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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now 
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Driving along the interstate so many years and realizations ago before life`s roulette wheel bounced me spinning to the western shoulder of America I recall an overpass blazoned with the words `Shaney I love you!` in lurid crimson against the old concrete as I flashed beneath and wondered at that.. at the force of love in any human breast which had not laid it`s magnetic hand yet upon my own.. what was this power, enough to bring it to this who was he and what of the need to honor his girl this way not content with cards or roses perhaps he could not afford these yet could afford to dangle by his toes upside down above the roaring death below to mark this earth with his heart, his art a talent for writing inverse exhilerant, triumphant and did he lift the paint from the local hardware steal through the aisles slick as a tomcat to find just the perfect shade of passion`s cinnamon, for once the risk so worth it not money, gold or electronica but paint today for his most important task? And it has stayed with me upon my concrete heart, where nicks and cracks disclose the years so well.. fading now but always there to tell it`s story. . . .*edit: Of course I do not truly like, condone or uphold graffiti in actuality.. it is defacement.. just was attempting to speak of a snapshot in time and the epiphanies they may bring..  |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Amaryllis, your thoughts so beautifully rendered in this captivating poem make us all feel a little bit less guilty for having written or engraved the intensity of our feelings for another at some time in our lives. Graffiti in itself is even considered an art now, but of course the scribbles upon monuments are intolerable... As always you offer depth and beauty to your readers, dear Amaryllis. Great work. Love, Margherita |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I suppose that for the poets here, the markings we leave are much like that young man you write of.. granted not on overpass or even always about the love of another, but... for reasons so important to us that the right shades of color are found in words or phrase..painted while we hang upside down in the world at times. I love this piece poet, but I suppose too one could expect the conversational and introspective style to appeal to me Truth is not everyone can pull it off and still have the poetic or the depths. You have both here.. and I truly enjoyed the memory... |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
You're on a roll, Amaryllis. Some really good poems from you lately. Ida |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Thank you, Margherita, Cpat and Ida.. you are too kind! ~Amaryllis |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
Graffiti has always been here and always will. A declaration of love like that, on some lonely overpass just doesn't bother me in the least. That's how this all started, with some graffiti, or pictures, of life and animals inside some caves. That's when we realized how important it was to share our thoughts, permanently with others. Just like your's here, with us. Beautiful my friend. Richard xx |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
oooo~ I love this...it's endearing...and I will have to admit...growing up on NY's upper west side...tagging up the wall or subway car was almost like a rite of passage [sheepish grin]~*~* |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ah, Amaryllis... Reading you is like reading a Norman Rockwell painting. You present snippets of life in such an uncluttered and fresh style they tug at the heartstrings and memories of anyone who reads. I find myself in awe at some of the descriptive phrasing you use.. before life`s roulette wheel bounced me spinning to the western shoulder of America Does it get any better than that? I don't think so. For those who complain there is nothing to write about, you show that there always is. I have become an avid fan of yours |
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Amaryllis Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306Mi now |
Thank you, Richy.. I suppose I sounded like a bit of a stodge maybe.. truly many of the grffiti artworks are gorgeous and even obviously talented.. I romanticized it a little here in this piece, at any rate  Thank you for your kind words and support! . Bel1e, thank you also! Goes to show the messages to the public do get noticed, as intended.. I wonder if Shaney ever saw it, and if she knows there is now a poem about it.. heh! This statement was in such a particularly dangerous place.. yet he chose his heart to write, instead of profanity.. I was touched. Thanks for your comments and support . Thank you, Balladeer, for stopping by, and for your kind comment of my scribble-scratch.. it sure means a lot to me! Great to `see` you again here on poetry #46! Best to all.. Amaryllis |
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