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WhiteRose
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0 posted 2002-08-06 12:05 PM



Oh that simple melancholy
be my only malady
suffering moments of depression
guilty of valiumed expression
prescription bottled life
a tranquilized wife.

Instead an agony of breath
instead of dread, a myriad
upon itself, and then again
does multiply without end
a disease that finite cannot die
in this does my futility lie.

WhiteRose 08/02

© Copyright 2002 Anne Thompson - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2002-08-06 01:09 PM


I'm surprised at how few poems about clinical depression end up in Dark. Hope yr feelin' okay.

Said if I only could ...
-KB

wranx
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2 posted 2002-08-06 08:56 PM


White Rose, I've noticed you posting a lot of good work here in dark. Hope all's well, despite the resultant good poetry.

~wranx

The shortest distance between two points...
is sometimes, intolerable.      

Bukowski

WhiteRose
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3 posted 2002-08-06 09:25 PM


Poetry is my therapy. I'm okay.
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4 posted 2002-08-06 11:45 PM


I agree with squirrel dude... I was diagnosed with a ton of stuff but it dosen't mean I am crazy, then again it may... lol

I have been reading all of your work and have you ever considered trying to put a few of your poems together to create one long one? Or perhaps creating like a, urmm, I don't know what you would call it but the word that comes to mind is cluster, maybe series... help me on this squrriel... Great write though... Totally felt here.

~Jess

[This message has been edited by Jessica (08-06-2002 11:47 PM).]

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5 posted 2002-08-07 12:18 PM


Ah, but I think it depends on how WhiteRose writes. If she sits down, writes a fragment, then immediately writes another, then yes, they can probably be strung together. But if it's hours between fragments, and none of them join neatly, they can stay separate.

But yes, I like the idea of a sort of collage of fragments into something greater than its parts. Though the parts are nice, too.

Keep writin'!

"I fall into your arms."

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6 posted 2002-08-07 12:20 PM


(wow, talk about wavering on my part -- I d'nno, I like 'em short, AND I like 'em long)

Something to try, anyway.

"I fall into your arms."

WhiteRose
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7 posted 2002-08-07 01:10 PM


All of these poems were written about different experiences, different emotions, at different times. To string them together would make them false to me. I write them when I feel them, and then move on. If I were to stay within the realm of the feelings shared in each poem I would most definately come away completely insane.

Love Seduces Joy From The Heart

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8 posted 2002-08-07 03:13 PM


Fair enough. Glad you're postin' here.

"I fall into your arms."

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