if perfume had an emotion
it would be a violent silence
evoking quantum leaps into far-off memories
raking over histories
with a voice of unfading notes
and a presence that may cloy or dim
yet, never ever leaves
©Vivian Zems
Poets United- Mid week Motif- Perfume
Smell The Coffee 
July 18, 2019 at 1:27 am
Indeed, dear poetess, indeed
Much❤🕊❤love
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July 18, 2019 at 3:27 am
There are so many scents like that and not only perfumes. I like walking in pine forests and by tinkling streams and even on moors and mountains and they all have their own beguling scents.
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July 18, 2019 at 7:12 am
violent silence.. fabulous!
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July 18, 2019 at 7:38 am
I love “violent silence” and “with a voice of unfading notes” Fantastic poem
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July 18, 2019 at 8:33 am
Hmmm, I wonder. Thanks for some interesting speculations!
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July 18, 2019 at 9:23 am
Such a word combination, an internally rhyming oxymoron: ‘violent silence’! I love that you have captured perfume to accurately in ‘quantum leaps into far-off memories’, Viv.
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July 18, 2019 at 9:40 am
This is incredibly deep and philosophical, Viv! ❤️ I love; “violent silence” and “with a voice of unfading notes” 🙂 Thank you so much for writing to the prompt.
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July 18, 2019 at 2:37 pm
Some scents can be quite invasive. Smelled even when we’d prefer not to.
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July 18, 2019 at 3:25 pm
Violent silence is so profound. Well done Vivian!
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July 20, 2019 at 1:50 pm
What a vivid description of perfume! (Enviously, I wish I had thought of it.)
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