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RSWells
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0 posted 2001-10-31 11:44 AM



A sentinel, this sea
whose frigid foam's a fluid picket
assigned an anonymity to defend.

The wind, it's constant howl
shrieks a warning, as whirling cossack
riding vigilant of solitudinal end.

Snow, blinds on seamless shores,
wide ramparts of this island, whose watch
is served by stoic ghosts on iced parapets.

Uneven cobblestones,
ancient streets, attend as frozen moats,
protecting hermitage unmoving rivulets.

Pine not in sympathy,
the self exiled poet, who forlorn
so shuttered seeking solace for a wounded heart.

As far as he could flee
from the mainland, as this isle long torn
against the warmer will of his chosen art.

In cozy cottage lit
by candles, dancing to the unseen
draughts of silent whisperings from creviced winds

Winter frames his windows,
they're etched by ice to rounded portals,
the long night's reflection only mirrors what's within.

Here he's hibernated
from the harmful heat known of passion
and the souless hungry eyes so 'oft pitfalls.

To write and read (to hide?)
to diet from enamoured ration
and freeze the mechanism of his watches call

He's thus denied the feast,
remote he hears not carnal growling,
in time with space he prays his soul forget

and in the thaw released
to Spring a fleshier man revealing
in solstice, life and not bones from it's banquet.

"Happy people have no history" - French Proverb

© Copyright 2001 Richard S. Wells jr. - All Rights Reserved
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Gaia
1 posted 2001-10-31 11:55 AM


And hidden 'mongst decaying leaves
he grieves silently in solitude
but knows that Spring always
arrives in dew time



The Lady of Shallot
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since 2001-10-03
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2 posted 2001-10-31 01:04 PM


Nantucket holds a special place in my heart and this poem, well, let's just say it's right there along with it now, thank you for posting this.

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

Startime
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3 posted 2001-10-31 02:00 PM


his gaze is empty of pleasure
for his heart now is buried
in ground frozen with pain
of ghostly memories that warmed
a body once filled with passion
but which now runs for fear
of that desired not returned

*sigh* your writing does have a way of getting to me. Very well done.  

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Decaflame
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4 posted 2001-10-31 02:36 PM



This has a very introspective, personal feel about it...

well done, indeed...

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
5 posted 2001-10-31 03:54 PM


In cozy cottage lit
by candles, dancing to the unseen
draughts of silent whisperings from creviced winds

Winter frames his windows,
they're etched by ice to rounded portals,
the long night's reflection only mirrors what's within.
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Would love to visit here.  Very well done...excellent piece.  Nancy.

  ~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

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6 posted 2001-10-31 06:49 PM


Oh Richard thank you for this, truly!  Now I am so excited to see what you have written here, who needs pictures.  You my friend have a gift, and I am so proud to know you.  Wonderful job on this Richard, now one of my absolute favorites of yours.

~*~  Carpe' Diem  ~*~

rwood
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Tennessee
7 posted 2001-11-01 07:49 PM


Wintering indeed...in feeling, movement, sight, sound, even taste in hungering for something more...or less the obsession. You are amazing...I've told you that...I tell you still...

Sincerely,
Regina

Denise
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8 posted 2001-11-03 09:31 PM


Fantastic writing, Richard! You certainly are a gifted writer. Excellent!
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