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Done – Leonie Bingham

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  • in Australia · Poem
  • — 31 Oct, 2015 at 9:00 am

Done

Leonie Bingham

Katoomba, New South Wales

Australia

The manuscript stretches …

it gazes over empty pens
tossed in the air like
pick-up-sticks that fall
wherever they choose:

some lie between
scrunched-up paper-balls,
others jut from
ink-blotched and
teacup-ringed mountains—

such bountiful ribbons of A4
finely shredded
by urgent fingers;
stirred up from time-to-time
to turn the crumbs,
hold the ferment off
for just a little longer.

All those words
weaving and wending
as they tumble
into the worm farm.

The manuscript looks back at me,
we smile at each other—
this chapter of our journey
is done.

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  1. A A Anderson says:
    October 31, 2015 at 12:54 pm

    It’s lovely Leonie. A final chapter of Narrator International. Farewell.

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    • LeonieBingham says:
      November 2, 2015 at 12:45 pm

      Thanks A A. As one chapter closes the next has already begun. 🙂

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  2. Myfanwy says:
    October 31, 2015 at 8:51 pm

    Hear hear!

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    • LeonieBingham says:
      November 2, 2015 at 12:46 pm

      🙂

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  3. JHMancy says:
    November 1, 2015 at 9:08 am

    The chapter of our jouney is done
    Now to the sequel, talented people
    May we successfully blossom –
    Another step onto the rung…

    I love your poem Leonie.

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  4. LeonieBingham says:
    November 2, 2015 at 12:49 pm

    Teehee. Thanks JH – here’s to fabulous sequels all round!

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  5. Demelza says:
    November 3, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    love it
    love it!

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    • LeonieBingham says:
      November 5, 2015 at 10:38 am

      Thanks Demelza! 🙂

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  6. Ally Mosher says:
    November 13, 2015 at 3:05 pm

    Thank you so much for this perfect closing poem Leonie. It fits beautifully and we can think of nothing better for the final page of the final book.

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  7. robalone says:
    December 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm

    This is lovely Leonie. Beautifully written and so descriptive. It is the stuff of wishful thinking and determination to follow my love of writing. 🙂

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