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gemjop
Member Elite

since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

0 posted 2005-08-13 10:14 PM

Wail of harmonica
between his parted lips
is a forgotten shade of rust

that match the eyes
of beholder

watching you

and in his eyeline
a persuasive horizon,

you still taper out of proportion
sucking in what hangs
puffing out breast bones.

There

open as the exit
that gapes for their arrival
his honey tones sing
in between the cigarette spirals

he thinks you,

skin like winter
with your bone portruding

are smiling
as you growl raspy
for empty glasses

he will stain your fingers
if he becomes your wedding band

he will clog your pores
an unhealthy citrus
of remaining rust.

froggy
Senior Member

since 2003-06-23

Posts 1893
Michigan

1 posted 2005-08-14 01:38 AM

I like this. Quite sure lots of people
have had the same feelings.
Enjoyed the read.

:-)

<^^> Today the pond....Tomorrow the world

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

2 posted 2005-08-14 01:57 AM

Hi there gempop, and boy did I enjoy reading this one!! I've worked onstage with a few blues harmonica players, and ya just gotta watch out for those guys!!! HA!!! Loved the feel of this one, and I guess it had special meaning after all those years of dealing with male musicians, so thank you for this....~S~

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life

ctowen
Member Elite

since 2001-10-18

Posts 2286
Green Mountains of VT

3 posted 2005-08-14 02:16 AM

standing at the outskirts of drama ....
just enjoying the music of my soul

CT

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

4 posted 2005-08-14 04:08 AM

gemjop...I envisioned a smoke filled room with an old black man playing the blues on his harmonica, taking turns sucking on a smoke and drinking cheap booze just trying too forget the past...Paul

Oh I really enjoyed the poem also...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

5 posted 2005-08-14 05:47 AM

Hey Gem,

it's sooooo good to read you, there are so many great lines here, to mention would mean copying and pasting nearly the whole poem...

a

I've missed you

M

~i want for myself your trembling~

Ceinwyn
Member Elite

since 2000-07-09

Posts 2175
VA

6 posted 2005-08-14 09:29 AM

Good to see your words again!! this was I can't come up with the right word...okay how about this

that works for me, how about you!?

If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried.

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

7 posted 2005-08-14 11:30 AM

this reminded me, strangely, of your inner voice, your guide, you know? That voice that tells you NOT to do something when you purposely IGNORE it, doing your own thing, later regretting it of course.

he will stain your fingers
if he becomes your wedding band

RUST . . .

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

8 posted 2005-08-14 05:32 PM

If I misinterpret this, please forgive me. My view is slightly biased as I married a harmonica player.

But grinning, because...well, it's like you know us.

Have missed you gemma, and this one was a slow train comin'.

Kaoru

Member Elite

since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

9 posted 2005-08-15 06:03 PM

you're amazing

shades of paul
Member

since 2005-12-14

Posts 370
In Reality

10 posted 2005-12-14 10:10 AM

love the poetry ...paul

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