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Elliott
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 35
Chapel Hill, NC

0 posted 2000-04-13 12:58 PM


Last night it was dark, and Truth came into my room
   as I lied in my bed, drifting toward sleep, my head
   at rest.
I remember not what She looked like exactly, or if She
   even had a look- I reached for my pen to take a picture
   for posterity’s and my own sake, but it was too late-
   She had left the way She came.
I could only feel the breeze against my skin as She left,
   not questioning, only wondering if that was her sweet
   fragrance drifting in the space within my face, between my ears:
   it put my body to deep sleep.

This morning, as I brushed my teeth
   I think I wanted to remember that She looked
   a lot like a glowing Santa Maria, and sounded
   a lot like a drunken Bob Dylan.


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Dec. 1999 by D.E. McGuirt

© Copyright 2000 Elliott - All Rights Reserved
Jon Mewett
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since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304

1 posted 2000-04-13 03:14 AM


The Truth was obscure
To profound and to pure
To live it you have to explode.

A Drunken Dylan is good enough for me.

Jon

Heading for another Joint

Broken_Winged_Angel
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 994
Small Town, Somewhere
2 posted 2000-04-13 05:00 AM


Truth is but a fading figure in today's reality... Almost to hard to catch a true glimpse of ... I like this a lot..

 MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU,
MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK
MAY THE SUN SHINE UPON YOUR FACE
THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS
AND, UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

Irish Blessing

Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648

3 posted 2000-04-13 09:44 AM


This is fantastic, Elliott! Very well done!

Denise

Swåmp¤Faerÿie
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since 2000-03-29
Posts 358
Illinois
4 posted 2000-04-13 02:52 PM


lol...lovely poem,the end made me giggle =]
Does it have some "unbeknownst to me" significance??¿

swamp


 And there she weaves by night and day,
a magic web of colours gay.~Tennyson

Lost Dreamer
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since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow
5 posted 2000-04-13 07:39 PM


Excellent, I enjoyed  
Elliott
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 35
Chapel Hill, NC
6 posted 2000-04-13 08:55 PM


mr./mrs. fairye:

i didn't mean for it to be particularly obscure; it's the most personal poem i've written, and i started out wanting to make it a tribute to Dylan (who has more influence on me than any other poet), so i basically wanted it to be about how some of Dylan's stuff is the closest thing to earthly truth i've encountered in art. it's pure, simple, and honest, and that's what i wanted this one to be.  

Munda
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since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands
7 posted 2000-04-14 04:59 PM


And you did it very well ! Enjoyed.  
rich-pa
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since 2000-02-07
Posts 317
New Orleans, Louisiana
8 posted 2000-04-14 06:32 PM


it's the absolute a-1 scrilla yo, i absolutely loved it, it was a cool piece, i especially like the mention of bob dylan

rich-pa

 "freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose..." -janis joplin

jamesjiao
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since 2000-04-12
Posts 268
Backwaters of Avalon
9 posted 2000-04-15 06:40 AM


ah, i didn't know Bob's a poet as well as a singer. Great guy eh? Well, the poem is probably a little obscure at the start that it's supposed to be a tribute to Bob. But yeah, your hint is of great help, thanks, I think I will get to like his poetry as well as his songs (Do you know 'blowing in the wind'? )

 Jõmes

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