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Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

0 posted 1999-10-21 10:05 PM

Duality

Forever fades, and only this remains:
The lilt of love's disarming melody.
Entrancing, this insidious refrain:
Mysterious in its simplicity.

The lilt of love's disarming melody
A gentle cadence to her artless grace;
Mysterious in its simplicity,
The sensual perfection of her face.

A gentle cadence to her artless grace,
Resplendent in her elegant repose --
The sensual perfection of her face:
Her skin, like snow; her lips, a winter rose.

Resplendent in her elegant repose,
In careless grasp the hearts of men she holds --
Her skin like snow, her lips a winter rose --
Ephemeral as frost -- and doubly cold.

In careless grasp, the hearts of men she holds;
The chill of vengeful laughter fills the air --
Ephemeral as frost, and doubly cold,
Her touch evokes a chorus of despair

The chill of vengeful laughter fills the air:
Entrancing, this insidious refrain;
Her touch evokes a chorus of despair --
Forever fades, and only this remains.

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"Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus"
(Now as I hear this bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.")

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

1 posted 1999-10-21 10:08 PM

Excellent, Nocht! I enjoyed this one very much!

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Denise

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-10-22 01:43 AM

You know my feelings on this one, well done

Systematic Decay
Senior Member

since 1999-09-15

Posts 1301
That place with padded walls and funny people in white.........

3 posted 1999-10-22 02:35 AM

Wow, Nocht, absolutely beautiful.....I really enjoyed it.

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"Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."
-Billy Corgan-

PhaerieChild
Senior Member

since 1999-08-30

Posts 1787
Aloha, Oregon

4 posted 1999-10-22 02:40 AM

Very good read Nocht. Beautiful!!

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If you love me like music, I'll be your song.
~Heart~ Dreamboat Annie

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

5 posted 1999-10-22 02:37 PM

Well done! Liked this much!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

6 posted 1999-10-22 06:37 PM

Thank you all for taking the time to reply ... you make the poetry worth writing.

Nocht

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"Nunc lento sonitu dicunt, morierus"
(Now as I hear this bell tolling softly for another, it says to me, "Thou must die.")

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

7 posted 1999-10-22 06:48 PM

Noch, Wow, this is very good, enjoyed the read.

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What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
Samuel Coleridge

Skyfyre
Senior Member

since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

8 posted 1999-10-22 10:56 PM

This is great! I haven't seen a pantoum in years ...

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You cannot choose the way of your death, but the path you choose will determine its own end.

Starith
Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 176
Leesburg, FL USA

9 posted 1999-10-23 02:04 PM

My friend it sems you know me too well...LOL.

This is wonderful...I need to figure out a topic for mine so I can get it posted.

Beautifully done as always my friend.

Star

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