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Cpat Hair
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0 posted 2001-08-03 04:49 PM


You left the words
Hanging like dead leaves
Brightly colored
To rustle in each passing breeze
With whispers of meaning
That hide the truths

Gaily painted they stand out
In a forest of grey and brown
Drawing the eyes and the heart
To yet another landscape
Of illusion.

Dead mirrors of the life
That once was
They dance in the wind as
They fall
One
By
One

Gathering in piles
To decay
Like the feelings
Behind them


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1 posted 2001-08-03 05:04 PM



the visual
takes on stark
imagery
in each turn
of the leaf
and I have
hung from
this branch
long enough...

I shall meet
the brown
of ground
then drown
in mould...

Well done sir...see what you inspired....

jellybeans
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2 posted 2001-08-03 05:47 PM


wow, I think this is one of your best....wow....gonna print this one and reread this weekend....just love this....

gotta add one more WOW

Martie
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3 posted 2001-08-03 07:25 PM


Cpat:

Great use of metaphor in this ..enjoyed.

Don't forget that it is the mulch from such
that brings new life to much.

rwood
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4 posted 2001-08-03 07:43 PM


Fantastic Cpat! The melancholy leaves collected in perfect feeling. Very sad, but moving verse.
Sincerely,
Regina

What lies behind us and what lies before us
are small matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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5 posted 2001-08-03 08:21 PM


Yes, this is very good.  Excellent all around.  
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6 posted 2001-08-03 08:25 PM


Painful, powerful. Great imagery.
Sandra

jwesley
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7 posted 2001-08-03 10:09 PM


Really liked the unique way to used the leaves to express yourself here...VERY well done....

jwesley

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8 posted 2001-08-03 10:18 PM


though there is much sadness in autumn, there is great beauty, too, for one who seeks to see

enjoyed this piece extremely well, Cpat!

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9 posted 2001-08-06 07:58 PM


You got yourself another "winner" here, Ron.  Classic Cpat Hair-style of rich imagery, stong metaphor, and potent message.  Very good work.

-MVS

"When you tell the Truth, you never have to remember what you just said."
--Del Casher

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