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splashMeadow Junior Member
since 2011-06-09
Posts 20UK |
Curves I believe in curves, their mystery and their elegance. The curve of a hand tightly coupled to another – two lovers cupped together in sleep. The delicious swollen curve of fleshy fruit; a juicy mango, or a peach. The perfect circle of red sun that melts into the west, rising orange in the east. Curves that bend me to my task in concentration as the hours tumble past. The curve of words emerging from the pen or rolling lightly off the tongue along the curved path I follow to catch up with the minutes drawn endlessly around the rim of every clock; I cannot stop, but I can think around my failures become a colour on the rainbow, the skin of a bubble. Oh! The redemption of curves that return me when I falter, when I wander off course. For I believe in curves their mystery and their elegance; their voluptuous forever. --------------------------------- "Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose." Longfellow |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Wow...I'm liking your take on curves as well... Welcome to Passions! Please, check your email for a Very Special Greeting!! "The business of the poet...is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things." Thomas Hardy |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
OH, I like a lot of these lines. Especially the skin of a bubble. Well done Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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splashMeadow Junior Member
since 2011-06-09
Posts 20UK |
Hi Sunshine, Huge thanks for the delightful postcard  and for your lovely comments. |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Spicy fruity write. Enjoyed the curves in this... 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. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You're very welcome. Enjoy Passions...it is THE place to be!  |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Good to see that you finally posted here, J/Splash An excellent choice, a poem that I don't think I have seen of yours. This one is special, as it reflects my basic philosophy of life, that everything is a circle, an encompassed space, that only the physical properties of a curve can capture like you.. "I believe in curves, their mystery and their elegance." The radius of the circle in the poem is clearly defined, marked on its perimeter by key words that connect the first stanza to the last.. By definition...A perfect circle of poetic thought. "believe, lovers cupped, swollen, melts, bend, emerging, rainbow, redemption," and back to " believe" The lines of this poem are curved, although they are lineal on the paper. From the first to last lines, it is one big circle of thought... I love what it says, and the way it is written.. An effective poem...with hidden concreteness. Thank you for posting it. "Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." |
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Nicole Senior Member
since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835Florida |
It is nice to see you posting a poem; I enjoyed it very much. I liked how reading it felt like riding through a curved country road. Very enjoyable. |
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splashMeadow Junior Member
since 2011-06-09
Posts 20UK |
Pilgrimage - So pleased you liked it, thanks for reading. JL -  Thanks for readingNicole - thank you for your encouragement. ice - your comments have given me some wonderful ideas for another poem on the subject of "the full circle". Pleased you enjoyed the poem and sooo many thanks for the great reply! |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I saw this poem earlier in the day and was going to get back to it, but things came up and I flat out forgot. But here I am now that your presence on my page reminded me. Curves is apparent everywhere for the most part. Arc's and curves seem to dominate our world, even the wor5ld itself is a continuous curve meeting itself somewhere along the equator I guess. Enjoyed the poem. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
splash, if our poets are good for anything, it is that we encourage one another and always open new possibilities in mindset. Looking forward to your next poem. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I like this and curves...James |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
muy cool..welcome to the blue zoo |
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