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A Little Duck from Paradise by ~dentalplan:icondentalplan:



I wrote my utopia with a Nissan pen.
It wasn't a recipe,
nothing rose or bubbled,

but there was beating,
carried on the wings of a drake,
and a perfect round egg.

And smoke, I confess,
That rose then hovered.

Cats in red waistcoats scattered flowers.
Everywhere.

Free spirits.
No headaches.
Air conditioning.

There was only enough to eat.
©2005-2009 ~dentalplan
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:iconjack-cade:
Much better ending! Bitter, sweet and strange, as the line in 'Beauty & The Beast' goes.

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:iconbananaprincess:
I found this through =LineCount, and it's a neat little poem. I like the play on words with the cooking verbs in the first two stanzas, and how gracefully you go from that to the image of the flying drake.

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:iconcherry-acid:
i like the poem. i really like the first line.

but i don't really see where the line "cat's in red coats..." comes in. if you're alluding to something I don't know about that goes along with utopia or creating, I apologize.

I do like the idea of creating written works juxtaposed with cooking.

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"Even amidst fierce flames, the golden lotus can be planted" Sylvia Plath's epigraph

"Here Lies One Whose Name Was Writ in Water" John Keats' epigraph.
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:icondentalplan:
A valid point on the cats. It's been so long since I wrote this poem, but I don't think it was an allusion. I think I wanted something that would seem arbitrary and surprising, but a little forced - the kind of thing you might expect in a car advert in fact. I'm not sure that's enough to justify it though, and I'll think about whether it can be improved.

Thanks very much for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated.
:icondentalplan:
Thanks very much for your comments - glad you enjoyed it!
:iconcherry-acid:
your very welcome.
critique/comments are the only way any artist can improve.
much luck.

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"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" Audre Lorde

"Even amidst fierce flames, the golden lotus can be planted" Sylvia Plath's epigraph

"Here Lies One Whose Name Was Writ in Water" John Keats' epigraph.
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:iconerinightwind:
Critique. Feh, I'm too sick for a critique right now. Later, later. And it'll be a good one. Maybe.

But for now, initial thoughts - 'This poem. Hee. I like this poem.'

Truth be told, I'm generally either to jaded/complicated/cynical (not to be confused with jaded)/distracted/impatient to really enjoy or "get" most poems, so for me to immediately like something that doesn't rhyme means you've got something here. Whatever it is. Good job.

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:icondentalplan:
Thanks very much for your comments, and the fav. Very glad you enjoyed it!
:iconerinightwind:
Of course. :)

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