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bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

0 posted 2010-08-19 11:58 AM

as always, I am devasted
by that shade of blue,

something so fragile,
the lilies slippery and wild,
dwell in the Summer's drift of days,

and the one stunning syllable
my mouth craves is coaxed from the cut on my lip,

cut on a hooked color, blue
as a crucifix of shadows gathered hastily
at your feet,in a basket, sealed
upon an ethos of forgiveness,

I smother your whispers
before they reach me
in clutches of clover,ptarmigan and shrike,
barbed at the base of my spine,

hold me down, I pray,
sweet as nightengales burning in their clocktower,
your hands haul the bells of the hours that haunt,

and every morning I am fresh oyster, prised,
and love is this terrible river, screaming
through my body, blue as oblivion. forever.
but slow, burns my desire,

an eternity, this prison,
this flesh, all porcelain,
that could have known a pain less bitter,

there's a tinkling in our tarantella,
as you bathe my soul in oil pastels,
touch the chords of the glass marimba
with charcoal fingertips,

atremor, a darker blue cascade
rushing into a long cry, rising
in tangles of silver and tinsel,
something so fragile,

the lilies now slippery and wild
when I sleep with fists clenched,
and wake upon our crucifix,
inky palms all blue and mericless.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2010-08-19 01:17 PM

your way with words Belle, is amazing.... for the images you paint and the layers you weave within all you offer the reader..

truly, always a pleasure to read you...

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2010-08-19 05:03 PM

quote:
a tremor, a darker blue cascade
rushing into a long cry, rising
in tangles of silver and tinsel,
something so fragile

Awesome imagery! I get carried away.

Love,
Margherita

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2010-08-19 09:18 PM

Beautiful contrasts, so striking and yet so softly done.

Love the mix!!

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

4 posted 2010-08-20 08:06 AM

Thanks, Chief~ <3

Margherita~ thanks so much for letting me carry you away!

Blues~~thank you kindly~

xoxoxoxoxox

brian thomas madden
Junior Member

since 2010-07-08

Posts 32
Ireland (between an ocean and a rock)

5 posted 2010-08-22 05:58 PM

Damn....... I am speechless...This is a beautiful and stunning write. Amazing imagery as always.

easy1
Senior Member

since 2010-05-22

Posts 1209
Southeastern USA

6 posted 2010-08-22 08:45 PM

Very good. I begin to understand a little more about your letting the reader find the connections. No matter how abstract, I do believe poetry needs connections to the real.

Love the sky description here, and the skillfully employed synesthesia, too, of course.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2010-08-22 09:16 PM

Your words flow in sensuality...James

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

8 posted 2010-08-23 07:13 AM

Mr. Madden~

easy1~

& James~

Thank you all so much for reading my poem!

~love & light

Sunkissed
Senior Member

since 2002-12-03

Posts 610

9 posted 2010-08-23 10:59 AM

Wow, Belle, your poetry is exquisite! I'll have to catch up on your writings as well.

Enjoyed!

~Sunkissed

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

10 posted 2010-08-23 11:08 AM

You created some magic for my morning. Breathtaking.

Alison

Amaryllis
Senior Member

since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

11 posted 2010-08-23 12:40 PM

This is truly very gorgeous writing, Bel1e...

~Amaryllis

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

12 posted 2010-08-23 01:26 PM

Sunkissed, Alison & Amaryllis ~~

Thank you all for such warm replies to my lunacy

~*~*~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

13 posted 2010-08-23 11:41 PM

O...

that blue.

Beautiful.

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

14 posted 2010-08-24 06:58 AM

just taking another read...
and passing through

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

15 posted 2010-08-24 08:05 AM

Hey Sunshine~

Thanks for stopping in to read~

~*~**~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

16 posted 2010-08-24 08:05 AM

Thanks for the re-read, Chief~

xoxoxox

brian thomas madden
Junior Member

since 2010-07-08

Posts 32
Ireland (between an ocean and a rock)

17 posted 2010-08-24 05:43 PM

no need for the Mr Madden. You can call me Brian if you want

rosepetals36
Member

since 2010-07-09

Posts 137
Pa

18 posted 2010-08-26 10:20 AM

Wow. This is wonderful

-- Used to be rosepetals25 :) I never know what to say when I reply to a poem, so ignore the lameness!

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