Frozen Fruit In The Grand Scheme Of Understanding Life

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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2003-06-30 12:43 PM

I'm sitting here eating
frozen grapes,
tracking down the wispy
threads of cosmic thought,
the dreamy revelations,
world shattering ideas
that broach the walls
of my late morning dreams,
prisoners
of the pillow wars
plotting their escape.

Frozen grapes are hard,
but not so hard
they'll break a tooth,
sweet,
but not so sweet
that I'll lose my taste
for other food,
cold,
but some how not so cold
as to cause my face to ache,
fleeting,
for they thaw but
for a moment
they're life's truth.

Oh, I know
you'll say it's foolishness,
comparing grapes to life,
for they're little
frozen lumps of fruit
that soon will turn to mush,
but
for those few brief moments,
as I pop them in my mouth,
I'm startled
by their clarity,
devoid of ego strife.

Each one
is an entire world
cleansing awareness
of the past,
a moment's revelation,
and even though
it never lasts,
they're still
very much like thoughts
that muddy up my sleep
with brilliant understandings,
flaring brightly
fading fast.

©2003 by icebox

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

1 posted 2003-06-30 12:45 PM

chilling!

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

2 posted 2003-06-30 02:46 PM

LOL, you attempting to 'freeze dry' those fleeting thoughts, or just making fresh whine?
enjoyed this one!
and those grapes in my freezer will take on new meaning, thanks to this write

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2003-06-30 02:49 PM

Amazing - simply amazing and all from eating frozen grapes. I'll put that on my list of things to do but it won't make a writer out of me. Sigh!

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

4 posted 2003-06-30 02:59 PM

"Each one
is an entire world
cleansing awareness
of the past,
a moment's revelation,
and even though
it never lasts,
they're still
very much like thoughts
that muddy up my sleep
with brilliant understandings,
flaring brightly
fading fast."

I've never eaten a frozen grape but I've had so many of those thoughts. Your poetry bridges some very eclectic spans Ice and I do so enjoy the way your mind operates.

Bonnie j
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since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

5 posted 2003-06-30 03:06 PM

My mind is blank right at the moment.
Do love frozen grapes though. Guess I'll go have a few. Then maybe I won't be so blank.
Thanks for sharing your words of poetry.
Bon-Bon

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

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A Mountain Paradise

6 posted 2003-06-30 03:22 PM

Not only are your poems outstanding, I am enthralled by your titles!

Huggles, Marti

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

timothysangel1973

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since 2001-12-03

Posts 1725
Never close enough

7 posted 2003-06-30 03:47 PM

Well now Ice....

For some reason I am craving grapes, and another poem.

You inspire me and make my brain work overtime quite often!

Great write!

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

8 posted 2003-06-30 11:54 PM

very much like thoughts
that muddy up my sleep
with brilliant understandings,
flaring brightly
fading fast

Brilliant words ice, you have a way. Long ago a friend told me I rather than scarf down food whatever it may be. One should pause and actually concenctrate on the food and food alone. Everything tastes better and you come to appreciate things we usually take for granted. That was my little revelation from fruit that applies to all aspects of life. Stop and concentrate or appreciate.

Earth Angel
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Realms of Light

9 posted 2003-07-01 12:03 PM

I love to eat frozen fruit! Did you know there is approximately 1 gram of carbohydrate in one average-sized grape!

I do believe you may be a deeper thinker than I am! I just suck on frozen fruit and enjoy the sensations!

Luvs 'n hugs!
EA

Local Rebel
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Southern Abstentia

10 posted 2003-07-01 12:31 PM

swhatimtalkinaboutman

poetry!

Nan

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11 posted 2003-07-01 08:03 AM

I've always wondered why I like grapes so much... Now I know... Danke...

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