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Local Parasite
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0 posted 2002-10-16 03:52 PM


Mortar and Pestilence III

Good day, my Liege and Sultan true
I've all but had enough of You
To speak it in affection
This evil You've adhered me to
Is spreading its infection

The pure is faintly lost by young
To threads of greater knowledge strung
Which ev'ry child aspires,
For ignorance, this mortal tongue,
Holds tied from one's desires

Until, by act of greater fate
Arrives that superficial date
Where truer love is known
(It's asked we never contemplate
What words are scribed in stone)

And I, as those whom I describe
Belong to what a savage tribe
To crave the stronger prize
That love does, greater wisdom, bribe
With what it should despise

I must denounce this purity
For in my narrow'd view, I see
This promist, holy seed
Reduced to not a sympathy
But everlasting greed

Now, to my mortal mind's extent,
If all exists by Your consent
And herefore, all is will'd;
Then it must be Your foul intent
To see this curse instill'd

I'll meet what hatred You enchant
With gifted will to yet recant
The truth of lovers' toil,
How leprous of a seed You plant
To wretch this fertile soil.

[This message has been edited by Local Parasite (10-16-2002 08:06 PM).]

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Child of the Stars
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1 posted 2002-10-16 09:52 PM


*yawns* Yet again, flawless.  

All right, all right. That was mean..now I try to find something in here I can connect to...but hrmm...not happening too easily..I'll keep looking. You keep writing, sir.

  ~Carly

"My own eyes are not enough for me; I will see through a thousand and yet remain myself..."
  ~C.S. Lewis

[This message has been edited by Child of the Stars (10-16-2002 09:53 PM).]

Ina
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2 posted 2002-10-16 09:57 PM


I liked this reminds of Holden from "catcher in the rye" in a weird way, i dont even understand why, it just does. then it reminds me of "wise innonence" the sort of thing we think about when we're treading waters of thought.

Regina

ooo i just re read that reply its kinda weird but maybe you might understand it, by the way I enjoyed your poem

[This message has been edited by Ina (10-16-2002 09:58 PM).]

anawnda
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3 posted 2002-10-17 10:08 AM


i like the approach to this poem, im not sure though if i got it right but i like the view of love here. i guess it has a cynical  way yet it redeemed itself in the end.
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4 posted 2002-10-17 10:41 AM


Ack!  Seriously, Brian, I ought not read your poems before class.  They make my brain turn to mush and I have trouble thinking- I'm too busy trying to decide what I want to reply with.  

Arg.  I've got a ten page packet on Antitrust laws to read, an article on Tobacco warning labels and packaging, a consumer product safety act to read, three or four papers on false advertising and some doo-hickey on Ohio's Gaming Laws.  Why do people do this to me?

Hmmm... still debating... I'll leave you an IOU

*IOU a good reply for an excellent poem*


"Wie ein Quadrat in einem Kreis, eck' ich immer wieder an obwohl ich doch schon lange weiß, daß ich niemals ändern kann." ~Wizo

[This message has been edited by Allysa (10-17-2002 10:43 AM).]

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5 posted 2002-10-17 06:30 PM


I thought that you wrote this well, but the ryhme scheme pissed me off haha. The flow was fine for what it was, but it did not fit my fancy. That's an opinion, but as for the poem itself...what it was- it was pretty darn great. Muchly liked....muchly!

And if you don't like this reply, you're going to have to kill me hehe.

This post has been brought to you by the 'Totally Awesome Society of Puerto Rican Egotistical Sexy Men'.

devinechild22
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6 posted 2002-10-17 07:19 PM


I really liked this. This is very well written. I hope to learn a lot from your poems because they are very very good. Im sorry I`m sorry I`m so boring but hey....

                 *Allison*

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7 posted 2002-10-18 03:16 AM


I think, that you are so talented, and I really wish I could write something as awesomely great as this. Wow.  

You are so my hero!

[This message has been edited by Skyfire (10-19-2002 06:10 AM).]

boy and his spirit
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within my heart
8 posted 2002-11-17 01:24 AM


i care for you like nothing else.
you make me plush and soft and cuddly like a carebears fluffs as a child loves the television show wish so many smiles. run to the television and turn it on and melt into the screen the way i melt into your body like a hot marshmallow on lambert's birthday.

clve527
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9 posted 2002-11-17 11:18 AM


*scratches head, then decides not to ask*

casey

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10 posted 2002-11-17 04:49 PM


I won't ask either....

Parisite, how are you buddy! Great poem, only confused me a little bit this time!

"Sticks and stones will break my bones,
But words will break my heart"

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11 posted 2003-02-10 03:10 PM


Good day, my Liege and Sultan true
I've all but had enough of You
To speak it in affection
This evil You've adhered me to
Is spreading its infection

The pure is faintly lost by young
To threads of greater knowledge strung
Which ev'ry child aspires,
For ignorance, this mortal tongue,
Holds tied from one's desires

Until, by act of greater fate
Arrives that superficial date
Where truer love is known
(It's asked we never contemplate
What words are scribed in stone)

================================

Now, to my mortal mind's extent,
If all exists by Your consent
And herefore, all is will'd;
Then it must be Your foul intent
To see this curse instill'd

I'll meet what hatred You enchant
With gifted will to yet recant
The truth of lovers' toil,
How leprous of a seed You plant
To wretch this fertile soil.
==================================
Have I mentioned that you write light years over a mere mortal moths head?

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