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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ok..here's the deal. It's 2006 and for all of 2005, I wrote maybe 5 poems...that SUCKS! What I need is inspiration..something to jiggle the cobwebs..jog the memories...jazz up the muse..so.. Can you spare a phrase for me to work around? Not a simple lovey-dovey phrase like 'she walks in beauty like the night' (I think this one's taken anyway). Something with a challenge to it. Previous phrases that tickled my muse were: 'from the purse her bra spoke to me'; 'frogs in my lap'; 'three moons of Mur'; 'into the lake of souls'....get the picture? Something strange or unusual. All phrases are welcome! Thank you in advance for your assistance. (Please feel free to use any phrases listed in the replies!) And post them in the appropriate forums! Thanks! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Yanno what I was thinking? I was thinking you should take all of your Goddess themed poetry, and put them together and send them off to Publish America.  I was reading the other night, and yanno? It's absolutely enthralling, Sharon.  and then you could follow up with your humor poetry, and then an edition of erotica and then, oh wow, can I get 10%? (and I'll e mail you a phrase I was going to send to someone else but it's one of those more suited for MC, I think) Love ya poet sublime!  |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Here's one that's been tickling my noodle and spraying pasta sauce willynilly. In short, I can't write anything halfway decent with this phrase before the entire thing evaporates and I'm left with leavings. I guess I could do free or open verse, but that's too easy, and I'm known for doing things in the most complicated fashion.  'dreamer of compromised dreams' |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Oh, Ali ... 'evaporated phrases' ... now that is 'museable' !!! deVine one .... I'll put my noodles on and see if I can find something without the 'fluff' for you to fiddle with~  *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*No matter what I search for ... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Okay ... throwing a little of the noodles in the pot for simmering~ I'm doing so much reading right now of the fictional works of Richard Paul Evans ... I've come across some great 'ponderable poetic phrases' ... From 'The Locket' - "It is my observation that too often this world builds monuments to those it stoned in the flesh." From 'The Carousel' - "So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove." |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I'm liking these so far...thanks guys! |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
~ choking back of swift anger ~ lightning buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz hum ~ mercury melting liquid steel ~ silver plaited handbrush tainted with thyme (patina) (don't ask, I have no answers, good luck and nodding with Karen) |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
there are a million thoughts in a single drop of water |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I'm using THAT! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Double trouble Love Handfuls  |
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Ringo
since 2003-02-20
Posts 3684Saluting with misty eyes |
How about: 1) walking in a minefield of emotions 2) emboldened by the nerve agent hidden in the whiskey bottle 3) fighting the dragon in my mind "...and as we drift along, I never fail to be astounded by the things we'll do for promises..." |
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X Angel Senior Member
since 1999-11-07
Posts 1521Oregon |
Ok I know this sounds silly - but I can't remember if I thought this up or not. But I've carried it in my heart so long it is a part of me. "I come from a long line of women of unrealized dreams". |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
So? You inspired yet? Waiting patiently |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
there is a single vision in a shattered glass there is no peace within perfection the full moon captures sunlight's daughter awareness is a warehouse for the soul |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
/pip/Forum55/HTML/000871.html  Just pleased as all get out that I got it all down before it up and poofed again.Another phrase: like vulture, picking over a body of work |
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Fee Member
since 2000-08-07
Posts 381Melbourne, Australia |
Not sure if this is what your after but comes to my mind. "Miles ahead but so far behind, tripping over yourself as you find the way" I love reading you work, it enspires me. Cheers, Fee |
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Dominique-Simone Senior Member
since 2005-11-12
Posts 643 |
1. I have been flushed into the sewers of Venice 2. Sitting bereft, I fidget with my gold watch 3. Cultivating my bedroom, with fine silk 4.Terribly mustard with an opaque smile If you or anyone uses these please let me know so I do not... Thanks |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
regret sometimes kisses the back of my hand -Juju Juju - 1.) a magic charm or fetish 2.)Magic 3.)A taboo connected woth the use of magic |
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wvatvrider Member
since 2006-02-04
Posts 78West Virginia,USA |
To write a poem I once picked a spot where I liked to go to visit with friends and while sitting there alone, thought to write a poem. Not knowing what to write about I asked myself a few questions and wrote a poem: What Can I See,Hear, and Feel I see the trees start to turn brown. I hear locusts and crickets and all kinds of sounds. I kind of feel tuned in to everything around. I'm sitting at the park in my hometown. Fall is coming again, Winter wiil soon be here. Before you know it, it's the end of the year. I sit here a thinking and drinking my beer And take in what's happening around me so near. Mountains around me all covered with trees, And smoke blowing gently in a soft breeze, A dog lying in the road scratching at fleas, And a bird singing it's song, maybe for me. I see heat waves shimmering on the railroad track. And think of the past quite awhile back. I hear a truck dumping coal in a stack And feel the sweat ooze down my back. |
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desert-spike Member
since 2006-02-01
Posts 194TX/USA |
Here are some lines I have been trying to make fit someplace for years, but nothing has ever worked out right. So these lines remain as they are, and as yet, unused. *** And so it was, in the after days, the people turned skyward their tarnished cannons from forgotten wars, and blasted the Eldar Gods from their high held sanctuaries, sending them screaming down, into the sea. And the people left the blood stained meadows for the high hills, lighting many torches in the gathering twilight, for remembering the fallen, and for burning away the bloodied past. They stood there in silence, and looked up into the night sky, at the cold, empty stars winking at them with secret promise from afar. They knew it then, that they were at last alone; that this moment was theris, and the future that stretched out before them, was truly theirs. For them and their children. |
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wvatvrider Member
since 2006-02-04
Posts 78West Virginia,USA |
some phrases someone might use: the light at the end of the tunnel is too dim to see dogs not yet having learned to bark splinter of a moon trees too bent to stand tall child of some unknown parent |
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neil.gd Junior Member
since 2006-02-27
Posts 16southern leyte, philippines |
can i join my phrase should be like this "The heat that blaze during the cold winter nights.." i am just trying... this is my first time to post... |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
my eyes will follow your ever flowing current. -Have fun -<>-~-<>-~-<>- |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Sharon...I remember a few years back you submitted a picture and asked us to write a poem about what we felt the picture meant to us. Maybe you could pick out a picture and write what it means to you. Phrase: I'd love to dance with you, but my card is full. ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Krishankins
since 2002-06-23
Posts 972Texas |
cultivating expressions of tenderness...... I don't know, Im new at this, I just thought I'd jump in there with both feet up!! If you're not yourself, then there is no you. |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
hmm.. Thats a bad line... apalagies -Juju -<>-~-<>-~-<>- |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
Speaking of mine of course... Just to clear up what I meant. I submit a new on in its stead. You use your eyes as a weopon against me. much apalagies. |
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Musicmaker1969
since 2000-06-25
Posts 589Peterborough, Ontario Canada |
Here are a few for you: Dare to dream... Open up my heart... Something deep inside me... People sometimes say... When the day is done... Music makes me... Poetry and passion... Cheap or inexpensive... This porcelain Earth... Hope that helps. Sheri Adams Jesus lives in my heart! He can in yours too!!! |
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Grinch Member Elite
since 2005-12-31
Posts 2929Whoville |
When the curve of the moon matched the arch of your eye And I found myself caught in the lie |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
So Sharon? Did you get mused, or confused? Shaken? Or stirred? One martini shy. No, I don't drink. Pass the chocolate, please. Rough night here, Sharon....*smile* |
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jarrett Member
since 2006-05-10
Posts 72Ut, USA |
hey I have a line or two that I havn't been able to finish... here they are I hope someone can find something to do with them! A tear falls down on paper, not just one but two. A tear falls down from my face, not just for me but for you. Some say kisses fix everything, for you it may for me it might. |
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rhia_5779 Senior Member
since 2006-06-09
Posts 1334California |
I am using this in a poem but here is a couple others. The first I am going to use but see if you can use it too. Decorated in blown wishing kisses, and inner prayers edited to the point of unfeeling. moving in ungainly grace |
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