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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050
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How do you kiss someone on the other side, of Wednesday? How do you hug them, with an ocean of clocks? How do you arouse someone with stars, carved out of honey? How do you make love if all your wishes cannot swim? Promise has no compass, in a heart that lost its shoes, and fondness is a flame of apples in the bark of sky. The windows cannot open, if the west is raining dreamers. And touch will sink in currents if the mouth, spits out the cork. The wind becomes my breath on you on days, without a god. My sunshine licks your skin and spanks you, till you blush and cry. My lightning makes you wet with fingers, from a homeless heaven. My darkness shows you throbbing you can see, with both your hands; as songs don't love you if you're deaf, unless you eat their sounds. Meet me in that slice of time of mouths, before they kiss. Bend my light inside your prism, blending us with color. Why is all my death in such a hurry, just to live? Why do poets reach for love they know, they'll never have? |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
I see this poem in a prism of color that moves to each word you write and each question you ask. I love this poem. I am keeping it. xoxoxo Alison |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Alison, no wonder it doesn't make sense, I'm color blind :P Thanks so much sweetie!  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Every thought can stand alone and the above is my favorite. Why do Poets ? Indeed ! I hope muses do not obey to the laws of physics! This is great, dear Richy! Love, Margherita |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Thank you so much Margherita. You're the best! Richard xx |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
i too love this berry berry berry much |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Ah.. an impressionistic painting with words, in your own indelible style- never stop! Only those of us who deeply love language can truly understand. =) |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Thank you Helen, and I, you too, berry, berry much Dear Amaryllis, now if I only I can understand it, then that would make two of us :P Thanks again you two! Richard xx |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
How do you kiss someone on the other side, of Wednesday? How do you hug them, with an ocean of clocks? extraordinary verses, a magnificent inspiration, I am hypnotized by your poem....thanks a lot yann |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Richy, you make me laugh!  I once wrote a poem in a similar style.. didn`t make `sense` (in a linear way).. but I was just having a ball playing with words/sounds/ideas-! (it was entertaining watching my friends try to `get` it, heh).. but it wasn`t to be gotten.. just.. enjoyed. That, my friend, is what I understand! Be well! ~Amaryllis |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Yann, thank you so much friend, I so appreciate that! Amaryllis, my poetry is basically, vord vomit lol, these thoughts in my head just kind of spill out of my pen, I mean I understand what it means to me, whether or not anyone else gets it, is all a matter of their own life's experiences I suppose. It's kind of like a sunrise to a blind man, he might not be able to see it, but, he can still feel it yes? I'm glad, you, get it. Richard xx |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Hi, Richy. I always enjoy trailing down your words but as for "Why do poets reach for love they know, they'll never have" it's probably because they know (but don't know) that they already have it. Make sense? No, probably not. Helen |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Richy, your poetry just gets better and better! I so like the contrast of imagery and feeling in this...as cockeyed as love seems to be. We always seek the adventure to keep the intensity of love alive, and with adventure there is usually a mystery and a challenge. But your imaginative touch here is unique and I like it a lot! Karen |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Helen, how nice to hear from you! Yes Honeybunch it makes total sense to me, I’m good at having things that I don’t even realize lol. Thanks so much for your kind comments.! Karen! How are you? Basically, I’m just addicted to being in love, at least in my mind right? Whether or not I ever find, what I’m looking for, that’s a whole different story ha. But it does make for an endless muse doesn’t it? Thank you dear, I really appreciate your sentiments! Richard xo |
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