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1slick_lady
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standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2004-07-16 08:00 AM



Puddles


I am mostly rain
tending to loft
in the clouds
floating where others
are afraid to hang
f
  a
    l
     l
      i
       n
        g
when I shouldn’t be
and you
bend to stir the puddles
in the lingering liquid
wading in with
your petals
unafraid to drink
lightning

"be prepared to bleed"  Joni Mitchell

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Dark Stranger
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West Coast
1 posted 2004-07-16 08:48 AM


if I close my eyes
the lightning will just be whispers

puddles look good on you ms slick

LeeJ
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2 posted 2004-07-16 08:55 AM


wkhen you come ot reckon with your own fears, you find out, lightening can be your friend...and can only hurt you if you let it.

Falling is just another word for a new start...smiles and hugs...wishing you lotsa luck with your new career..

icebox
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in the shadows
3 posted 2004-07-16 08:57 AM


I LOVE rain!  ...and what's wrong with drinking lightning anyway?????


*grin*

kayjay
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Oregon
4 posted 2004-07-16 10:28 AM


Now this is a thinker
But surely no clinker.

Nice images.  KJ

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

miscellanea
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5 posted 2004-07-16 10:36 AM


Sounds like lightening could energize those petals.   I love the creativity in your poem  and how it is open to interpretation. It's a must have addition to the old bookshelves.
                    misc'e

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6 posted 2004-07-16 12:20 PM


OneSlick~
This is as fine an offering as I'll read this day~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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passing shadows
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displaced
7 posted 2004-07-16 12:32 PM


another good write
JL
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8 posted 2004-07-16 03:24 PM


Wonderful write!

JL


Ericc
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9 posted 2004-07-17 02:27 PM


Wow...!!!

Eric

Honeybee
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10 posted 2004-07-18 12:44 PM


"and you
bend to stir the puddles
in the lingering liquid
wading in with
your petals
unafraid to drink
lightning."
_____________________

Wow and Damn!  LOVE, love, love the style, presentation and imagery in this....and the ending is perfect!  Okay, I have a new favourite of yours

Melissa~

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