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Mistletoe Angel
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0 posted 2003-01-01 05:34 AM




(Here's my first poem of 2003, a late-night ramble! Come in and join the dance, yay! )

Tarbiah
By: Noah Eaton
1/1/03

Stare into the red summer sun
Kneel upon the starry sands like an anchor
There are a thousand and one Arabic nights to discover
Let's go and publish another

And the underworld is unleashed beneath your feet
Shy I am but seduced I will be
And I feel the pulse
I feel the vibe
I feel the motion
I feel the communion
My spirit is rejuvenated

So I'm learning my own dance
Show me how you shake those hips
I have a tattoo etched on my lung
Of an ancient camaraderie that quivers with my lips

Set my soul on flame one more time
So you can watch these rainbows unveil
So you can feel the smoke rise
You can feel the flame shine
You know this is ethereal
You know this is the deal

Lift your tarbiah
No disciple can own you
You've got expression
You've got soul, so let's rendezvous
Abundance has always been inside of you

Date palms shake in your flickering shadows
Seems you have some of the blood of Al-Farabi
You are an innocent temptress
You wear silver and you wear it gracefully

We all need time to learn our maqam
Say not a word for the whole composition is compelling
Let the music pull you down
Shake your Taar and spin around in circles till you get dizzy

Arch your back and play your Tabla
Warble like the secret of the Shabbabeh
Perform your little taqsim, no need to be shy
For you are the gate
You are the window
You are the progress
You are the widow...

Lift your tarbiah
No disciple can own you
You've got expression
You've got soul, so let's rendezvous
Abundance has always been inside of you
Wear that kaffia of gold
Strut in that bedleh
We all need some suspense sometime
So emerge all your essence from underneath
Heaven knows you've got to dance your dance

You move mysteriously
Glimpsing the eyes of your spirit
Even when you know everything has to end sometime
Beginning is the first word that comes to your mind
And you reconvene
And you proceed
And you lose yourself in a world of dreams
Genuflecting on every heartbeat...

Lift your tarbiah
No disciple can own you
You've got expression
You've got soul, so let's rendezvous
Abundance has always been inside of you
Wear that kaffia of gold
Strut in that bedleh
We all need some suspense sometime
So emerge all your essence from underneath
Heaven knows you've got to dance your dance
Heaven knows you've got to dance your dance
Heaven knows you've got to dance your dance



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

Shakira

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1 posted 2003-01-01 06:01 AM


Someone tells me that someone has been shaking their bootie tonight and it sure shook up a storm!  Oh Noah, you are priceless and so is this wonderful first post for 2003.  Happy New Year dear man, and my this year be full of wonderful surprises like those hidden behind that veil.

~ The soul lies buried in the ink that does not flow ~
       


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2 posted 2003-01-01 10:27 AM


Heaven knows you've got to dance your dance~

Amen buddie.....A very happy New Year to you filled with love and peace!


~I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance~  Garth

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3 posted 2003-01-01 10:37 AM




Smiling here at your first 2003 poem, so uplifting and lively.

Happy New Year, Noah. May it be the best.


Hugs, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
        "Desiderata"

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4 posted 2003-01-01 10:49 AM



You've lived many lives, Noah...
it comes through in your writings...
Happy New Year!

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5 posted 2003-01-01 11:40 AM


Noah,
I'd say that was quite a night, have a god year. Enjoyed

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6 posted 2003-01-01 11:50 AM


UH-HUH..........
What a delightful first poem of 2003, Noah.....
It does sound like you've been "shakin' your bootie"     HeeHee!  And sounds like you had fun doing it, too..     


I hope , sweet friend, that you have fun and joy and your heart's desire this whole year and forever and a day.......


                   

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

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7 posted 2003-01-01 12:00 PM


Well, Noah, you seem to be having quite a lot of fun dancin up a storm and ringing in the year 2003.

This was such fun ... Hugs, for peace and good health, Marti

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
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8 posted 2003-01-01 02:36 PM


Lift your tarbiah
No disciple can own you
You've got expression
You've got soul, so let's rendezvous
Abundance has always been inside of you

Date palms shake in your flickering shadows
Seems you have some of the blood of Al-Farabi
You are an innocent temptress
You wear silver and you wear it gracefully

We all need time to learn our maqam
Say not a word for the whole composition is compelling
Let the music pull you down
Shake your Taar and spin around in circles till you get dizzy

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

You've been listening to Shakira again havent you. LOL
VEEERRRRY COOL write Noah...love your vocab and imagery..most of all your energy...
rock on poet groovy

Will the wind remember the names it has blown in the past?
With this crutch, its old age and wisdom, it whispers no ... this will be the last.

jh

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9 posted 2003-02-14 07:46 PM


enjoyed
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10 posted 2003-02-15 01:10 AM


Noah, i really enjoyed this

always treat others the way you want to be treated
Love from Rita

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