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Wilfred Yeats
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0 posted 2001-02-22 04:18 PM


Pictures of You
(slight rewrite of a 6/2000 poem pre PIP)

In my mind
Pictures of you
Poses, candid's
Exposures erratic
Dark ones, bright ones
Memories held static

Some camcorder memories
Wish I had the tape
Of your grace
Fluid motion
Cannot be replaced

You never tried
To be sexy
Or carnal
Your look always chaste
An Elf or a Pixie
Every smile in its place

But for me
Born of knowledge
Pictures by candlelight
Seductive and sensuous
Eyes shining bright

The pictures before me
Laid in memory's rhyme
All treasured,
each measured
With the ruler of time

Memory photos
Those a camera can't take
Your face below me
No actress could fake
The expression of pleasure
Of love unremitting
Or you curled in sleep
With that smile I treasure

My camcorder's mike
Turned on in my brain
Dimensions are added
As my ears strain

To hear your love words
And the sound that you made
At my touch,
at our merging
In that leafy glade

But most of the pictures
As most of the time
Are of laughter and clowning
As we strove to rhyme
Two poets in sync
Addicted to writing
Holding hands as we wrote
And fingertip biting

Memory pictures
Can have taste I discover
And the flavor of you
Exceeds every other

Succulent savor
My buds can remember
Wine taste,
fine vintage
Overwhelmed
I recover

Pictures of you
In a soft easy chair
Pictures of you
Sunlight in your hair
Pictures of you
With that 'come hither' stare

I retain these visions
Of satin smooth skin
Of the light in your eyes
That shines from within

Memories sweet
Palpable to the taste
Memory pictures
They'll none go to waste



Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

~ Chinese Proverb ~


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SEA
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1 posted 2001-02-22 04:22 PM


WY~ when you write like this, you simply melt me........this is so romantic and sensual at the same time........major swoonin here.........*SIGH* SEA
Kethry
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2 posted 2001-02-22 04:23 PM


Wow Wil,
this hits every sense and is sooo vivid and smooth. It's like chocolate, sensual and delightful! Excellent!
write on
Kethry


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3 posted 2001-02-22 04:28 PM


Ah yes, I love going through my boxes of photos....

well done Mr. Yeats...very well done....

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4 posted 2001-02-22 10:47 PM


Wilfred~
This one ruffles the pages of my photo albums nicely !
Thank you.
~*Marge*~


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Martie
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5 posted 2001-02-22 10:56 PM


Quite a camera you have there, Bill...taking pictures of feelings.
Wilfred Yeats
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6 posted 2001-02-23 12:02 PM


SEA -
With our age diff. I can only conclude we're star-crossed ~G~ thanks

Kethry-
Chocolate huh?- - I lean to the semisweet - but push comes to shove - chocolate - yes ~S~ Thanks

Karilea-
the current photos work just as well as the old - i hold no illusions - Thank you

Marge-
Ruffled -? but pages not feathers? - well ok
since you keep my circulation going - I'm glad I moved something ~G~ - Thanks

Martie-
I'll set you up for a photo shoot - anytime you're ready ~S~ Thank you

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