Change Box

wooden box

shoe sized box

tannin oiled, golden hued 

hand rubbed box its

sharp edges worn smooth

time and events 

oils and pheromones preside over the

opening

honeycombed interlacings

all in nothing left

dripping

wet

tannin oiled, golden hewed

chiseled

never opened 

it seems all those changes

flux identity in a

wooden box.

9/02/2017

E.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Moonie]

I could have pictured it quite well, even without the image ;)) .... Interesting how you describe and pay more attention to the box, never giving any details about the contents. Proves how even mundane objects can serve as artistic fodder! Nicely penned!

[Einstein Noodle]

yes...very astute of you my Moon friend! this was a projsect from a class i took that asked us to pick an object and use it to say what we wanted to say ...no matter the theme ... and i left it empty for a reason ... as well as unopened ...two hidden but important things in this one ..love having you back ... its spring time here in the Ozark Mountains ;)
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[wordman]

nice box,nice write,nice sentiment,liked the song

[Einstein Noodle]

wordman...you just put the bst smile across me lips .. if it were a news cast ..i would say .." thats a wrap folks" ..thanks man!!!! really appreciate your review :)
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[Ardra]

i have different boxes too ...i think i stock up all small ..tiny things.... no heart to throw them away.... its always nice to open them and revisit old memories.. and the sweetness of sentiments attached to it ..isn't it...

and i especially love wooden boxes.. as a kid me and my cousins believed we would find treasure buried under our land and we would dig up the land ;).... we din't find treasure, but we did find water... and some one did step on our small canal and then lots of scolding from parents :)

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha must have hit surface stream ... my Da told me to go look in the money tree if i wanted money ..so i climbed up the nearest tree and spent the afternoon up there determined to find some ... ;} yes .. we save innocuous things with very important meanings sometimes .. i kept a "junk" drawer into my teen years ... thank you for sharing pieces of your life ... i am so gratified it sparked those memories of boxes and treasure :) thank you for reviewing
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[Ardra]

hehe thank god no one told us that.. or else we all would be up the tree in no time haha..
it was most memorable time as a kid with bunch of friends... good old days...my kid doesn't even get to go play in mud.. i recently took him to beach he was very glad to throw the sand... and finally ended up managing to put some in his little eyes hehehe... :)

[Einstein Noodle]

oh ...you must make him a mud box to play in before he is too old ;)

[DIVYA]

Beautiful words weave such magic around the worn, old box. There are boxes and there is the wooden box holding remnants of a different time, of events past. I treasure one such box. Its big and holds my sister's dolls and all her stuff. She passed away in teenage, decades past...

Indeed, some things just stay with us...A great poem!

[Einstein Noodle]

ohhhh DIVYA! i am so sorry for your loss :( and truly what a wonderful gift you retain in her box ... God bless .. thank you for reading and sharing your precious memories .. love and peace
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[DIVYA]

You are most welcome!

[Mirror]

Good craft.... Never thought using words this way was possible. Nice.

[Einstein Noodle]

hi Mirror! thank you for reviewing ... glad you enjoyed reading ... i think it needs some tweeking but seems its just that way with poetry doen't it? ;)
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[Mirror]

Exactly. Poem is as weird as splash photo but artistic!!!

[KWP]

On of my faves of yours :D

Looking forward, looking back, looking in, what's been kept, what's in the box. Funny how when something happens it carries so much weight and meaning, then looking back with our minds we realise it was just time passing. Having a box brings it all alive again, we get to relive the moments, and perhaps take note of how we ourselves have changed.

For me I like the physicality of this poem, you have given us something to not only see, but feel and smell.

Love ya work E .... hope all is well your side X

[Einstein Noodle]

yaho ..its KW ;))) all is very well thank you! and thank you for your very helpful review .. knowing those kind of specifics of what appealed or not makes us better eh!? so thanks again Elizabeth ...

[andrew mitchell]

a lovely write E and i fell in love with camphor smelling carved chests of oriental carverd figures so i bought one soon as i left school and got a job. Thanks for the revisit and I still have it after 1978.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my friend..now that is a treasure .. really happy this poem re-connected you to that box and its memories ;)) peace and joy sir!
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[Tom]

To those unknowing, just a small, inanimate wooden box, yet to those imbibed, a precious and sacred treasure trove of a life within, well lived and blessed!

A majestic and absorbing depiction E. Cerebrally creative poetry!

[Einstein Noodle]

yes...exactly so Tom ..your reviews are always so insightful ..that's it exactly ..thank you for taking time sir
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[Lydia Shutter]

All those words strung together and placed inside a box....a Pandora's box of sorts. Yes, life changes, but that is the circle of life and we all experience it albeit a bit differently for each of us. There is a poignancy to this one, E. Lovely. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you Lydia .. yes .. we have much to celebrate in our varied lives don't we?! .... pity we miss out way too many times ... :( peace and joy
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[Paul Bell]

Are we all to busy leading life to understand what life is. One chance to walk through time becoming what you will. At the end of life. Does the box define you.
Or is it just an insight into the mystery left inside.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh i like where your thoughts went Paul ... about the box... thank you for taking time and sharing such insights ... blessings always
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[Paul Bell]

Pleasure, Einstein.

[Ken Simm.]

I have two camphor wood chests such as the one illustrated above. One is where I put all my troubles until its time to sort them. The other has bedding in it.
Excellent, intelligent, wise work.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahah what a chuckle you give me this morning sir ...pack the troubles in one and unpack the bedding for a good sleep ;) spoken like a true warrior of life my friend .. a seasoned veteran ..and i must say once more ..great new pic for your avatar ...
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