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jbowie
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since 2000-02-18
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BANGOR (that OR) ME

0 posted 2000-07-10 10:25 PM


It takes me
Pale misshapen figures glide about my room
with the darkness shrouding their withered arms
seeking my head hidden beneath the bedspread
Changing in an instant to the shadowy outlines
cast by a desperately fluttering moth
beating itself against my nightlight

It takes me where

A rythmic motion of splashing waves
pressing against the cloudless sky, where mist
sprays and shifts about in the blowing wind
Turning back into a blanket of waving late
summer grass reeds, releasing their seeds
to drift upon the currents of air

It takes me where it wants

A brilliant fire spreads from tree to tree
rolling about the sky as brilliant embers
flicker between the branches of the pines
Transposed by my mind, as the radiant sun sets
beyond the horizon, dousing the bright image
with the coming of night

It takes me where it wants to be

Daydreams and nightmares, the conjured
images within my mind that prance about
and reshape the perception of my world
A world that has dreams of it's own,
shaped from reality, but always changing
with the power of imagination

It takes me



A real man
kisses his children goodnight

© Copyright 2000 James Bowie - All Rights Reserved
Denise
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1 posted 2000-07-10 11:07 PM


Bravo! Wonderful writing! I love it! Where ya been stranger?!

Denise

Sunnyone
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since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England
2 posted 2000-07-11 01:51 AM



Excellent!!!!!!!!!

For a moment there I felt like I could fly!!

You have a brilliant way with words......


Hold life with an open hand....leaving it room to grow....


Marsha
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3 posted 2000-07-12 05:43 AM


What an moving poem, it has movement, it has it is a joy! I could feel it, and touch it.

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713
Australia
4 posted 2000-07-12 07:02 AM


Beautiful....I felt like that was me I was reading about...clapping loudly..well done
Tracie~


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe


jbowie
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since 2000-02-18
Posts 135
BANGOR (that OR) ME
5 posted 2000-07-16 12:13 PM


Dsnyder, yeah I have been busy with a new baby, new job and moving. But I am back. thanks for the comments you always did say nice things
and thank you Sunn1 Marsha and tracie66 it is nice to get such positive feedback, I will promise to do more. JB
sorry for such a delay on the response but just look at why above

Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
6 posted 2000-07-16 01:02 AM


This takes me also..voting!
Marina
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since 2000-02-10
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Pickering, Ontario
7 posted 2000-07-16 01:16 AM


Another great piece of writing!  My vote!

Marina


It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen
Marina Crossley


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