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Aenimal
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0 posted 2004-04-24 04:04 PM


nestled between words
it's the silences, I miss most
a subtle rythm within breaths
that assured
an understanding

speech could never

© Copyright 2004 raphael giuffrida - All Rights Reserved
jwesley
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1 posted 2004-04-24 04:30 PM


Kool write my friend...liked the flow of this

jwesley

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2 posted 2004-04-24 04:32 PM



Krawdad
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3 posted 2004-04-24 04:38 PM


in mid air .
                 .
                  .

Dark Angel
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4 posted 2004-04-24 05:28 PM


bello. YKIKT

What are you my god? You touch me like you are my god
What are you my twin? You affect me like you are my twin.

Go Alanis!


azblond
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5 posted 2004-04-24 05:49 PM


Sometimes the most powerful of words are those shared but never need to be spoken aloud...

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

Grover
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6 posted 2004-04-24 06:33 PM


enjoyed...
Margherita
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7 posted 2004-04-24 07:07 PM


That's enlightenment.
Perfect!
Abbracci, Margherita

inkedgoddess
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8 posted 2004-04-24 08:15 PM


the comfort of the comfortable silence
yes so good

Sunshine
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9 posted 2004-04-24 08:18 PM



Once again...
you capture
time

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10 posted 2004-04-24 08:42 PM


Why try, if speech could never---

Sorry, but for me it seems like you expounded on a common cliche, "it's the silences I miss."  I would have liked this if you'd gone a bit further with it.  At the very least, it should afford a couple more stanzas.

Don't mean to come down on you by any means, my honesty signifies my respect for you & your critique message.

Take care.
Brian

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Bill Charles
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11 posted 2004-04-24 09:27 PM


Aenimal - well written, I'm understanding these words, great write...

BC

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12 posted 2004-04-24 11:01 PM


I like it.

All words are by necessity cliches -- else we couldn't understand them -- I don't have a problem with a cliched phrase if it's couched in something appropriate.. in the world there is after all - only carbohydrates, fat, and protein.

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13 posted 2004-04-24 11:56 PM


It's so good to see you writing again, R.

I'm emailing you a question on this piece...so watch out for it k?

Hugs...this is good writing, hon.

K

Aenimal
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14 posted 2004-04-25 03:58 AM


Thanks everyone


brian, why use words? Simple.
While we shared an understanding in the silence, you did not.
Were these words directed at her alone, i'd agree it seems hypocritical using words to convey something already understood between us. But the poem was written to a broader audience and the only way to convey private emotions is with words.
Cliched? Perhaps. Short? It was long enough for me to say what had to be said

I do appreciate your take and always welcome your thoughts and critique

passing shadows
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15 posted 2004-04-25 04:33 AM


so true
Kaoru
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16 posted 2004-04-25 06:23 AM


Raph, you're amazing..
Susan Caldwell
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17 posted 2004-04-27 04:15 PM


Well...Meg got that right.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

Juju
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18 posted 2004-04-27 04:46 PM


I put cliche's in my poetry occasionly to capture the reader.  It is ok in the right ways. My friend wrote about "oh how do I love thee" how a great poem of beauty became a cliche. The poem was a poem of cliches, but she put it together in a original way. Truthfully as long as the intent is origanal than its ok. I liked it.

Juju

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19 posted 2004-04-27 05:39 PM


My heart is just breaking all over the place today...


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20 posted 2004-04-27 06:30 PM


enjoyed
Corinne
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21 posted 2004-04-27 07:00 PM


Like the way you leave this in the end, Aenimal!


Corinne

Aenimal
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22 posted 2004-04-28 11:23 AM


Thanks for the kind replies everyone
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