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Thursday, 3 July 2014

Bereft




A Game of Patience, 1937, Meredith Frampton 


Winning or losing never mattered
Times changed and a many left
Fiddling with the cards, though bereft,
Her love of play remained undeterred.

Written for Magpie Tales : Mag 226

12 comments:

  1. Helena4 July 2014 at 03:45

    And the lady continues....! Female staying power is in all aspects of life!

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  2. Eddie Bluelights4 July 2014 at 04:15

    She should be playing poker . . . she would keep raising the ante.
    Loved the poem ~ Eddie

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  3. Sunshine-struck4 July 2014 at 11:50

    @Helena, very very true.

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  4. Sunshine-struck4 July 2014 at 11:52

    @Eddie, haha, thanks.

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  5. Anonymous4 July 2014 at 23:29

    She's focused, alrigth!

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  6. Sunshine-struck6 July 2014 at 09:34

    @freya... Yep. :)

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  7. Gillena Cox6 July 2014 at 21:28

    Quite a nice little quatrain

    Have a good Sunday

    Much love...

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  8. Amrit Sinha7 July 2014 at 11:26

    Strong powerful lines :-)

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  9. rudraprayaga7 July 2014 at 11:57

    A very good aspect of love.And light
    is everlasting requirement of all.

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  10. Sunshine-struck8 July 2014 at 08:53

    @Gilena ..
    Thanks. I did have a good Sunday. :)

    @Amrit
    Thank you so much!

    @Rudraprayaga
    Thanks, yes, light. :)

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  11. Magical Mystical Teacher11 July 2014 at 07:21

    Play will get us through many a dreary day!

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  12. Sunshine-struck11 July 2014 at 11:26

    You bet!

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