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Skyfyre
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since 1999-08-15

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Sitting in Michael's Lap

0 posted 2000-02-14 11:31 PM

I wonder if you ever shook your head,
Amused at how you thought I might react
To some uncanny thing you chanced to see
That made you think of me.  Some quirky fact,
Or silly joke you thought would make me smile,
If I were there to hear.  Am I unreal,
A vision in the air or something less
Substantial, that I cannot hope to feel
Or to be felt?  I'll not pretend to know;
What claim have I to expertise in hearts?
That mine was oft the victim?  Such renown
Holds little of redemption – it imparts
No wisdom in such things to try, but fail –
Nor does the logic render it more plain.
Shall I expect the stuff of dreams, or might
It better serve to trust in only pain?
In idle musings, hid behind the smiles,
A space of breath can close a thousand miles.

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Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made,
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange...

--William Shakespeare, from The Tempest

[This message has been edited by Skyfyre (edited 02-14-2000).]

CMGrimm
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since 2000-02-14

Posts 685
USA

1 posted 2000-02-15 01:41 AM

Very deep skyfyre, almost a little over my head actually. But I enjoyed the read nontheless. Thanks for sharing. I'll keep an eye out for you.

Chris

Poet deVine

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Hurricane Alley

2 posted 2000-02-15 08:02 AM

"A space of breath"....love that! This is very good, Kess!

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

3 posted 2000-02-15 08:11 AM

Skyfyre,
Well I know not of others but you certainly
cought my attention. You have a wonderful mind and quite an expertise in expressing yourself. You grabbed my attention and kept it till the end. Well done.

JennyLee
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since 1999-09-01

Posts 1461
Northwestern, NJ.

4 posted 2000-02-15 02:59 PM

I love these Idle Musings

Wonderful asa always Kess

Jennifer

Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

5 posted 2000-02-15 04:59 PM

Now from a completely objective, (HAH!) point of view, I'd like to say that this rocks! I love this soujourn into the depths of your mind. It feels like you've sliced out a section of your thoughts to share with the world! I find that many of these have crossed the pathways of my meanderings from time to time as well. It's as if you're speaking a different language that everyone can understand anyway, because it is wrought with shared emotion... commonalities found in an uncommon fashion, from an uncommon mind.

Martie

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6 posted 2000-02-15 05:15 PM

"A space of breath can close a thousand miles"--just wonderful--flowing words. Loved it!

Fred Hobbs
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 329
Tallahassee, Florida, US

7 posted 2000-02-16 02:47 PM

Skyfyre,

This is a wonderful piece of work, as are all of your poems that I've read. You are very gifted.

fh

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2000-02-16 02:51 PM

I love this, Skyfyre... I was smiling at seeing myself storing up pictures of the day to share with someone miles away... The last line is fantastic!

Nan

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9 posted 2000-02-17 07:43 AM

Every line makes a statement here, but I particularly enjoyed....
"Shall I expect the stuff of dreams, or might
It better serve to trust in only pain?"

She strikes again, folks...

wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22

Posts 4870
TEXAS (it's all big)

10 posted 2000-02-17 11:00 AM

like nan says each line is importante and like grimm is saying im overwhelmed its really deep but i find things in it each reading and thaz all the greater

Denise

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11 posted 2000-02-17 11:53 AM

This is breathtakingly beautiful, Kess! But then everything you do is!! Well done, again!

Denise

passing shadows
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12 posted 2004-05-21 03:26 AM

good write

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