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Holding Half Note and Suspended Wings
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Holding Half Note and Suspended Wings |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Among birdsong wires strung to bone The threads of lilies bleed a yellow bruise of worry To discolor the flesh and hide what broke inside My chest when the amaranth adds bloom And the curve of intimate petals whispered On some cold hand within the gloom A half light bereavement lies beyond this realm And each breath drawn finds me one more closer The end of my days and nights upon this place Come there the hushed plea of eyes And an amber guile betakes my senses while the ear Can hear only the sounds of sighs As might pleasure a man with woman Or the child who in a hunger Suckled upon the warm milk of breast And I am left to wander dreams without fairy tales Though some find me Grimm of telling again How it is when she moves in the lost And deadest parts of schist as might my soul be condemned Were it not for moments stolen along streams And the drink of her when she speaks So seldom heard Any psalm of hope or prayer for that within Which might give strength to endure While not eroding away Nightingale sings her trill of dusky rose Laced with musk of open bloom And the drench of dew that comes to garden With the touch of nights fingers tracing lines Much kinder than the birdsong wire or needles laced Above the skin of spine She has wings to fly and sits the long hours alone To add her hymn to stars The moon a chill of half breath wanes I touch leaves and let them slender slide through tips Then put them to nose and smell the green Taste the spring of bloom Half bind twists become the spiral cord Holding one end looped around While birdsongs draw a thicker coil to wire And I am held together with small gauge strings To stand among the ends of Janus Searching naked limbs for the way to hold notes Suspended above a frozen ground All the while in listen To the psalms you sing In my heart. |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
the grimm repair guy...nice slice of wingfont sir...music with mouthfuls of sound too |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Those Brothers Grimm seem to always have their hand out wanting something..... thanks for looking in and the words. |
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Eldest Member
since 2010-06-15
Posts 177Alabama |
"I touch the leaves and let them slender slide" That line speaks to me, hisses at me. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Thanks for the look see on my scribbles ... glad you enjoyed the sound of the words you point out.. |
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The Sky is Imagination Junior Member
since 2010-07-09
Posts 25OK, US |
I like how you describe this scene. Very beautiful sounds and images, but it also seems sad and lonely. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Sky... many thanks for looking in and the kind words... glad you found something in this to enjoy! |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Imagine my surprise.... "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
well, hello stranger....and by stranger, I mean less strange than me. :-) nice to see you! As for surprise~ I'm not much of a surprise ma'am... more like a lump of coal in someone's stocking at Christmas time wouldn't you say? ( chuckling) nice of you to drop in and let me know you'd been here. Thanks! |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"I touch leaves and let them slender slide through tips Then put them to nose and smell the green Taste the spring of bloom" the turn of phrase leaves me with a sigh |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
thanks Lady... nice to entice a sigh from you.... appreciate the eyes on this, and the nice words. |
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Sunkissed Senior Member
since 2002-12-03
Posts 610 |
Just because... ~Sunkissed  |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Nightingale, indeed... and as sweetly sung. Gorgeous, Cpat Hair! ~Amaryllis |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Sunkissed, thank you for the attention to my scribbles.. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Amaryllis my thanks... you are far too kind ma'am |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Greetings, El Capitan! "All the while in listen To the psalms you sing In my heart." ~ and that is one of the reasons why you are such a fine poet, sir! You listen ~ you truly listen. Sending a big hug your way, EA  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Earth Angel... hello old friend.. I thank you for your eyes and such kind words... |
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Eusta B. Mae Senior Member
since 2010-05-03
Posts 903 |
Exquisite scribbling Cpat.ebm |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
EBM.... too kind ma'am... still, I thank you for thinking so.. |
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