Ghost-Child

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  • Family

    Ghost-Child

     Heartache that never goes away
    the memory
    a ghost-child
    born in a blur of pain and tears
    like a vision
    came to someone else
    not us
    No joy of love or new life
    child of my child
    the answer to a stranger's prayer
    so much a part of me
    never meant to be mine
    Baby boy
    object of our guilt and sorrow
    of our hope for forgiveness
    and understanding
    my memory
    heartache that never goes away

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    Tempestlady commented on Ghost-Child

    08-20-2009

    I have written many poems about children, and miscarriages, and loss. Many just don't understand the pain. Not only do i know it, i have embraced it many times, and cannot seem to let the sweet sorrow go. I'll read yours if you read mine. Great write....
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    NenaT

    08/23/2009

    I definitely will read yours. Thank you for reading mine. Sweet sorrow...that is it exactly.

    klassik commented on Ghost-Child

    07-31-2009

    this is a powerful piece! the joy of having a child, knowing it is a blessing not understanding, but recognizing that if it was someone else they would be! very well written, i had to read a couple times nice angle, congrats!
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    NenaT

    08/01/2009

    I did not want my daughter to give up her baby, and it haunts me still. Thank you for reading it and your critique.

    catarino commented on Ghost-Child

    06-22-2009

    content wise I've reread it a few times, still I'll have to come back to this one. In regard to structure- I enjoy the way you achieve closure by bookending the first two and last couple of lines. I've done that quite a bit. It just seems orderly, I think.
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    NenaT

    06/23/2009

    Is it because you don't understand it or because you recognize more than one meaning....I'm really interested to know why you keep coming back to it....

    icicle113 commented on Ghost-Child

    06-21-2009

    um i can kind of understand it im really 12 3/4 but im soo confuseing that confuesing stuff to other people is reagular for me.
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    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

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