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Ratleader
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0 posted 2003-11-24 10:17 PM



You've got the magic fire;
if you should light this candle
(please do light this candle)
it will grow the longer,
as if the wax melts cool,
flows up the stem and unmelts
into thick hot runnels at the tip.

Try as you may to do it
(try, do it, you may)
you cannot blow it out,
and if by chance you light
(oh yes, oh please do light)
both ends, then it will
most surely last the night....

© Copyright 2003 Ed Ratledge - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2003-11-24 10:24 PM



Yes the candle magic
grows upward...

well done, Sir...

there's a mystery about tonight

Margherita
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2 posted 2003-11-25 04:05 AM


Mysteriously magical and passionate.
Love, Margherita

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3 posted 2003-11-25 02:02 PM


Your parentheticals add a lighthearted touch to this passionate delight of a write. *S* I like this very much... it leaves me smiling! *S*
the_loner_23
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4 posted 2003-11-25 02:09 PM


This sounds like a romantic poem to me. I love it.

Cold hands means a warm heart

Bonnie j
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5 posted 2003-11-25 02:12 PM


The magic candle glows into the corners of night and reflects the romance written within your beautful words of poetry.
Love Bon-Bon

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6 posted 2003-11-25 02:37 PM


There is magic in the night....
beautiful..this.
Hugs~

~I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before~

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7 posted 2003-11-26 12:11 PM


Ratleader,
   I always enjoy reading your poetry.   You have such a unique perspective, always turning something inside out and sideways.  I liked your reversed imagery very much.
                        Sadelite

icebox
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8 posted 2003-11-26 01:33 PM


Candle magic is powerful stuff!

...like your poetry...



titch k
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9 posted 2003-11-26 03:35 PM


Candles, with a magic of their own., and here you add to this elequently...
thankyou SMILE
love Titch

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10 posted 2003-11-26 04:43 PM


very nice
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11 posted 2003-11-26 06:51 PM


Ratleader

a wonderful warm poe with a touch of fun.

Margot

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12 posted 2003-11-26 11:15 PM


Your imaginative writes are wonders to behold! I scratch my head, ponder, and ultimately enjoy!


EA

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13 posted 2003-11-27 01:18 AM


a very well done allegory...enjoyed this very much

"So what befalls the flawless?
Look what I've built, it shines so beautifully now watch as it destroys me."

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14 posted 2003-11-27 05:44 AM


ooooo wow~
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15 posted 2003-11-27 05:49 AM


Excellent
I have a half way poem done about a candle
Do stop and see me I posted one earlier
I am new here
Blessings
Susan~~~

Martie
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16 posted 2003-11-29 06:01 PM


Ed...the visuals in this made me smile...warm and light touch...very nice!
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17 posted 2004-10-14 06:52 AM


Eddy darling man, now this I like muchly, beautiful imagery here, and full of wit too.

forgive me my addiction to pink, I simply can’t help it, even if it does hurt the eyes.

As I said an absolutely fabulous poem

Light the candle?
With what, oh this!
(wouldn’t you rather
I blow it out?)
Softly breathing out
Each exhale
A warm breath of
Need

Light the candle
The softened wax
Turning hard again
Extending
To add length
Life
To the candle

Light my candle
And I’ll burn
With an incandescence
That will blind you
Blur your senses
With images
Of my heat
Until
The night fades
To dawn

Marsha

Love and warm stuff
as always
Mushy


Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
Kethry

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