Open Heartbreak
Breakup Nonet Challenge Entry Inspired by The Police and Funeral for a Friend.
Most open heartbreak for all to see
Love can mend your life, but it's hope
That can keep us together
When it's at its rawest
Love can break your heart
Like a bottle
To concrete
When they
Left
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Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: Nonet for the Breakup Nonet Challenge inspired by The Police's Message in a Bottle (featured above the poem) and Funeral for a Friend's The Year's Most Open Heartbreak (featured below). Also kinda inspired by Rachel Deeming and her nonet, Bite (also featured below) because it references, accidentally, Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division. That led me down the rabbit hole of taking inspiration from those two sources.
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Comments (10)
Well I don't think there will be any reunification here! Definitely get your drift! Thank you
It’s hope that can keep us together! Ah I love the police, thank you for this inspired poem! 💔🤍💯
A bottle to concrete. Crikey, that hits unrecoverably hard!
Top job Paul, thanks for explaining the inspiration too! 👍☺️
Ugh, so unmendable.
Cool sources of inspiration and another killer nonet!
Nice, Sir Paul!
Nice Paul sir.
Like bottle to concrete, that was so vivid! Loved your poem! 🍩🥐
Sting twice in one week. Have you read Brendan Donaghy? https://shopping-feedback.today/authors/brendan-donaghy%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E He writes really funny stuff and I had a conversation with him about Sting just this week and now here he is. Excellent nonet again, btw.