Open Poetry #49 |
There Aren't Enough Names for Red |
bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
I The way desire is a body eroding in a pile of salt, marked by a crown of kingfishers and black this storm brings no rain, grain too subtle for such dissolution, a red constellation wrapped in a stitch, spreading like sand across the hours, a tender weave of hope. This is resurrection. II The sky as red as they eye of a hurricane, this is all the terror I can bear: desire wears the cerements of yellow, of sun. III how everything here can so easily turn to mud, the recalcitrance of dead leaves--- a sorrow, this weight beyond measure, there is a drowned woman in the dark swirl of silk and crinoline. IV night is the place where the body is flayed open to grief and wonder... for "the spirit has its homeland, which is the realm of the meaning of things..." |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Your poetry is so full of passion and promise.. the ache, the angst, the love and heartache...it's all so vivid. I felt every word, and I'm so happy to read you here. Very Beautiful bella.. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Ahhh . . . This is the Baby Girl I remember. The depth of your poetry is amazing and poignant. Your thought process is one to be envied. Sure am happy to be reading you again. ~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~ |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Blue~~~thank you so much! Your reply warms my heart~*~
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Walter Poe Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 787 |
Ah a classic turn. A beautiful grecian styling. In words and form. I aint as good as I once was but I'm as good, once, as I ever was. - Toby Keith |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Jerry, Thank you, dear friend! It has been a very very long time since I've attempted to put word to page...I am a little rusty I'm afraid! But where else than on these fabulous blue pages to share my ramblings??? Thanks for the wonderful reply and warm welcome back! Xoxo [This message has been edited by bel1e (07-03-2014 04:02 PM).] |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Walter Poe! Thank you so much for taking a moment out to endure my lunacy! Xoxo
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AmorSabor New Member
since 2014-07-03
Posts 2 |
no secrecy here...the beauty of your expression has always been the words composed within you in the form of your emotions |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Amor...your presence here means the worl to me...thank you, dear friend~*~
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
JerryPat2 summed it up pretty well. Can't add much to what everyone else said either, but darn, you write some mighty powerfully nice poetry, girl. Loved the read! And the thoughts you provoked. JL Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Ah, loved this line quote: Don't place too much regard in the meaning of things... much easier to wander aimlessly through life and wonder what might have been. Michael |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
'The way desire is a body eroded in a pile of salt' Lord, I remember those hot, Spanish days. Never, ever feel the need for silk and crinoline; that's for novels. And....... 'a crown of kingfishers is something to behold' oh, yes it is. It certainly is. I'm not saying I was in your mind, but you sure as hell put me right into mine. Exquisitely worded. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
fine writing ! even the title alone is a 'poem' in itself. |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Thanks JL!
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Thanks so much, Red~*~*
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Dreampoet~ Thnaks for checking this one out~*~*
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