Michelle Bishop Writes

The theme for Day 19 of the November 2009 PAD Chapbook Challenge was to write an attachment poem. Since all of life involves attachments there are numerous ways to interpret this.

Pensamientos de un Pescador

Attached by a small hook
Hangs the brightly colored painting
By the artist whose name is no longer recalled
That inspired such joy each day
Upon opening the eyes that it was carried
From home to home, city to city,
Even though the joy was no longer there
When gazed upon with the eyes
The soul pondered the losses – so many losses
Attached to the times, the places, the people, the spaces
Where the bright colors brought joy
Now… nothing

M.B. – November 2009