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bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

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0 posted 2012-01-10 10:34 AM

For My Love, On Christmas Eve*

Night
folds me like a doll
into a dress,

somewhere, love
forms a hole so endless,
it echoes,

the heart is a bright red birdhouse,
a dovecote, cloven
a broken key,

Christmas eve,
and I still know all the words
for grace, for kisses

beneath the mistletoe,
I drown in yards and yards
of golden tulle, fall

in and out of focus,
my tongue a trinket,
a chocolate bauble,

a nuance of the flesh,
tonight, I’ve hooves,
snow white and trembling

to let go the balloon hidden
beneath my hoopskirt,
mostly, I just spin

languorously, play
the spoons while the bones
are picked clean,

there’s a rope
in my throat,
in case of fire,

a martyr, a failing clock,
and I’ve been hiding
in the cloak room for days

among dark coats,
the floorboards creak,
another fire hazard, I’m sure,

the night seals me in softening,
seamless, this body inside the body,
untenable, the surge

then the swarm, it keeps
for days, in jars, wasps
in the joists of the floorboards,

drones in the blankets,
every hollow loosening to gold,
my body half, the whole

then half again, the hands
are vague, now
along the increment of miles,

I’ll name my daughters
after red constellations,
obscure, reservoir, bitterweed,

Christmas, really, is all in the wrist,
dumb luck, in a dark room,
fidgeting, it’s red rapture of barrettes,

ribbons and clothespins,
all that fastening, two
and two together,

now, it’s all wash tubs
and stolen pocket watches,
the poison boutonniere,

I’d send pigeons if I had any.

~In Chains
~Isabella La Rose,

* an epistolary poem

[This message has been edited by bel1e (01-10-2012 12:01 PM).]

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

1 posted 2012-01-10 10:50 AM

BBGirl..I always enjoy unwrapping your presence..

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

2 posted 2012-01-10 11:06 AM

~~as I enjoy your...tonguetwists~*~* LOL

Thanks for checking this one out, daddy~*~*~

XOXOX

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2012-01-10 11:14 AM

Haven't heard the phrase "cloak room" in many a year. I, like DS, enjoy your examination of yourself as you open the closet and cellar doors to your Id. You write well, very well.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

4 posted 2012-01-10 12:01 PM

Thanks so much, Jerry~~*~I'm drawn to just about anything vintage...including language...is there such a thing? vintage language? ha ha...you will find nuances like that in a lot of what I write...this poem is taken from a larger collection of epistolary poems I began to write a while back and it documents a love story between two star-crossed lovers...the setting post Cival War era...so you will see the references to vintage fashion as well

Thanks so much for taking a peek inside!

JL
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since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

5 posted 2012-01-10 03:37 PM

Is this the inner part
of a novel you are writing?
I enjoyed the read.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

6 posted 2012-01-10 03:54 PM

Hi JL~

It's not a novel at all...I began to write a series of epistolary poems as a writing project...and this is part of it...the poems appear in a vintage scrapbook that documents the torrid love affair of a young lady in the post civil war era....so it's kind of a combined writing and art project....

I would post pics of the scrapbook...but for the erotic visual content...LOL...so alas...it must remain in the imagination, for now!

Thanks for reading!
XOXO

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2012-01-10 05:48 PM

Like this...James

bel1e
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8 posted 2012-01-10 06:31 PM

Thanks, James!

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

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9 posted 2012-01-11 04:21 PM

Great writing... love the imagery.

Michael

bel1e
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10 posted 2012-01-11 09:46 PM

Thanks Michael!

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

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Eternity

11 posted 2012-01-12 06:27 PM

somewhere, love
forms a hole so endless,
it echoes,

You bring forth fantastic imagery and reading you is like sitting in the front row of a theatre where you are the performer.

Wondrous perceptions.

Margherita

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

12 posted 2012-01-12 06:40 PM

Ha ha, thanks for catching the show, Margherita!

ice
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since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

13 posted 2012-01-12 08:57 PM

You keep posting, and I'll keep reading....:-)

I really like this >

"The heart is a bright red birdhouse,
a dovecote, cloven
a broken key,"

And this... (very sensual)

"in and out of focus,
my tongue a trinket,
a chocolate bauble,"

"I’d send pigeons if I had any."

You don't have to, I get the messege.:-)

"an epistolary poem"

ok, I see now that this could be a letter.

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

14 posted 2012-01-12 10:54 PM

Ice-man...you are simply encouraging more lunacy! Thank you for that

yes, the poem is a letter...the entire series are love letters immersed in metaphor...and fantasy

They're a lot of fun to write...given the right...inspiration....

Thanks for putting up with me!

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

15 posted 2012-01-16 12:34 PM

ribbons and clothespins,
all that fastening, two
and two together,

now, it’s all wash tubs
and stolen pocket watches,
the poison boutonniere,

I liked it all very much, but especially these dreams to dust lines... excellent!!

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

16 posted 2012-01-16 06:39 AM

(((thank you))) suthern !!!!!

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

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California U.S.A

17 posted 2012-01-16 11:50 PM

Another wonderful poem, Bel, I hope the one you love appreciates your words.
Ms. E

OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

18 posted 2012-01-17 12:29 PM

As beautiful and fascinating as ever, Belle. Please, over time, post the whole series of epistles to/from/about this young lady of the post civil war era, preferably in order so that we can follow your magical project.

Owl

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

19 posted 2012-01-17 05:27 AM

Thanks Ms. E~*~*~

bel1e
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Posts 1631

20 posted 2012-01-17 05:32 AM

Owl~~~I have tons of these little poems in the scrapbook...and I will be sure to share more of them here on PIP...the only thing is that...since it is both a visual and poetic endeavor...they make more sense, I think when you read them in their original format...the handwriting-like fonts and the accompanying pictures in the scrapbook...but I will certainly post some of the stand-alone ones here like I did with this one. Thank you so much for the interest!

XOXO

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