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Loneliness sounds

like wind singing

through cracked elm branches

in autumn’s bleak light.

Sadness tastes

like cold tea�"no honey, no sugar�"

bitter scraping the back of the throat.

Hope smells

like six-week-old puppies

slurping mother’s milk

in the sun.

Joy feels

like bare feet on prickly grass

after a fierce spring storm.

Memory looks

like streetlights bleeding

into oil-slicked puddles

at two in the morning.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

Loneliness, Sadness, Hope, Joy, Memory. Nicely written. I have entered my seventh decade and I can’t help but feel all those emotions are amplified in old age. Thanks for the poem addressing each.

What of love? I would have enjoyed one more Thomas Case stanza addressing love. Weird coincidence, I am listening to Spotify and Joni Mitchell is singing “I really don’t know love at all.”

[Thomas W Case]

I love that song. Thanks, my friend.

[Buddhistboy73]

Well framed poem about the human emotions here Thomas...

This was my favourite stanza:

Hope smells
like six-week-old puppies
slurping mother’s milk
in the sun.

Thanks for sharing this one...

BB73

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[John the Baptist]

Let me add one: Stupidity feels like voting for a sociopath and then doing it again.

[red93]

Very interesting to see you using similes Thomas - this has a lyrical, elegiac feel to it. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, my friend.

[Soren]

I very much like this poem Thomas it is a departure from you usual style having a brighter and more innocent feel. Very nicely done

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, Soren.

[Soren]

Most welcome Thomas

[Ken Simm.]

Interesting and in many ways delightful poem here Thomas. I like the verse about hope and puppies.

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks, Ken.