Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags, Sable Dress
Contributor Series 10: Silken Rags
Sable Dress
By Stan Galloway
I'd never seen that dress before,
so elegant,
a backless, sleeveless sable silk
that clung—but didn't,
shifting shape so subtly
as to make mirages real
and deft deception
all at once.
I smiled every minute of the office party,
knowing you were there with me,
and knowing all the others knew it too.
The only prick in my balloon
was when you said you'd worn it
to your senior prom,
with someone now
whose name escapes you,
someone who had felt
that silk upon you long before.
Stan Galloway's most recent poem to appear here was Pool Slide (October 2011).
Posted by Annmarie at 12/22/2011 10:35 PM 
Categories: today's words, Contributor Series 10
Tags: Contributor Series 10 Stan Galloway dress silk date prom party
Categories: today's words, Contributor Series 10
Tags: Contributor Series 10 Stan Galloway dress silk date prom party
What a voice!!! Both "Sable Dress" and "Pool Slide" share the wonderful, sensitive and STRONG feelings of the author, Stan Galloway. I shall look forward to more of his poetry!
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I am humbled, Betty Ruth Speir. Thank you for your enthusiastic response. I will try not to disappoint.
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Lovely and poignant, Stan.
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I love the sensual description before that last line. Shame on her.
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Thank you, Bobbie and Jeanette. Encouragement is always welcome. I'm glad the poem evoked a response in you.
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