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Cpat Hair
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0 posted 2003-09-09 02:11 PM



To the warm
marble is cold
though it captured the turn
of shoulder
the curve of breast
and kept it there

locked in stone

Who would model this
the memory of a night
half light shaded pale
naked back turned
but still
a reveal....

Such grace would be not mine
for I am no artist
to chisel into sinew
the beauty of one

nor a painter
to stroke in long brushed
tippings the colors
of such desire

Still she was there
and now
the memory is mine
of somewhere
someplace
something of me
and time...

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Susan Caldwell
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1 posted 2003-09-09 02:21 PM


*walks up and pops Ron in the head*

What are you doing to me????


Cpat Hair
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2 posted 2003-09-09 02:25 PM


LOL.. Hestia... was the Greek Goddess of the hearth and not captured in painting or sculpture as were many of the other Greek Gods.
The poem, meant as a tribute to the uncaptured beauty we all see everyday in our own hearth and home... and how we... feel we lack the ability to capture it ourselves in the same way it makes us feel.

now..as for doing to you??? obviously..frustrating you in some way...

sorry..

( rubs head and walks off...)

Susan Caldwell
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3 posted 2003-09-09 02:33 PM


Oh have no doubt...I know who Hestia is...goddess of Fire, baby...fire!!  

Dang it...*whimpering*

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4 posted 2003-09-09 02:36 PM



And an amazing tribute it is, Ron...

You have succeeded in capturing the beauty,
as well as the feeling, within your verse.
Wonderfully penned, poet sir.

Hugs,
~Vicky

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
--Mother Teresa

Susan Caldwell
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5 posted 2003-09-09 02:48 PM


Hestia

n : (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta [syn: Hestia]



angelblueyes
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6 posted 2003-09-09 03:48 PM


This is a great tribute.
Crystal

Sunshine
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7 posted 2003-09-09 04:11 PM


ROTFLMBO at Susan...what ARE you doing to her, Cpat?  I mean, if you're going to suffer a sore noggin, you'd think you'd Stop That!  [Don't]
  
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because you made me remember...

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8 posted 2003-09-09 04:27 PM


Beautiful piece Ron....very much enjoyed.
~Hugs~

      ~ Summer can't be over...
   I still have sand in my shoes ~

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9 posted 2003-09-09 05:45 PM


Who would model this
the memory of a night
half light shaded pale
naked back turned
but still
a reveal....


Simply beautiful Ron.

Maree

fate is not just
whose cooking  smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)


Aenimal
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10 posted 2003-09-09 09:41 PM


Amazing poem and love the thread grins
wranx
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11 posted 2003-09-09 10:25 PM


So? You get conked on the noggin for writing merely a beauty...Hmmm, I'd better start wearin a helmet in here..Sheesh!

Yes, a beauty!

littlewing
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12 posted 2003-09-10 10:59 PM


ahh but Ron, you are an artist

Who would model this
the memory of a night
half light shaded pale
naked back turned
but still
a reveal....

Such grace would be not mine
for I am no artist
to chisel into sinew
the beauty of one

nor a painter
to stroke in long brushed
tippings the colors
of such desire


God this is beautiful
xxoo

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