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AncientHippie Member
since 2009-10-15
Posts 411Surfing the Cosmic Flow |
This is from my "Anger in the Street" series. The Library was her refuge: through her thick lenses she travelled far beyond these sordid streets. She lunched with Byron and Yeats, held off dervishes with Gordon. She was a true Bene Gesserit, a Reverend Mother of some note. In the litter planted park the Ten cursed and fought, discussing, monosyllabic, the direction the evening should take. Their oversized clothing, with uniform drabness, prompted visions of children playing dress-up in the rainy-day attic of a kinder world. They surrounded and devoured her with their contrived anger. Broken glasses, scattered books, ripped pages, lay mute in the mud. Her broken body was serene and regal: somewhen the Sisterhood mourned the passing of a respected colleague, and, at the siege of Khartoum, Gordon fought on, alone. Sutra 2: Reflection is not solely that which we see in the mirror of Now, but is also the contemplation of why that image is. |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
AH a saturday evening post of ghosts in black and white. A pleasure to look in and then look away. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
AH- It is so like a wreck, you can't help but look. You know I like your view of the dirt.~L |
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GBride Senior Member
since 2009-07-02
Posts 538 |
What a mind you have!!! I,m jealous!!! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
enjoyed to read and share this poem and its images and persons. regards yann |
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AncientHippie Member
since 2009-10-15
Posts 411Surfing the Cosmic Flow |
Dark Stranger, Lori, GBride, and 2islander2: Many thanks for your kind remarks. This piece is one from my series "Anger in the Street." I consider each poem in the series a black ant white snapshot of the cold reality of the Street. Very astute, DS and Lori. Namaste Sutra 3: See your reality for what it is, not for what you think it is: this is the first step to making your reality what you wish it to be. |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Very powerful write... welcome to Passions! |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
A powerful picture of a very stark reality. Well done, and by the way, welcome to Passions. I am really enjoying your work. |
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martiniat8 Senior Member
since 2003-06-21
Posts 897Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Amazing write, And Gordan fights on... Alone |
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AncientHippie Member
since 2009-10-15
Posts 411Surfing the Cosmic Flow |
Suthern: Thank you. I feel that, in Passions, I have found my way home. Mysteria: So very glad to be here. Thank you so much. Martiniat8: Pleased and honoured that you enjoyed this work. Thank you. Namaste Jim Sutra 6: If your Path seems to be sprinkled with shards of glass, you should examine each shard to ensure it is not a diamond. |
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