Open Poetry #47 |
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Doe, A Deer |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
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Every night the reindeer gape in the cellar window. Slenderly. legs flicker past the lights, hooves like cloves in soft dirt, antlers hung like candelabra, a matter of faith. I can’t explain the blood--- it’s just there sometimes, as flowers blossom inside me, vivid Rorschachs I might come to believe in, all’s fair, afterall--- though it will never be enough, simply to love, no, better to cleave the silver blade to its quiver and bathe in the body’s hungers, as in sunlight, for on the first day: true love sends a shushed blue-lit hour, and mouthfuls of mud, of Armagnac. The sleigh is the absolute rhapsody, the very last word in lunging an epee plunging from a gloved fist, cringe, the reindeer confuse weeping for wind, acorns for bells, and croon on Christmas morn, for something, something is begun. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
THIS is mournful, delightful, fantastic writing, uh, did I say mournful? I did? Said it again. Pure poetry. Pure, PURE poetry!!!!! The pic ain't bad either for an old man's eyes. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Belle, Belle, Belle...what would we do without you... and back in time for a Happy New Year, Deer Doe... ![]() ![]() p.s. - don't stay away so long! |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Mr. Pat! (((Thank you))) for being so kind...this is the first thing I have written in so very long....and yes...mournful...I do mournful much better than I do elation..methinks. Thank you again! XOXO |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Sunshine~ your embraces are always so welcoming ~*~*~ (((thank you))~ I am hoping to hone up my writing skills...so I am hoping I have enough in me...to share for awhile. Have a blessed 2012, dear one~*~ |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
Beautiful and evocative, as is your style...it's been a long time since I've read your words; very nice to see you here. ![]() |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
quote:Those words are not fair at all when you use them... but that's what I always admired in you, the little twist you give... everything. Beautifully done, but of course you know that. Michael |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
The words of this poem leave a fine wine taste in my mouth; Like what happens after I read Other romantic poets.. Like the finish of Chilean Merlot After reading Neruda. |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Nicole, thanks so much...It's good to be here! Thanx for reading! |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Michael, thank you for the kind words ![]() |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Ice....your reply is more poetic than the poem deserves....to be compared to a fine merlot....is lovely....to be in the same sentence as Neruda? Well that's just sinful ![]() |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Beautiful, my friend, and the photo is awesome...perfectly lit. j. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
wonderful, loved every word. Love is the life of the soul... |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Great stuff girlie! (and how lame that sounds compared to all the elequent comments) Great to read you again. Lori ![]() |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
J~ Thanks for checking this out.... |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Tracie & Lori, thank you both for dropping in to read this ![]() |
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Alison![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I am always so thrilled to read your poetry and find that it really consumes my thoughts. I read this the other day - yesterday? I don't remember when - and have been thinking of it since. I could collect your poems very easily. Love 'em. A |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
babybel1e...goes I will apply for doe tags this year..somehow the bucks just don't seem as appealing..enjoyed it ms |
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Paul Wilson![]() ![]()
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Baby Girl...You say you haven't written in a while, so I just wanted to tell you you haven't lost a beat. This is some good stuff. I like you would rather write mournful instead of elation. Great read...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I don't know which parts I love the most...it all blends so beautifully. Happy New Year! M |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Hey Alison~ thanks so much for the kind words~*~ |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
LOL~~~ daddy~~~you mean you're just realizing that now? no way! ((((Thanks for the eyes, dark one))) ~ XOXO Happy 2012! |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Paul~ Thank you so much for the encouragement~*~ Happy 2012 |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
M~ thank you for the kind review~ ~a blessed 2012 to you as well~*~* |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Bewitching, mesmerising - and oh, that last stanza especially "the reindeer confuse weeping for wind" and "acorns for bells" and "for something, something is begun." Owl |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
Owl, Again, your presence here warms me...and so you know...you are only encouraging me to further lunacy! LOL Happy 2012! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oh, thank goodness for that! You know, I tried sanity for half an hour once, but it drove me insane, so I like lunacy - and I think one has to be at least a bit loony to live the highs that good poetry brings/needs for its creation. Happy New Year to you too - and yes for the rest of the year as well! Owl |
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