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christian
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since 2002-12-18
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0 posted 2002-12-18 03:47 PM




    rewind button [acoustic #1] [first poem]
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    sing to me
    make it a november halloween
    and remind me how ugly i am,
    don't you know,      
    how much you make me hurt
    how much you make me feel
    how much you make me smile ..
    
    and on every cloudy afternoon
    inside closets--dreaming ..
    i'm screaming
    you find me
    you love me
    you don't know what to say
    say the most perfect things
    with such a beautiful acoustic
    you fingerpick;
    lyrical fairytales--you say ..
    and you take me away
    from writing poems on a
    cloudy afternoon
    inside closets--dreaming, so

    sing to me
    and make it a daytime soap opera,
    remind me how shakespearean
    things can get and make me forget
    don't you know,
    how much you make me hurt
    how much you make me feel
    how much you make me smile ..

    change me like i know you could
    and leave me there,
    bent and broken--in peices complete
    behind locked doors, discrete
    and whisper of bathroomsuicides
    i wanna go away
    because when mirrors have nothing to say
    side-sink reflections
    look broken ..
    and of emotions unspoken
    you come to realize that
    even angels can be bitches, yeah

    so could you sing of things--unpretentiously
    give this quasimodo the chance
    to daydream in slowmotion
    and flickerfade verses
    into the notion
    that maybe, just maybe

    things can be okay
    things will be okay ..

    sing to me
    make it a november halloween,
    and remind me how ugly i am,
    don't you know,      
    how much you make me hurt
    how much you make me feel
    how much you make me smile ..


    ---------------------------------------------
    "and i dont want the world to see me
     because i don't think that theyd
     understand,
     when everythings meant to be broken
     i just want you to know who i am"
    ---------------------------------------------


[This message has been edited by christian (12-19-2002 01:51 PM).]

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Cpat Hair
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1 posted 2002-12-18 03:57 PM


reads nice Christian.... I personally find the repeating phrases to be overdone a bit and to distract from the overall impact of the poem. Brevity and sparing use of word and phrase to convey the esence of the feeling or message is a powerful tool....

I find this interesting in that you are telling a story in some ways....but also felt as if you are trying to emulate the lyrics and flow of a pop song...

Welcome to the forum.... look forward to reading more from you...
welcome to the forum by the way...

Laney
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since 2002-12-18
Posts 85
Illinois
2 posted 2002-12-18 03:59 PM


I absoulutely love this!!  Its very different and refreshing!!  I am a new member too, so from one new member to another--Welcome! I look forward to reading more from you! I'll definatly keep my eyes open.

--Alana

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215
Realms of Light
3 posted 2002-12-18 04:19 PM


Christian  ~

Welcome again! I've read one of your replies (to me!) and now I have had the pleasure of reading one of your poems!

You wrote of many things that give me pleasure:

November (Actually I love every month of the year!)

Finger-picking my acoustic guitar.

Lyrical fairy tales.

Poems--reading and writing them!

Soap Operas ( I tape Days of Our Lives)

Mirrors (on a good hair day! lol)

Daydreams (They take me to far off lands)

Halloween (I love to dress up!)

---------and most of all--"smiles"


warm hugs,
Earth Angel

nosceteipsum
Junior Member
since 2002-12-18
Posts 11
i look for a star to the east, a savior
4 posted 2002-12-18 04:25 PM


well lookie there all broke up and everything. ha. 3.5 my friend...mmhmm 3.5.
Salty
Senior Member
since 2002-11-23
Posts 669
Texas
5 posted 2002-12-18 04:30 PM


Why is it we like those things that can be so dangerous in our lives.  You have a real nice way of taking the reader right where you want them.


I've just got to ask you about your critques of otheres .... i was slightly entertained with your boldness...are they for real?

Gentle Spirit
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Posts 13989

6 posted 2002-12-18 04:48 PM


Welcome to Passions. Enjoy your time here and I do hope you take a moment to check out the other Passions forums along with the rules and guidelines.  If you are looking for more in depth writing perhaps Critical Analysis or Poetry workshop would be something you might want to check out.  Looking forward to more from you.  
Mistletoe Angel
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7 posted 2002-12-18 05:28 PM




Yay!!! Oh my gosh, I too share many of the hobbies you love to do, for I love to play guitar, love lyrics, Shakespeare, and looking at the sunrise. This is a beautifully wonderful debut, sweet friend, and may you be given the chance your golden heart deserves, I LOVE IT!!! Welcome to Passions, sweet Christian, may you be inspired by all of us here as we will all be inspired by your lovely words! I can't wait to read more of your lovely words, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Christian, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

christian
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since 2002-12-18
Posts 331

8 posted 2002-12-18 06:00 PM



some of us are acoustic hippies. some of
us are music makers. some of us are rooftop
dreamers, crying in the backseats of
taxicabs. some of us rainbow ballerinas.
and music makers.  some of us are romantic
suicides. or angels under fire. and we're
all crazy.

and

we're all beautiful.

-chris.

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"i don't want the world to see me
  cause i dont think theyd understand
  when everythings mean to be broken
  i just want you to know who i am"
-------------------------------------------

garysgirl
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9 posted 2002-12-18 06:38 PM


Hey Christian, it's me...........
Seems I don't have to say anything, the other writers have said it all for me.
BTW, I would like to welcome you here, Christian, and I do think that your talent shows potential.......

Oh, and Christian, do you mind reading my response to you on the little poem I wrote...  "The O Holy Night". Thank you. And again, welcome to PIP.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

Sandpiper
Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738
land of flora and fauna
10 posted 2002-12-18 06:45 PM


Welcome!

"And it was at that age...Poetry arrived in search of me...And something started in my soul."
Pablo Neruda

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
11 posted 2002-12-18 08:41 PM


christian - well, I read it.... It seems that you have a lot to learn, that's why you're a junior member...

BC

[This message has been edited by Bill Charles (12-18-2002 08:52 PM).]

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07
Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia
12 posted 2002-12-18 08:46 PM


Hello Christian

Thanks for sharing your heart with us and welcome to Passions.  I hope you enjoy your time here with us.

Take care......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577
displaced
13 posted 2002-12-19 01:41 AM


I love acoustics...great write, just like a song...yes. Welcome. Hope to read more.
christian
Member
since 2002-12-18
Posts 331

14 posted 2002-12-19 04:13 AM



bill: i'ma a junior member because i just
,today as a matter of fact, joined this
club.

--

thanks for taking the time to read my poem,
moreover taking the time to drop your two
cents. i'm all for critique and opinion.
all i want from you guys is honesty.

poets need seasoning too you know.

--

-chris.

------------------------------------------
"and i don't want the world to see me
  cause i dont think that theyd
  understand
  when everythings meant to be broken
  i just want you to know who i am"
------------------------------------------

Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
15 posted 2002-12-19 05:00 AM


christian,
if it's seasoning you need, consider yourself salted and peppered. Welcome
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind.  Unknown



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