the 1 dimentional surface.  Works for me as an analogy for a relationship.

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Re: My girl friend is pint-sized

Post by Matty11 » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:58 am

Thanks Deb and Linda.
Your poem, I get it. Now I feel a little more guilty about my husband carrying my backpack on our day hikes. He volunteers, though.
:) That made me smile, but on reflection, is this male pride? :roll:
I taught drawing for many years
I've been dabbling with drawing recently. Perhaps there could be a drawing/painting/art forum?

Appreciate the feedback both.

cheers

Phil

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