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torn--scrapped memories
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torn--scrapped memories |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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 napkins ink-bled clues photographs I'd torn in half-- a surgery of memory-- discarding that of focused wrath. of too much pain-- I didn't want to see again-- so I removed malignancy left with halves of photographs of these lovers I have known-- and no evidence of ME-- I disregarded myself...twice. but I knew the enemy... I kept the cardboard cut-outs posed and burned myself in effigy... |
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Nightshade 
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Karen, Seems we both posted yesteryear's most unwanted posters in poetic form. This is awesome. Can I keep it? thankya ma'am. hugs, Chris  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Karen, I kept all my stuff (for the kids of course) and just hid them somewhere...and this writing of your's made me realize I did the same with all the good memories...it is so much easier to be pissed off... Throw the other half of those pictures away and go get a new one of just you. Susan |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
memories are precious  enjoyed |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
Applauds! I understand the feelings well! excellent. ~Tier |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I truly need to thank Vicky--for the help with the photo AND the inspire-- Hugs and love dear friend. And this guy in the photo? HE isn't a bad memory--I--the "me" I was then--IS. May both rest in peace. smile? Thanks for reading good people. love to all. |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Karen...you already know that I love this. As usual, you took a little bit of inspire and succeeded in making it uniquely yours. And, of course, I can't take credit for the inspire... only for passing it on to you. The true credit goes to JM, and I thank her for planting the seed that ultimately produced THIS. Thank YOU, Karen...love you bunches, lady..  "My friends are my estate." ~Emily Dickinson [This message has been edited by vlraynes (08-07-2003 06:59 PM).] |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
stupid me, I must need glasses.. at first glance I thought that was a pic of Sonny Bono...don't laugh at me  M |
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barbaraj Member
since 2003-01-24
Posts 139Nova Scotia, Canada |
great poem. i could feel the memories(if that makes sense)~bjw~ ~To see the world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.--> Blake~ [This message has been edited by barbaraj (08-07-2003 07:27 PM).] |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
"Most, I know, would keep themselves but I knew the enemy... I kept the cardboard cut-outs posed and burned myself in effigy..." Just had to come back again, and tell you just how powerful those lines are. I keep reading them over and over again, and each time, the image becomes clearer and hits closer to home.: And yes...may both rest in peace...smile. Love you, Karen. "My friends are my estate." |
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S Arthur Grey Senior Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 719woven by a poet's loom |
Tried to write something about splitting memories the other day . . . just a little too painful, it was. Maybe I should try to go back there . . . (Hey, M, there definately is a resemblence.) s.a.g. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
hugs ye |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
serenity I think you have written for all who have felt half of whole and then just half....and then the anger of the tearing, and the sadness of wanting it whole again...I'm rambling..and could continue, but won't. What was the quote from JM? Oh...always you write that heart of yours so we can see it and feel the awe. Enjoyed the poem! |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Karen, when my daughter's Dad and I got a divorce, I got drunk and shot his picture when I got home. He said that he sure was glad that he was out of town.....and he took the little gun away from me that he had gave me for protection. Go figure...  LOLAnd Maureen, thanks for the laugh...that was cute. And, yeah, there is quite a resemblance.  Hugs everybody  Ethel [This message has been edited by garysgirl (08-07-2003 08:51 PM).] |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Karen, I don't know why I wrote that up there....your writings kind of draw confessions out of me. Thank God I don't drink anymore!!! Me [This message has been edited by garysgirl (08-07-2003 08:51 PM).] |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
lmao Ethel packing heat..standing in front of her ex's pic sayin 'you talkin to me?' |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
beautiful- but? next time burn them instead  heh..I'm evil  l@ved this :See? even E's got a dark side )insanity is not a crime [This message has been edited by Wind (08-07-2003 08:55 PM).] |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
LMAO @ Ethel . . . Karen . . . renew . . . always like a snake shedding skin . . . xxoo |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Karen...To keep the memory of the man and throw away that part of you a better person was born I understand be true to yourself in all you do Thanks for sharing...Paul "To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you" [This message has been edited by Paul Wilson (08-07-2003 10:21 PM).] |
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Greeneyes
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
I really should read more of you, there is so much I could learn L~ The way you move me |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Thanks all for reading. and yes, I agree. Even if I don't think he resembled Sonny Bono then? I'm sure he does now. They have both been deceased for some time. This was a fine man... Love and hugs to all. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
and Ethel? LMAO... you are just so cute. er? WITHOUT the gun, that is...  |
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brian sites Senior Member
since 2002-06-25
Posts 1475usa |
I will put a good spin on this pain that I feel smile the void beside him? and all the other jagged pictures? well you did it because no border on a photograph can hold you you freed your image as your soul is so there you write naked |
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Skyfire
since 2000-12-27
Posts 3381Riding |
Ya know something? You're awesome It's hard to grow up and watch your friends remain in the same mindset that you left them in |
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wranx Member Elite
since 2002-06-07
Posts 3689Moved from a shack to a barn |
What Skyfire said! ~yeti |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Smiling at Bri's reply...YES.. "My friends are my estate." |
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