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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2000-06-19 02:09 AM


My final submission. I think submitting four is probably too much, but it's due to bad timing. I wrote this poem only yesterday, posted it, and got two replies within 10 minutes. Today I logged back in, and there's another 7 replies. This is the most I've gotten at such a quick pace, and a few people have already claimed this their favorite poem of mine, so I'd be an idiot not to put it out here. Last one, I promise. Enjoy.

Mike

-i saw her in the rain-
Rain fell in whispered words
Upon the woman's head.
I'm not sure what was said.

The pooled cloth of her dress.
She knelt in the wet grass
Under a sky of glass.

The rain spoke in tones, it fell
In notes we could never try.
It made me want to cry.

She didn't. She nodded, arms out,
Rain beading on her face,
Glistening, sullen with grace.

Then she opened her eyes of water.
Her skin was smooth-veined stone,
Her dress the grass that shone.

I ran up through the rain to touch her.
She was gone, if ever there.
Not even a mark she'd dare.

As I walked back through the rain
In gray outlines of the real,
I wondered what I should feel.


© Copyright 2000 MPC - All Rights Reserved
Justbleu
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1 posted 2000-06-19 02:13 AM


Wow, I can see why!!  I like this a lot too!!
I am glad you decided to post it here!!  Hope to see more of your poetry!!  How would one feel??

Bridgette  
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"Creation of woman from the rib of Man: She was not made from his head to top him; nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him; but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved." -Unknown



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SEA
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2 posted 2000-06-19 02:19 AM


Mike~ I replied to this over in open and was thinking I wished it was marked for the book so I could vote for it! Now I can!   -SEA

Live,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB


ellie LeJeune
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3 posted 2000-06-19 07:05 AM


This is so hauntingly lovely. Ellie
Corazon
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4 posted 2000-06-19 01:42 PM


wow no kidding, I hadn't seen this in the other forum, glad I didn'tmiss it here...love it  
Janet Marie
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5 posted 2000-06-19 02:22 PM


well, you already know I love ya when your all wet  
yes this should be here...
is 4 too many???
not in my opinion...but then Im a little squirrely *smile*
later-poet-gator
bs/jm

X Angel
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6 posted 2000-06-19 07:59 PM


I like! I like! I like!

~Heather

Kit McCallum
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7 posted 2000-06-19 08:16 PM


Loved it over in Open ... love it over here Mike!  I'll say it again ... hauntingly beautiful with a lovely mystical feel about this poem ... really well done!  Glad you posted it "here"!

Best wishes,
/Kit

wayoutwalt
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8 posted 2000-06-20 01:40 PM


great addition yuh my vote indeed!
Colin
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9 posted 2000-06-20 03:22 PM


oooooh spoooky   I like ghostly tales. Like em lots in fact  

Eric.

"We are the music makers and we are the makers of dreams." - Willy Wonka.

serenity blaze
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10 posted 2000-06-20 03:25 PM


was hoping you would and you did...thank you.
bsquirrel
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11 posted 2000-06-21 02:08 AM


Guys (gals), thanks for receiving this poem so openly. There's something about I know I couldn't reproduce again if I wanted to, and that's probably half of its charm. One of those innocent mistakes that turns out better than something planned. Now you know why I love poetry, and most (if not all) of you.  

Mike

Elyse
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12 posted 2000-06-21 09:30 PM


thanx for the interesting read

luv Elyse

Marge Tindal
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13 posted 2000-06-21 09:55 PM


Mike~
This little 'deer' likes this one very much.
Don't be surprised to find poetry dropping from the sky to the page ... that indicates to me that you've opened up and let the spirits move as they will.

This, my friend ... is poetry !
~*Marge*~


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bsquirrel
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14 posted 2000-06-24 12:11 PM


Thanks for your kind replies. You know I love ya.  

Mike

doreen peri
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15 posted 2000-06-24 12:54 PM


dynamic stanza here...

"Then she opened her eyes of water.
Her skin was smooth-veined stone,
Her dress the grass that shone."

all of it... captivating and fluid...

no last submissions accepted... submit all you got... like you do with the way you write!

Martie
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16 posted 2000-06-24 12:56 PM


Mike, can't even tell you why exactly I like this so much, but I do...sorry I missed it before.
Dark Angel
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17 posted 2000-06-24 01:29 AM


Mike, glad you posted this here, I missed it in open. Truly a wonderful poem!!  loved it.  

My grief lies onward and my joy behind
(Shakespeare)

AVANTI
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18 posted 2000-06-24 06:43 AM


so well written...
i could picture her in the rain...
beautifully expressed
I 'm being honest and feel more in with the poem cause the rain is hitting my window pane
and i can feel the rythm of your poem...
lovely..


If all was light...then I would have never learnt the dark...from which such truth evolves
from which evolves the light...
Avanti Rao


bsquirrel
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19 posted 2000-06-24 05:59 PM


I wish this would let me answer each person individually -- but it won't list all the messages for some reason. That's a shame. But what I want to say, to all of you, is thank you. It's hard to write what you believe when so few seem interested. Though it's never gotten to the point of outright scorn, sometimes my poems sort of die in the wind. But you know what? As time goes on, I realize that's okay. I'm just glad to be able to write, and am also glad this particular poem has touched so many people. It's one thing to write and share. It's another thing entirely to write truthfully, share truthfully and be able to touch others truthfully. I thank you for that. It's extra sweet to know that so many of you are good poets in your own right -- the comments take on extra weight, make me extra happy.  

Mike

Elizabeth Santos
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20 posted 2000-06-25 10:35 AM


In sheer admiration of your work.
You're right, she could never be reproduced, but she certainly deserves a vote
Liz

bsquirrel
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21 posted 2000-06-25 01:34 PM


Thanks, Liz.
Christopher J
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22 posted 2000-06-25 07:46 PM


Thank for this poem...the last line is the best..sometimes it's hard to know what you should feel...
bsquirrel
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23 posted 2000-06-25 09:22 PM


Chris,
I definitely agree.

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24 posted 2000-06-25 09:31 PM


Mike, not only is the poem excellent but so is your comment. Yes, the writing is the important thing and receiving a reply from only one person who is sincere and whom you respect is worth 20 replies from others. Please reconsider not sunmitting more for the book
BSC
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25 posted 2000-06-25 09:38 PM


Can't think of any other words than have already been mentioned here....this is simply an awesome poem.  Bonnie
bsquirrel
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26 posted 2000-06-26 12:33 PM


Not to worry, Balladeer -- drunk on my own optimism, I have submitted 6 in this forum: i am goodbye, i saw her in the rain, scaled velvet, A Dark sunday, contemporary prayerbook, and through a cracked pane.

Bonnie, thank you. You have a cool little icon. Mine was You Are Here at the very beginning, then it somehow switched to the right-downward arrow. Now I'm not even sure if I have one anymore. Oh well.  

Mike

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Moonshine
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27 posted 2000-06-26 02:37 AM


Excellent - I really enjoyed reading this!
Not A Poet
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28 posted 2000-06-26 10:41 AM


I'm with everyone else here. I really enjoyed this one and its almost supernatural feel.

Thanks,
Pete

bsquirrel
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29 posted 2000-06-26 11:21 PM


Moonshine and Pete (sounds like it could be a show on Nickelodeon), glad you enjoyed, and thanks for taking the time to reply. I definitely appreciate it.

Mike

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30 posted 2000-06-30 03:07 AM


Oh I liked this very much, the rain always casts a somber mood...
bsquirrel
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31 posted 2000-07-01 05:56 PM


Thanks, Romantic Heart. Again, this poem came from reading way too much of Lord of the Rings, with all the sad, somber yet beautiful songs of worlds gone by. I really like this poem, too, and that's sort of rare with me.

Thanks for your vote.

Mike

Cerenity
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32 posted 2000-07-13 04:27 PM


Hi Mike,

This one is a jem, very much enjoyed, wonderful poetry here.

Cerenity


"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

Jeffrey Carter
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33 posted 2000-07-13 05:44 PM


This is quite exceptional sir
bsquirrel
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34 posted 2000-07-14 12:06 PM


Thanks, Cerenity and Jeffrey (that sorta rhymes). I appreciate it!

Mike

Romy
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35 posted 2000-07-14 06:31 AM


Very nice, so glad you shared it!
Debbie

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36 posted 2000-07-14 08:25 AM


Well well well, with a sly smile, I say, this is good. If rain of romance is coupled with roses, much better

- James
The beauty of nature is displayed,
not through itself,
but through the creatures
dwelling within its bosom.



bsquirrel
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37 posted 2000-08-13 03:19 PM


To both d and j, thanks.
Broken_Winged_Angel
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38 posted 2000-10-05 06:30 AM


Sweet.  

With a little piece of tomorrow,
You'll have to kiss yesterday goodbye.
Because today won't last forever,
And the past will only make you cry.

bsquirrel
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39 posted 2002-05-22 04:05 PM


Much appreciated. It's been a loooong while since ah've read this poem again -- much less remembered it correctly.

She said burn ... together.
-TON

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40 posted 2002-07-27 10:52 AM


Y'know, baby? It didn't strike me when I first read it, since it wasn't that prominent for either of us then... But this is soooo thematically similar to A Forest. It's like a soggy version of the song.

You rock my world, lovely.

written in blood before everything went black

JCV

bsquirrel
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41 posted 2002-07-28 04:40 AM


I like th' new pet name.

She said burn ... together.
-TON

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