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Cpat Hair
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0 posted 2002-09-05 10:09 AM



She once told me
I must be a magician
As the mere presence of me
Made her desert wet with ideas

But I do not know any magic
Or I would spell cast words
that made the ideas real
Not just vagaries to flit
Like leafed shadows
On twigs of noonday

And I would bring streams to parched valleys
With wave of wand
That in green passing brought
Swelled round bellies
Of rebirth to the touch of her


She once told me
I must be a magician.
Instead more like Kahn
I’ve lain waste to days
Leaving smoking remnants
That with pungent scent
Sting the very breath I take

Yet perhaps
There is a bit of magic
In remembering
The way she said it.

© Copyright 2002 Cpat Hair - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2002-09-05 10:13 AM



If one believes in magic,
then one must believe
in the words that
bring it forth...

the oasis is near...
the grapes are sweet...

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2002-09-05 10:15 AM


Capt Hair,
Yet perhaps
There is a bit of magic
In remembering
The way she said it.

Ah there is the magic.

Martie
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3 posted 2002-09-05 10:19 AM


Cpat

The magic is in the wondering and in finding the answer was there all along.  Enjoyed this a great deal as I do all your poetry!

Earth Angel
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4 posted 2002-09-05 10:25 AM


Isn't "Magician" the name of another PIP poet? I think I'd be concerned if I were you!Hehe! Oh, she said "a" magician, not "the" magician! Hehe!----"What a difference a day ("a") makes!" (a line from a song)---go and
have a good one!---"day" that is!

Linda

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5 posted 2002-09-05 12:46 PM


Ron, there is always a bit of magic in your words!
I love it, rascal

bsquirrel
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6 posted 2002-09-05 01:08 PM


Cpat,
Yep, it's all spelled out.
We just need to learn
the letters.

Mike

1slick_lady
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7 posted 2002-09-05 01:38 PM


"She once told me
I must be a magician"

"But I do not know any magic
Or I would spell cast words"

ron, you do know magic...your words leave us spellbound...like enchanting silver spider webs...laced in letters...connecting emotions...to breathlessness...helen

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8 posted 2002-09-05 02:00 PM


I really love your work..have missed reading you...now I have to wish that I could take a leave of absense from PIP and come back with such passion and fire....sigh...wonderful work as always
serenity blaze
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9 posted 2002-09-05 03:39 PM


I happen to be an authority on 'magick' and I do know how to spot a true magician from the sleight of hand artist--you sir, are so very much the real thing, that it simply SEEMS unreal...


passing shadows
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10 posted 2002-09-06 12:18 PM


damn, what an ending *sigh*
A. L. Becker
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11 posted 2002-09-06 01:19 PM


i was a fraud once. and the magic of having fooled for a short while couldnt last, but i remember the way those words were spoken too, and that makes me smile a little.  

a touching piece of work, memorable.  thank you Cpat.

Annie :-

wranx
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12 posted 2002-09-06 11:30 PM


I don't know much, but I know this

"She once told me
I must be a magician.
Instead more like Kahn
I’ve lain waste to days
Leaving smoking remnants
That with pungent scent
Sting the very breath I take"

Outstanding, Cpat

~wranx

In reply to "which way do we go?", the answer was never "straight", but, "progressively forward".      

~wranx~

WhiteRose
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13 posted 2002-09-07 12:42 PM


She once told me
I must be a magician
As the mere presence of me
Made her desert wet with ideas

*sigh* There is magic here for sure.

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