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Original Poetry | 11/25/2003 | January24th

Posted on 11/24/2003 9:52:48 AM PST by January24th

This is a thread for readers and writers of poetry. You are welcome to join in this quiet room, but please respect a few rules that will assure that this thread is easy to read, loads quickly, and maintains the confidence of the poets and readers.

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To: Camachee; January24th; Kay Syrah
There are few things
more beautiful than
a full moon in June
except a lovers heart
waxing to a natural beat
swirling a tangled tango
561 posted on 06/03/2004 9:22:20 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: bentfeather; January24th; Kay Syrah
except a lovers heart

we write
each night
in silence
words grown thin
like neruda's
tracks of gulls
scratches
easily erased
by the new tide
but still hopeful
of paradise
beyond
the next wave

562 posted on 06/03/2004 9:37:14 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: bentfeather

some
dark doors
open
revealing
a receding
mellow hello
and a wistful
sleepy smile


563 posted on 06/04/2004 8:34:39 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: Kay Syrah; January24th; bentfeather

engulfed
in natchez
neon desire
expires
silent
unsatisfied
alley wonk
honky tonk
symbolism
lost
in the stale
ambiance
of disregard


564 posted on 06/04/2004 9:10:01 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: Camachee

Some treasures are hidden
behind dark doors
beyond shadows
beyond myth
Some rise to greet the moon
gleam in starlight
glitter til dawn
while some yawn at dawn
creep back into dark shadows
and ride the day sleeping away


565 posted on 06/04/2004 9:15:58 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: Camachee

oil can solutions
tin hotcat regales rooftops
finding his own heart.



566 posted on 06/05/2004 6:38:07 AM PDT by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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To: bentfeather; Camachee; January24th

after electrical,
elemental storms
men return
to tree tops
poets manqué
remark the reverse
swinging on lines
laid in tangles
with an opposable
thumb and a pen.


567 posted on 06/05/2004 6:46:31 AM PDT by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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To: Kay Syrah
weak thumb
failing flailing
other one
same thing
effective stop
how resurrect a thumb?
snap fingers?
nada
568 posted on 06/05/2004 11:42:22 AM PDT by Countyline
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To: Kay Syrah; bentfeather; January24th

blue t-shirt
bum
bending over
a white plastic bag
sorting
bungee cords


569 posted on 06/12/2004 8:37:57 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: Camachee
bungee cords
fearful
dangerous
thrilling
powerful
aphrodisiac

death or
ectasy ...

570 posted on 06/13/2004 3:55:36 PM PDT by geologist
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To: Camachee; bentfeather; January24th

Parrish

The river is up
on the levee
where it has lain
for several months
softening the shoulders
of resistance
with insistent cover.
Full straining to hold
the stream in the line
that self interest declares,
the sloping earth forbids
to the river the beckoning basin,
which wants the rhythm of the water
that seeks to stop its swifting course
and gain rest along the bayous
and retreats of the swamp’s
patient flanks.

In the yard they’re moving pipe
and it chimes the creeping hours
to bell the cat-eyed dark
filling the hollow nights
expanding cathedral arch
with tones of enterprise,
Loaded upon the busy shadow
of daybreak and the thump
of engine strain,
wakes churn the heavy
burdened water, boats
leaving for the site.

The bearded softness of fog dipped
screens imparts upon the lens
morning mist’s remission
of the night's harrowing of sins
the image of the silver moss
in haloed half light, held
against the breast
that swells against
timely demands,
and breaks upon the nudge
that sends a flood
upon the land.


571 posted on 06/13/2004 5:04:11 PM PDT by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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To: Kay Syrah

Fabulous!!


572 posted on 06/13/2004 5:50:29 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: Kay Syrah; geologist; bentfeather; January24th
softening the shoulders
of resistance

i sat alone
in a darkened garden
green at the mercy
of a dusky gray
day dissolving
cat bit bleeding
abandoned and absent
purple martins

573 posted on 06/13/2004 5:52:23 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: Camachee

Dusk has arrived
I alone in my garden
feel cold and
dread the night

I arise and walk toward
the door to close dusk out
and sit in the dread of night
without light


574 posted on 06/13/2004 6:01:37 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: bentfeather; January24th; Kay Syrah
addison mizner
desert is a paradise
lacking aqueducts
575 posted on 06/14/2004 8:55:10 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: Camachee
maybe
i've mistaken
your picture
for a promise
less gesture
than portrait
seeking shading
shadow
and signature
576 posted on 06/14/2004 9:16:51 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: January24th; Kay Syrah; bentfeather
pacing
hating
the impotent
self-destruction
of not touching
you
imagining
a dawn-lit drapery
and drowsy eyes
discovering
and wanting...

and then closed
577 posted on 06/14/2004 9:41:30 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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To: Camachee
and drowsy eyes
discovering
and wanting...
and then closed

commute

the lights summon
the street to reflect
a depth that worn paths
suggest but cannot offer
clearly, the routes
are numbered
and the buses appear
making choice just
the marquee of destination
and the community
of mass transport.

578 posted on 06/15/2004 9:18:07 PM PDT by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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To: Kay Syrah

she was a pocket
princess, easy
as worry beads
and equally
accessible waiting
to be pulled
from the compartment
that she occupied
without territorial
imperatives and filling
the need to sooth
the moment's necessity
for relief from the enumerating
of unknowns and counted
upon to provide a sanctuary
strung out upon stones.


579 posted on 06/16/2004 7:09:21 PM PDT by Kay Syrah (nice finish)
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To: Kay Syrah; bentfeather; January24th

i thought
i thunk
reality
before
the last
drink
and the last
drunk
and the last
out the door
implored
a little faith
in the fog
of forgetfulness


580 posted on 06/18/2004 8:19:16 PM PDT by Camachee (`)
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