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rwood
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since 2000-02-29
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Tennessee

0 posted 2002-07-08 04:18 PM



Oh, how the writing
is not
on the wall
at the Bella ball
when all are shining moments

The hour strikes me
variegated and wisped
straight from the floor

All things feel knocked
from beneath me
and shoes seem too large
to walk in

I lose my senses

I dream wild things
are after me

I can’t run anymore

This clock lies

There is more time
Lest I am mad
and this wake
is nigh to feathers
flying inside
the house of crows

When you touch
I am drawn
into the wood grain  
of your dance

Where your mind
is the most mesmerizing
of all things
I am chanced
to brush against

Making all
of the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots
regardless
of how many times
I’ve heard them

© Copyright 2002 Regina Wood - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
1 posted 2002-07-08 04:36 PM


Brava!  
Now curtsey, young lady,
and accept the applause....

Janet Marie
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Posts 18554

2 posted 2002-07-08 04:43 PM


The hour strikes me
variegated and wisped
straight from the floor

===========================

When you touch
I am drawn
into the wood grain  
of your dance


Where your mind
is the most mesmerizing
of all things
I am chanced
to brush against

Making all
of the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots
regardless
of how many times
I've heard them

=============================


Trust me....you wont hear the word cliche used around your work
( JUST like flaccid wont be either)

For though you may have heard the words many times before...when you turn them into poetry...you offer us a new view...


like this.......

variegated and wisped

the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots



cliche? No...pure Reggie poetry and thats a very very cool thing

Now for me some words come easy
But I know that they don't mean that much ...
Compared with the things that are said when lovers touch.

J.Browne

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296
Michigan
3 posted 2002-07-08 04:45 PM


Making all
of the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots
regardless
of how many times
I’ve heard them

Only you, could have written something as beautiful as this, Reg...
I can imagine those word laces tied into those timeless knots

~ timeless hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631
West Coast
4 posted 2002-07-08 04:49 PM


regina
you do time stop
in sawdust fragile
with no footprints,
hopeless hope
in shoefly

enjoyed this movie ms



Martie
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5 posted 2002-07-08 05:00 PM


Regina

Lovely and fresh as morning!

Temptress
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6 posted 2002-07-08 05:07 PM


Have I ever told you how much I adore your writing, Lady? I'm telling you know.

Enjoyed this and its feel.

I will not bend to the cowardice of a silent judgement.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla
7 posted 2002-07-08 05:38 PM


Regina,
Each ripple flows into eternity, enjoyed.

the_loner_23
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
8 posted 2002-07-08 05:40 PM


Cold hands means a warm heart

Mistletoe Angel
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9 posted 2002-07-08 05:40 PM


"Where your mind
is the most mesmerizing
of all things
I am chanced
to brush against

Making all
of the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots
regardless
of how many times
I’ve heard them"




BRAVO!!! Oh Regina, this is excellent, sweet friend, I LOVE IT, it seems that when we demand for something our reactions can always feel like cliches yet there is always that part for thought and forgiveness too! (sigh) This is powerful, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have suhc a beautiful heart, sweet Regina, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

devina
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since 1999-10-28
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Cali
10 posted 2002-07-08 06:36 PM


You've made a wonder at the word...

Regina girl...I love the thought behind this one!!!

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...



Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14
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Canada eh.
11 posted 2002-07-08 06:53 PM


When you touch
I am drawn
into the wood grain  
of your dance

Where your mind
is the most mesmerizing
of all things
I am chanced
to brush against

Making all
of the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots
regardless
of how many times
I’ve heard them
------------------------------
Dang girlie you are SO good!!
Wish I could write like this!
Tanfastic!
~Hugs~

paladin
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12 posted 2002-07-08 08:59 PM


When skillfully noted thread becomes lace.

paladin

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
13 posted 2002-07-08 09:32 PM


You write like Cinderella you know, it's all so charming and true the way your words waltz across the page.  Especially loved the last couple lines to this.  There is always another dance to dance if we can still hear the music playing.  It's good to read you Regina~
mycafe
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since 2002-05-23
Posts 584

14 posted 2002-07-08 09:52 PM


What an enchanting poem you've just penned

  mycafe

Keep counting your blessings

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
15 posted 2002-07-08 11:35 PM


The hour strikes me
variegated and wisped
straight from the floor
********
There is more time
Lest I am mad
and this wake
is nigh to feathers
flying inside
the house of crows
********
Both of these are PERFECT examples of why you are in that elite class that I told you about.  If these lines don't get someone to pause and reflect a bit before moving on, then they are missing out on a chest of gold and pearls.

Then of course ... there are these examples:

When you touch
I am drawn
into the wood grain  
of your dance

********

Has to be red oak for sure!!

Where your mind
is the most mesmerizing
of all things
I am chanced
to brush against

Making all
of the word laces
worth tying
in timeless knots
regardless
of how many times
I’ve heard them
********

To finish with some of the most intimate of lines (communication) just wraps it beautifully and completes the thoughts to what it takes to hear, feel, taste, and see, all without touching but in heart and soul.

Beautiful writing and another reason why you teach every time you write.  Okay, enough "ramble" for now.  Just take it that I liked it and NO, "I" didn't forget to breathe.


PoetryIsLife
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...in my boxers...
16 posted 2002-07-09 03:46 AM


"Where your mind
is the most mesmerizing
of all things"

A lovely, lovely write.   Thank you.

~Titus


As I'm out there, walking, searching, for myself, for you.... won't you join me? Let's walk this journey together.

[This message has been edited by PoetryIsLife (07-09-2002 03:47 AM).]

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