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bsquirrel
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0 posted 2000-07-02 06:59 PM


The response to this in Open 8 just blew me away. I'm glad to have so many friends, and poets who understand.

Mike

-her silver pen, black book-
Silent, softly swift and fleeting,
Unbroken feelings torn and thrown.
I was destroyed by love.

Under the fall of a white pinnacle,
Smoke rising from its inside ruin,
I held a spider, waiting, weighing.

For it to bite me, or move at all.
But it was dead. The moon rose slowly;
Put her white eye on us, a shadow.

I cast the dead thing aside
And sat under the white-mooned ruin,
Waiting for myself to die.

Then a friend opened her black book,
Wrote me a poem on charcoal paper
In the smooth filament of the moon.

Silver ink against the black night.
She spoke in her script. I felt healed.
I was remade by love.


© Copyright 2000 MPC - All Rights Reserved
Janet Marie
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1 posted 2000-07-02 08:30 PM


thank you baby...
ya made butterfly slippers smile twice today with the same poem  
like i said sweet squirrel...
we love ya-in-love...
later-fav-poet-gator

What the caterpillar calls the end ...
The world calls a butterfly
~LaoTzeTao~
~Butterflies are meant to be free~


Marge Tindal
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2 posted 2000-07-02 08:36 PM


Mike~
Enjoyed it again - yet - still !

'Then a friend opened her black book,
Wrote me a poem on charcoal paper
In the smooth filament of the moon.

Silver ink against the black night.
She spoke in her script. I felt healed.
I was remade by love.'

Touching the heart with the magic of your muse.
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com



SEA
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with you
3 posted 2000-07-02 09:17 PM


Mike~ you knew I'd zip over here and ****VOTE****   -SEA

Live,Love,Laugh :) ~SueB



Severn
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4 posted 2000-07-03 01:39 AM


This is goooooooooooood....

voted!

K

BSC
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5 posted 2000-07-03 09:48 PM


This is beautiful, didn't see it in Open, sure glad I saw it here.  Bonnie
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6 posted 2000-07-03 09:57 PM


everything they said , and more...
linda munday
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7 posted 2000-07-04 02:21 AM


Magical!!

"In the smooth filament of the moon."

Boy! did I slide over that line.  And then some!

Really good, and the box is ticked.
Linda M.

bsquirrel
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8 posted 2000-07-06 12:27 PM


Hey everyone. Thanks for voting and moreso for enjoying. I'm about to collapse from exhaustion (okay, not that bad, but close), so I'll cut this short tonight. Love to all of ya.

Mike

hoot_owl_rn
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9 posted 2000-07-06 09:17 AM


I love this one Mike...perhaps one of my favorite of yours  
bsquirrel
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10 posted 2000-07-14 12:01 PM


Thanks for enjoying, Hoot.

Mike

RainbowGirl
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11 posted 2000-07-17 06:01 AM


I missed this first time round as well...

HUGS

X Angel
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12 posted 2000-07-19 04:10 PM


you used some very interesting phrases and twists and turns with words, I liked this Mike!

~H

Kit McCallum
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13 posted 2000-07-24 11:52 AM


What a wonderful submission for the book Mike!  (click)  

Best wishes,
/Kit

shadow of poetry
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14 posted 2000-07-24 02:27 PM


a butterfly told me to read your poetry and that i would be enlightened and impressed
i am indeed both
this is a very impressive poem
i look forward to reading more as time allows

peace and poetry
< !signature-->

my sister is the poet
I am but a shadow
by the light of poetry
I read then dream


[This message has been edited by shadow of poetry (edited 07-24-2000).]

Sunshine
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15 posted 2000-07-24 02:39 PM


Apparently you learned much from your friend's sharing of her poem...good for us!

Sunny

~~~Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Helen Keller ~~~

When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ


bsquirrel
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16 posted 2000-08-13 03:21 PM


Thanks, everyone. You sure know how to make a squirrel smile. (and yes, I know, that's too cute for words :P)

Mike

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