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viking_metal
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0 posted 2009-06-28 03:27 AM


You spoke in cold words
neatly poured and frozen in small pieces
I had to twist the tray with two hands
just to get them to fall out of your mouth.

You dressed in hooded black
looked at me with awkward smiles
filtered harshness
through the charcoal of your eyes.

Then you opened your kind lips
spoke to me
this time of bloodied wounds and things
that rhymed with infinity and skeletons
and you lulled me to a gentle sleep.


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You Don't Have to Inhale Cigars. (series)
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Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

[This message has been edited by viking_metal (06-29-2009 05:59 AM).]

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Margherita
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1 posted 2009-06-28 04:01 AM


Ok, I was drawn in because becoming an "Ice Queen ... on skates" was my dream ...
but your poem took me elsewhere and it was an incredible surprise.

It is a stunning piece of poetry, one of your very best, no doubt.

Love,
Margherita

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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2 posted 2009-06-28 04:08 AM


Paul.. what a wonderful piece of writing.. I applaud you... amazing write!

RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

viking_metal
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3 posted 2009-06-28 12:46 PM


Thanks guys. I am pretty proud of this one.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

BluesSerenade
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4 posted 2009-06-28 01:05 PM


Dark and mysterious, and ever so fascinating.

Love the twist you put on this.

viking_metal
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5 posted 2009-06-28 01:06 PM


Thanks a lot, Blue.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

Earth Angel
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6 posted 2009-06-28 01:12 PM


"You spoke in cold words
neatly poured and frozen in small pieces
I had to twist the tray with two hands
just to get them to fall out of your mouth."

~ That was uniquely clever! ~ Downright brilliantly you!



A Water Princess

viking_metal
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7 posted 2009-06-28 02:05 PM


Thank you ma'am, I am proud of that stanza.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

Kaoru
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8 posted 2009-06-28 08:06 PM


Well done. Twisting the tray? Nah, let's just get a fridge with an ice maker.
brneyedgrly
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9 posted 2009-06-28 09:12 PM



You spoke in cold words
neatly poured and frozen in small pieces
I had to twist the tray with two hands
just to get them to fall out of your mouth.


~you know this is utterly brilliant, don't you?




Robert E. Jordan
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10 posted 2009-06-28 09:34 PM


Yo Paul,

This is a very deeply interesting poem.  It's a thinkers poem.

I like the way it works.

Bobby

Tara Simms Hall
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11 posted 2009-06-28 09:43 PM


Love the first stanza...the word brilliant has already been used, but it describes it so perfectly!

Tara

viking_metal
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12 posted 2009-06-28 09:57 PM


Kaoru... Yeah. Some of us is awful poor.

Browneyes... Thank you.

Bobby, my main man... Thanks man. I'm glad you like it. That means a lot.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

viking_metal
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In a Jeep, Minnesota.
13 posted 2009-06-28 09:58 PM


Tara... Thank you. It is awesome to see that so many people are recieving my poetry positively. It's never been like this before.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

Alison
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14 posted 2009-06-28 11:50 PM


Hey Paul!

quote:
You spoke in cold words
neatly poured and frozen in small pieces
I had to twist the tray with two hands
just to get them to fall out of your mouth.




What an opening!  I want to write this poem.  It's really good and you just keep getting better and better.

Yep, you are.

A

viking_metal
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15 posted 2009-06-29 05:58 AM


Thank you ma'am. It feels good, but odd, to be so well received these days.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

SEA
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16 posted 2009-06-29 05:20 PM


yes, very clever...enjoyed the opening too...

but it's great how it feels like a bad dream....makes me want to shiver!

unboundpoetess
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17 posted 2009-06-29 05:28 PM


wow

look at you

This is outstanding. My fave piece of yours to date. The milk must be working for ya.

Heather

viking_metal
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18 posted 2009-06-29 10:18 PM


Shea. Fanksh. You da besht.


Unbound... I'm developing as a poet. Finally. Thank you, mademoiselle.

P

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

Marchmadness
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19 posted 2009-06-29 11:34 PM


I think this is one of your best, Paul.
                                  Ida

viking_metal
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20 posted 2009-06-29 11:57 PM


Thank you Ida.   

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

Alison
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21 posted 2009-06-30 01:01 AM


quote:
It feels good, but odd, to be so well received these days.


I think that you are well received because you are good and you are just getting better.  It seems that you have found your style and you use words in such a visual manner, yet still touch us with them

I have liked you early on - so I find it a real pleasure to watch you grow.  And to think ... I wish I had written that.

Friends,
Ala-hoon

viking_metal
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22 posted 2009-06-30 01:35 PM


Thank you, allaboo.

It has been a pleasure finding my way, so to speak. who knows what's left.

P

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

kindredspirit
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23 posted 2009-07-02 01:02 AM



you have created an ingenious work of art.

"looked at me with awkward smiles
filtered harshness through the charcoal of your eyes"

this suggests that you know her very well, ...and yet she "lulled you into a gentle sleep"
i absolutely love this poem! it is totally beautiful, stunning, and creative!

viking_metal
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24 posted 2009-07-02 10:36 PM


Tbanks very much. I'm glad you liked it. I am particularly proud of this piece.

Thirty bits of glass had become my teeth,
They were breaking each and every time I tried to speak.

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