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bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

0 posted 2012-01-25 07:28 AM

I wish you red,
given what gift
riven from the rouge of kisses
soaked in dream wreckage,

we've no memory of this,
just faith to taste
the florid praries of silence,

you are still my miracle

like a tulip in a black peat bed,
I wish you red, the radiance
of the seconds we've pinched from eternity,

in the anisette hours of ennui,
struggling to be one of body as of heart,
dreaming in heaps of moist roses,

it isn't love if it's incendiary,
it isn't love if it leaves traces

on the skin, a mosaic
of tiny bones shift, a bit
in the heart,given,

what loves, loves to ravish,
lose consciousness, and forget
as it flickers upon the face of beauty,

and is nothing more than a canvas,
open, empty to the hope we covet
in the cantos and chanterelles of owls,

there's love in the fiery river,
there's love in the furious house

and in the hues tulips shed,
candled in earth,

my faith stills, at last,
heaving all of these minuets
into 20 years of wild, red birds.

[This message has been edited by bel1e (01-25-2012 09:20 AM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-01-25 07:57 AM

Deep. Deeply moving. Complex. All of that and more. You don't write poems, Baby Girl, you use the printers inkwell to splash your people and your smells and your inner sanctum onto an unwary, perhaps jaded public. I loved every word, comma, and period of this angst to the nth.

~*~ I gave up feeling guilty just to survive a long time ago ~*~

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

2 posted 2012-01-25 08:14 AM

Jerry~~~

(((thank you))) for the equally moving reply...and for being open to what in me, spills~*~*~

XOXO

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

3 posted 2012-01-25 09:10 AM

“and is nothing more than a canvas,
open, empty to the hope we covet
in the chanterelles and cantos of owls,
---
in the anisette hours of ennui,
struggling to be one of body as of heart,
dreaming in heaps of moist roses,
---
my faith stills, at last,
heaving all of these Minutes
into 20 years of wild, red birds.”

Gosh, this is a lovely way of speaking.
Pure genius in thought, very deep and
captivating in your choice of wording.
Very much enjoyed this poetry of yours.
Home run, BG!!

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
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

4 posted 2012-01-25 09:16 AM

Hey JL~

Thank you for the encouragement, luv~*~

XOXO

Michael

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since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

5 posted 2012-01-25 11:23 AM

"The anisette hours of ennui"
"It isn't love if it's incendiary"

Great lines. Love can be the ultimate pleasure... A satisfaction deeper than the flesh. Luckily, though, it usually comes with the fleshly rewards anyhow.

Great write.

Michael

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

6 posted 2012-01-25 12:49 PM

Hey Michael~

& thank goodness it does! LOL This is absolutely a tribute to love...in all its facets...and hungers...and what is wrought over 20 years of marriage...

Thanks for checking it out, Michael!

tracie66
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since 2000-01-18

Posts 4713
Australia

7 posted 2012-01-26 12:49 PM

another fine write dear Belle, loved every line, it's a captivating & inspiring piece - well done!

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Amaryllis
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since 2010-05-20

Posts 1306
Mi now

8 posted 2012-01-26 12:57 PM

Beautiful, beautiful....I am touched, and your elaborate brocade adorns the subject so perfectly, Bel1e. Nice one!

Amaryllis

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

9 posted 2012-01-26 06:12 AM

tracie~*~

thanks so much for checking this out~*~

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

10 posted 2012-01-26 06:12 AM

A~

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed this~*~

ebonygirl
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since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

11 posted 2012-01-26 05:47 PM

OMG, Bel, can one say so lovely, words of love.
"...you are still my miracle", Loved that!
Ms. E

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

12 posted 2012-01-26 05:58 PM

Hey~~thanks so much, Ms E~*~*

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

13 posted 2012-01-31 11:05 PM

A pleasure to read...James

bel1e
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since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

14 posted 2012-02-01 05:46 AM

Thanks so much, James!

Dark Stranger
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since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

15 posted 2012-02-01 06:20 AM

MsBBBel1e...the devices we solicit to keep the pieces filled beyond stetching, when it is only the ache afterwards that brings us comfort...pleasure vs comfort?

Nicole
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since 1999-06-23

Posts 1835
Florida

16 posted 2012-02-01 06:44 AM

my faith stills, at last,
heaving all of these minuets
into 20 years of wild, red birds.

Oh goodness...

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

17 posted 2012-02-01 08:03 AM

your writing is supurb...really love reading you...excellent!!!!

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

18 posted 2012-02-01 08:29 AM

you are still my miracle

And that says so much... when day after chaos or drudgery filled day is done. *S* I really liked this! *S*

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

19 posted 2012-02-01 09:54 AM

quote:
what loves, loves to ravish,
lose consciousness, and forget
as it flickers upon the face of beauty

Your words form a highway in the skies ... they lift us into the freedom and bliss of art.

Margherita

luminosity
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since 2005-11-18

Posts 813

20 posted 2012-02-01 06:48 PM

I wish I were as complex as you, and could convey it onto a page even half as well as you have done...this is a wonderful read each verse a complex nugget to decipher and enjoy

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

21 posted 2012-02-02 06:02 AM

Thank you all so much for the wonderful replies to my lunacy~*~*~*~

XOXO

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

22 posted 2013-03-14 12:49 PM

Reading this is pleasure...one more ride to the top...James

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

23 posted 2013-03-15 12:14 PM

Awesome!

j.

Lighthousebob
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since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

24 posted 2013-03-15 05:26 PM

Whewph! What great mind candy! Enjoyed!

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

25 posted 2013-03-15 09:21 PM

You are truly an artist, and it is good to read you again!

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