Set The Table For Two (Japan Tsunami)

Posted on March 20, 2011 | 38 Comments

Broken Table

Set the table for two
Hope for the presents of you
Plate’s color is blue

Set the table for one
Now that the funeral’s done
Company is none

Set the table aside
She no longer abides
Taken with the tide

Table now cast away
Looks like tear drop soup today
At any place cafe

© 2011 Michael Yost

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38 responses to “Set The Table For Two (Japan Tsunami)”

  1. Bodhirose | March 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM | Reply

    Love what you did here, Michael–so sad that “tear drop soup.”

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  2. Jingle Poetry | March 20, 2011 at 7:52 PM | Reply

    very smart one…
    well done.

    come on in and share…
    🙂

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  3. Sharp Little Pencil | March 20, 2011 at 10:09 PM | Reply

    Michael, this really moved me. The passage of time, the implication of the table setting, and the sad cafe… lovely and so sad. Amy

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  4. Jingle | March 21, 2011 at 10:29 AM | Reply

    tear drop soup,
    how sad.

    lovely delivery, A++

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  6. david waters | March 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM | Reply

    this has emotions running through it like the ebb and flow of a river…powerful,swift and all consuming. Beautiful

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  7. Becca Givens | March 21, 2011 at 1:36 PM | Reply

    powerful and bittersweet as well … thank you for visiting and leaving a “crumb” to yours … 🙂 becca

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  9. Ina | March 21, 2011 at 1:56 PM | Reply

    This is great.

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  10. bendedspoon | March 22, 2011 at 5:55 AM | Reply

    Touching. Tear drop soup is the order of the day instead of shark’s fin.
    I am in awe how your mind worked on this. Love it 🙂

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  11. fiveloaf | March 22, 2011 at 6:35 AM | Reply

    this is beautiful booguloo.. how you use the table to convey the story.. i like this! here’s my potluck http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/paper-scribbles/

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  12. Vinay | March 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM | Reply

    a lovely rhyme to this deep poem.. I liked it, and the story behind the poem too, which I read in one of your replies.. admirable!

    Here’s My Potluck

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  13. Pat Cegan | March 24, 2011 at 5:27 PM | Reply

    Left me with a sweet sadness. Beautiful, thanks! hugs, pat

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  14. pure2core | May 30, 2011 at 6:58 AM | Reply

    oooo ! gr8! written wonderfully … I could feel that feeling…

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  15. mindlovemisery | May 30, 2011 at 9:22 AM | Reply

    This is so powerful just the simple act of setting a table a different number of places is heartbreaking

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  16. A.B. Thomas | May 31, 2011 at 8:35 AM | Reply

    Incredible form and the story was fantastically sad – I enjoyed the piece immensely

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  17. luna15 | May 31, 2011 at 11:22 AM | Reply

    so poignant and sad.

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  18. Kay Salady | June 1, 2011 at 10:31 PM | Reply

    Very nice writing, Michael. I’ll share some teardrop soup with y’all.

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  19. Martin Lochner | June 2, 2011 at 8:43 AM | Reply

    ENjoyed this poem simple but profound elegance!

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  20. charlesmashburn | July 11, 2011 at 4:29 AM | Reply

    Nice one, Michael. I could have seen the picture without the picture. Well done!

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