Tuesday, October 13, 2015

DMC: "A Rainy Evening with Turn Signal, by Windshield Wiper" –Tabatha Yeatts




A Rainy Evening with Turn Signal
by Windshield Wiper

love
     me
love
     me
love
     me

I say
     swishing
back
     and forth

most of the time,
I'm silent

I can hear her
ticking
     left left left
or
     right right right
but cannot answer

ah, blessed rain
      that gives me voice

love
      me

I say
love
      me


she is quiet

oh can't we turn?

love
      me?

I say
love
      me?
right right right
she says.
  
                    © 2015 Tabatha Yeatts. All rights reserved.


Marcus Ewert has challenged us to write love poems this month– about relationships that seem unrequited, but which end up being requited after all. Click HERE for more details.

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8 comments:

  1. OMG! This is wonderful! With a satisfying conclusion. Love it, Tabatha!

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  2. I laughed when I read Diane's "OMG"– that was what I said in my email when I first read this poem, right Tabatha? This poem hits you right in the heart. Something I never thought possible from a love story between car parts. Brilliant.

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  3. Thanks, guys! It's a great prompt.

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  4. This is amazing cleaver at first I was think wipers that would be different also I LOVE this :)

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  5. Wonderful, Tabatha! Thanks for the morning smile (driving in the rain will never be the same....)

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  6. Holy cats, Tabatha! WONDERFUL. Just perfect.

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  7. Just marvelous. Love, love, love this one.

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  8. Most creative love poem I've ever read, Tabatha. Love every 'swish'.

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