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hoot_owl_rn
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0 posted 2008-01-20 10:19 PM


In Perfect Harmony

your fingers
strum across my back
tweaking sinew and flesh
like strings
on a violin

they practice
their fingering
     (practice makes perfect)
bridging waist to flit
effortlessly upon navel
before striking lower chords

I am your instrument
     a concerto
for your ears only

I am reed
and wind
and string
     toneless
save for in your hands
where strummed by fingers -
given breath

I’m treble
and base
scaled then paused -
a symphony
awaiting your encore

[This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (01-20-2008 11:05 PM).]

© Copyright 2008 Ruth Kephart - All Rights Reserved
Kit McCallum
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1 posted 2008-01-20 10:39 PM


Oh my ... that's beautiful Ruth.

It's lovely to read you!  This poem is like music to my eyes and mind ... wonderful and flowing.

Best wishes and hugs,
/Kit

TomMark
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since 2007-07-27
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2 posted 2008-01-21 12:12 PM


beautiful poem as always beautiful poem.
very elegant!
enjoyed

Tom

Bobby Jordan
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3 posted 2008-01-21 09:14 AM


Hoot_owl_rn,

It's great to see your work here again.  This is very good.

I now post all my stuff at "Insights".  They keep deleating my posts here.

Bobby

Earth Angel
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4 posted 2008-01-21 10:01 AM


...and may the music forever play on!

Brava! A concerto written "In Perfect Harmony".

Beautifully scored!

Smiling here.


Linda

JamesMichael
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5 posted 2008-01-22 03:20 PM


Play on...James
Sunshine
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6 posted 2008-01-22 03:23 PM


I am reed
and wind
and string
     toneless
save for in your hands




Wow....

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
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Glen Hope, PA USA
7 posted 2008-01-22 09:17 PM


Dear friends thank you all so much for these comments
Ruth

I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29
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Sydney, Australia
8 posted 2008-01-23 05:40 AM


Ruth... you are simply devine!     love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

icequeen
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since 2001-12-09
Posts 633
FL USA
9 posted 2008-01-23 06:53 PM


Hootie - this one is a Hottie! Whew!!!
You always could light the fire on the page, girl. This is just beautiful, love the imagery and the flow of it. So good to read you again, too!

~Caroline~

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