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layla
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0 posted 2002-08-10 11:56 AM


Paint a picture
of a girl with peircing eyes
make it so you wont forget her
even if you only see it one time
add stones in the background
and dead bodies on the floor
don't forget the f 16's that killed them
in this hell of a war
Paint the sky gray
as if it was about to thunder
as if the world was going to flip
and suddenly go under
paint what is left of this run-down land
show what happens
when the oppressed take a stand
Paint their beacon- the star
on a feild of blue and white
and paint with it the blood shed
it has caused so many lives
Paint one of the millions of mothers
who has lost their sons
husbands and brothers
Oh paint this girl
who has been raped a million times
frame it on a wall
And call her Palestine


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Local Parasite
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1 posted 2002-08-11 11:07 AM


This is a true gem.  You took a scene of war and gave it a bleak, hopeless image.  Then, you took imperative form and described some kind of solution as bringing colour into it all.  "Paint," as in "observe?"  Or, "remember?"  That's what I was seeing...

I think the ending was extremely well thought-through.  Great work.

Parasite

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2 posted 2002-08-12 05:24 AM


Jeez...this is a hard hitting piece about such a controversial topic. You've kept up the flow and intensity throughout the entire piece and didn't manage to lose it once. Very nice imagery happening here. Loved the ending as well.

Be proud of this. Thanks for sharing it.

~M

Imagination=nostalgia for the past, the absent; it is the liquid solution in which art develops the snapshots of reality.

Dark Enchantress
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3 posted 2002-08-12 02:54 PM


It's rare that I truely enjoy reading a poem that I come across here. (Not that my poems are anything spectacular.) I thought it was very, very interesting how you put this piece together. There was also a lot of power and impact in this poem, which I always like. Thank you for posting this.

I'm married to Mr.Metaphor. We make love everyday.

wranx
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4 posted 2002-08-12 06:36 PM


Layla,
this is a singularly thoughtful and powerful write.

A strong stand, well versed.
I'm impressed.

~wranx

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

Bukowski

LCBS
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since 2001-11-29
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5 posted 2002-08-12 06:43 PM


Wow, I felt as though you punched me with that last line.  I really like it, and I thought that you expressed yourself well....wow that last line, I don't know why but...wow!


I loved it

~lisa

layla
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since 2000-11-19
Posts 74

6 posted 2002-08-13 10:49 AM


I am glad you all liked it, I did spend a lot of time on this poem, and i am very proud of it. Thanks for your kind comments
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