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wintertao
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since 2003-11-17
Posts 366
Okaloosa Island, FL

0 posted 2004-01-09 09:32 PM


Pull out the forks and feast -


Hung above the night
Celestial smile so bright
Taking hearts
Into her Auditorium
Auditions about to begin
Classical Music
Candlelight
A glass of wine
Passed down the line
To the lonely hand
In the Royal Music Gown
Into her Auditorium
Gypsys bring their dreams
Men bring their schemes
Let it all be sorted out
Underneath skull beams
Music inside her chamber of stone
Princess sits by the fireplace
Violin twisting with the last warm tone
Opens her secret hidden case
The echos of the strings still moan
Opium burning thru her face
Glowing like a small volcano cone
Shadows grow and join the race
Feeling detached like an eye alone
Candles painting open lace
Dreams are calling us to sea
The skies are tipping down
Tiny drops of terror tea
On the lonely harbor town
Moon is lover to us all
Pulls us thru the night
Sharing thoughts about a course
So far from our sight
Planets, Moons do their dance
Up in the crow's nest
Pulling softly at your skull
With beams that never rest

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Copperbell
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since 2003-11-08
Posts 956

1 posted 2004-01-12 10:01 AM


I don't feel qualified to critique other than being a reader.  You've got some amazing imagery here, I found myself pondering this poem more than once; I saw it in open poetry.  I think some separation between verses would make it more smooth.   Though I like to figure them out, I feel intimidated when I see a long one without any spaces, and I'm less likely to give it my time. Just my opinion.
Brad
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since 1999-08-20
Posts 5705
Jejudo, South Korea
2 posted 2004-01-12 10:27 PM


This is choppy. Try to shoot for a tension between the linebreak and the sentence.
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