In Fountain Pen Reservoir

[ucello]

Fortitude

he had the guts
to run away from
normality,
to leave behind
wealth;

some say he settled
on the forest's outskirts
where men don't get and
beasts feel secure;

some speculate
he's very happy
and they just can't
forgive him that.

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Marks

there are facts
one can't change,
indelible, final.

Like certain moves
on the chessboard.

Acceptance is perhaps
the only remedy.

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Relief

only at a quiet moment,
when the sea softly licks the sand
while the sun sinks,
do childhood tastes and smells
return in gentle waves;
with good, salty tears
falling on one's lips.

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Fissure

Regret and estrangement
show in the eyes;
tenderness loses taste,
words build into storms.

It's the beginning of the closeness' end,
good and bad moments';
beginning of loneliness.

[everyadventure]

Relief was my favorite out of the bunch, but I'm not sure I like the word "wan" there... Thanks for sharing!

[Delta40]

I think they all have a certain depth to them however some of the lines in each of them seem rather disconnected through lack of flow which is unfortunate because it prevented me from pondering over the message in each poem and focussed more on how to make sense of the grammar. Having said that, a wonderful first post and I look forward to reading more of your work. Welcome to Lit-Net!

[ucello]

Thank you. I added punctuation. Hopefully it helps the message. Grateful for your observations and welcome greeting.

[tailor STATELY]

Welcome to Litnet !

Enjoyed all; such power in your brevity.

"closeness's" works I guess; I might prefer closeness' (it's shorter).

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[ucello]

Thank you for your welcome, glad you enjoyed.

'closeness' ' corrected, but is it grammatically correct this way?

[tailor STATELY]

I believe if one wished to make "closeness" possessive then either is permissible.

Here's a reference: http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/possessive-form-of-singular-nouns-ending-with-s/

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

[ucello]

I believe if one wished to make "closeness" possessive then either is permissible.

Here's a reference: http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/possessive-form-of-singular-nouns-ending-with-s/

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY

Always good to learn. Thanks tailorSTATELY for your explanation and reference. Closeness is possessive indeed. A nice day/night to you, wherever you are.

[Delta40]

Thank you. I added punctuation. Hopefully it helps the message. Grateful for your observations and welcome greeting.

Punctuation made all the difference for this poem. Funnily enough I have noticed that some poems flow just as well without it so I guess its down to construct.

[ucello]

Thanks for having kindly visited these poems again, Delta40.

[Bar22do]

Loved Fissure the best but enjoyed reading the four.

[ucello]

Great thanks.