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Ian Llewellyn ap-Griffith
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since 2000-02-12
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Cincinnati, Oh, U.S.A.

0 posted 2000-07-22 12:53 PM


I dreamed I saw you flying through the solar
   seaward southern breeze
Flying like a spirit through the light encrusted
   willow trees
You circled 'round and circled down towards the
   daisy littered ground
And when your wings had melted you fell down

Issuing upon the grass were streams and oceans of
   your blood
Lapping waves upon my feet and threatening to rise
   and flood
The hands of all those lost at sea streatched forth
   once more toward the land
And grasping nothing sank below again

And then you rose and bekoned me to kiss you once
   upon the cheek
And falling 'neath your spell I fell upon the floor
   so tired and weak
So then you lay upon me and you took from me my
   pain and cold
And laying there together we grew old

So here we lay together through the endless stream
   of brittle years
And we have lied and we have cried a river full of
   crystal tears
And never dying always lying here upon the
   drafty floor
The last alive hear knocking at the door



Sing while you may

© Copyright 2000 Darren Lausa - All Rights Reserved
Hardrock
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since 2000-02-14
Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA
1 posted 2000-07-22 03:41 PM


Whoaa! Ian..heavy-duty imagery here.  So poignant and beautiful.  Thanks...Hardrock
Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
2 posted 2000-07-22 05:04 PM


Very vivid imagery!  
Wren
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since 2000-07-05
Posts 312

3 posted 2000-07-22 09:55 PM


Wow! beautiful! I really enjoyed this one! Keep it up!
-Wren

The thread of destiny
Unknown by anyone
Unseen by anyone
Winds around your heart
Moist with tears
-Vampire Princess Miyu Theme

lotharingia
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since 2000-06-04
Posts 897
saarbruecken, Germany
4 posted 2000-07-23 02:46 AM


This is simply amazing, Oh Celtic bard!
It has a very hallucinogenic feel to it, kind of eternal, universal.
I love your use of language, BTW!


Lotharingia
"Dreams are life, reality, creation" Miguel de Unanumo



moshpit
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since 1999-11-25
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cebu, philippines
5 posted 2000-07-23 09:07 AM


really love the last verse.. good poem.
Ian Llewellyn ap-Griffith
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since 2000-02-12
Posts 197
Cincinnati, Oh, U.S.A.
6 posted 2000-07-23 09:03 PM


Hallucinogenic, you say? Well, I was inspired to write this piece by Pink Floyd's song 'Echoes'. It's sort of alternate lyrics to the song.
Thank you all for listening.


Sing while you may

Portia
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since 2000-05-18
Posts 157

7 posted 2000-07-23 10:57 PM


This is the kind of technically perfect writing I can never seem to manage. I love the rhyme scheme and the meter here. The imagery as well, is excellent. Such strange images-- the first two stanzas were full of color, first bright yellow, then dull and red, and then all that intense emotion-- wonderful.

"And one day...the whole stinking world would be theirs..."
-- Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, Oscar Wilde and, unofficially, David Bowie)

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