All Comments on 'Carthage'

I hope you're aren't writing from your own experience- thats so sad. Thanks

Boo

.....hide in these simple words. May be sadness, may be bitterness but certainly arresting. Well done. Five from me.

Tess

and stirring in its loneliness, and beautifully written. Thank you for sharing this with us, sweets. LJ

Feels so personal I am loath to comment. But why Carthage; I presumed it referred to a breach of faith, an infidelity. I am not sure I want to know, it seems like prying.

Vividly hints at some unspoken conflict and of an estranged existence.

sparse, wry

When was it that you invaded my head, my home and my life? Well done. Hugs and kisses babe... so sad! ~Minx

Spared no words and spared no mercy. A clear and cutting poem, Shanglan.

I am puzzled as well.

Wonderful and sad how a few simple words can evoke so much.

Lovely.

Harry Leg

Carthage ~ aka ~ marriage on the rocks.

This poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 35,000 poems.

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And the title makes the whole thing work--gives it depth, if I have interpreted it correctly. Well done.

oh my god, thanks Lebroz for bringing this up, what a powerful piece, love it hate it LOVE it.

indicates a character flaw. TK U MLJ LV NV