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inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392
Ohio

0 posted 2005-12-29 08:16 PM



  
I miss the moons
you hand picked for me
and the born again stars
you'd scatter stratetically,
the eye of the poet
placing them
between branch and eternity,

now the night speaks in monotone;
starless and moonless,
the rainbows, stay locked
in a box of grey metal,
while the torrid affair of us
chills with the sunsets  
that no longer warm up
the ocean view;

and i long
for the alphabet soup
you once cooked,
the mix of the dirty and pillowtalk
between the dead sheets we would heat,
without the guise of forever
that much of the lonely ones seek,

the moons pass,
but yet,
i still miss me and you,

and o how the heart
screams your name
out loud, since
you've dazzled
your skyshow
in her eyes for now.


[This message has been edited by inkedgoddess (12-31-2005 11:07 PM).]

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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688
Waukegan
1 posted 2005-12-29 08:28 PM



I frankly suspect you were the real poet
all along, penning your colors upon the scenes.

John

coyote
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since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077

2 posted 2005-12-29 08:53 PM


I LOVE it!

Billy 8)

"Only the dead, have seen the end of war."
Plato

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348
Florida
3 posted 2005-12-30 09:09 AM


A poetic plea of longing well done.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

4 posted 2005-12-30 10:11 AM


But I love torchsongs...



Here's one I sing a lot:

"What do I do
when you
are far a-way
and I'm so blue--
what do I do?"

So simple, the above is, and yet, you are right that yours is not like that--the complexities are like the netting that holds the stars on your backdrop.

I'd love to hear you sing. You're lovely yanno.

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392
Ohio
5 posted 2005-12-30 11:07 AM


thanks kids,
and it actually IS a torch song, serene
shh.....i just didnt want this one (cause he comes on to read me )to know
how deep he went in.
o well.............

The Lady
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634
The Southwest
6 posted 2005-12-30 03:54 PM




A magnficient torch song....

"I miss the moons
you hand picked for me
and the born again stars
you'd scatter stratetically,"

I think they always know how deep...

Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
7 posted 2005-12-30 03:56 PM



Michele?

One of your best, ever.



and libraried...

with a very soft light of moonglow...


littlewing
Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655
New York
8 posted 2005-12-31 02:58 AM


you know Michele, if I didn't know better I would think you studied with all the great beats, right there in Jersey . . .

I know you study with Mother Nature already.

I adore this song of yours:

and i long
for the alphabet soup
you once cooked,
the mix of the dirty and pillowtalk
between the dead sheets we would heat,
without the guise of forever
that much of the lonely ones seek,


bklynboy
Senior Member
since 2002-12-15
Posts 660
florida
9 posted 2005-12-31 02:07 PM


Its a keeper! Nice job
gemjop
Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA
10 posted 2005-12-31 11:01 PM


the mix of the dirty and pillowtalk
between the dead sheets we would heat,
without the guise of forever

You said it ALL.

Into my library.

ice
Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404
Pennsylvania
11 posted 2006-01-01 04:49 AM


­Reaching to touch
Herself inside:
Remembering
Some loves artist-
His slight of hand-
Smoke and mirrors
She saw as honest,
Some Houdini
That tricked her out in chains--

She wore rainbow-rose glasses,
Locked inside a grey metal box.

Wronged, but still she pines
Aching inside
As his moon
Passes through new phase--

All people feel the same,
When mood is lonely.

­­
­

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200
Between the Lines
12 posted 2006-01-01 09:04 AM


this is truly  one of the best I have read and  I love the response of ice...

saving both~~ for inspiration

Happy New Year Michele

Maureen

Dominique-Simone
Senior Member
since 2005-11-12
Posts 643

13 posted 2006-01-01 06:36 PM


This really captures a moment
iliana
Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434
USA
14 posted 2006-01-02 02:03 AM


Not a torchsong, lol.  Seriously, one of the most beautiful ones I've heard, oh Inked One!  Happy 2006!   ....jo
Aenimal
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350
the ass-end of space
15 posted 2006-01-02 02:26 AM


better and better with each write, awesome mishy
Dark Stranger
Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631
West Coast
16 posted 2006-01-02 09:58 AM


reading you
when you sway your woman
at the edge of suggestions
stirs the oceans of my mind

he is lucky


RSWells
Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533

17 posted 2006-01-04 01:30 PM


This is well written.
LeeJ
Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296

18 posted 2006-01-04 01:43 PM


geeze, I tried to highlight the part I liked best, but the entire poem was absolutely magnificant reading...well done, yes indeedy, a profound read!
playing.with.crayons
Member
since 2006-01-02
Posts 362
Neverland
19 posted 2006-01-05 07:08 AM


i must say I agree. I went to highlight a phrase i liked and just kept on going...
very well written, I can just feel the longing coming from the page...
always, xx

farewell the ash-tray girl

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