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Kevin Taylor Member
since 1999-12-23
Posts 185near Vancouver, BC, Canada 
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. I have fallen while the stars of endless endless sucking skies have sucked me down And I have lain broken on the burning lawns of Hell fingers, arms, soul stretched to the point of nothing to catch a wind that sings and does not sigh with the souls of a million million soulless men And I have slept and dreamt of rising dreamt the cool nakedness of space beyond the shell of light that sucks me down And I have spent my fists with the soulless men against the blackened skies of Earth and the blazing incandescent trails of souls arriving and falling no further To dream this night of rising and the cool nakedness of space once more < !signature--> Kevin "Poetry is, at once, what you get... and how you got there." [This message has been edited by kevintaylor (edited 01-21-2000).] |
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Wendy Flora Member
since 2000-01-11
Posts 182Virginia |
My god this is beautiful! I've always loved the title word... Incandescent... lovely! I am curious to know if you have music in your head to this one...  -wen |
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poetry_kills Senior Member
since 1999-12-04
Posts 549new orleans |
i love it... the imagery is so vivid... i must confess a bias, however... the imagery used is much like that i use in some of my own poems... spectacular work kevin... sincerely, jerome the boy with no brain A savage place! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover! ~Coleridge |
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Kevin Taylor Member
since 1999-12-23
Posts 185near Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Music? no.. but I wish there was. I have a woooo.. spacey sort of a thing I can hear... If you want to hear the poem you could click this for streaming audio.. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/8066/poaudio/incandescent.ram or this to download.. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Bistro/8066/poaudio/incandescent.ra Kevin "Poetry is, at once, what you get... and how you got there." |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Kevin Its the imagery that makes this for me. forget the form, the meaning, even the flow .. the unusual and vivid descriptions grabbed my attention and held it; favourites: "stars of endless endless sucking skies" and i thought the repetition of "endless" carried over the line ending was masterful "burning lawns of Hell" "cool nakedness of space" "shell of light" "dream this night of rising" if I have one single grouse it might be the frequency of the word "soul", but that's probably just because I have a problem with understanding what soul is !!? sad eh .. lol Thanks Philip |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Kevin Its the imagery that makes this for me. forget the form, the meaning, even the flow .. the unusual and vivid descriptions grabbed my attention and held it; favourites: "stars of endless endless sucking skies" and i thought the repetition of "endless" carried over the line ending was masterful "burning lawns of Hell" "cool nakedness of space" "shell of light" "dream this night of rising" if I have one single grouse it might be the frequency of the word "soul", but that's probably just because I have a problem with understanding what soul is !!? sad eh .. lol Thanks Philip |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Kevin Its the imagery that makes this for me. forget the form, the meaning, even the flow .. the unusual and vivid descriptions grabbed my attention and held it; favourites: "stars of endless endless sucking skies" and i thought the repetition of "endless" carried over the line ending was masterful "burning lawns of Hell" "cool nakedness of space" "shell of light" "dream this night of rising" if I have one single grouse it might be the frequency of the word "soul", but that's probably just because I have a problem with understanding what soul is !!? sad eh .. lol Thanks Philip |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Kevin Its the imagery that makes this for me. forget the form, the meaning, even the flow .. the unusual and vivid descriptions grabbed my attention and held it; favourites: "stars of endless endless sucking skies" and i thought the repetition of "endless" carried over the line ending was masterful "burning lawns of Hell" "cool nakedness of space" "shell of light" "dream this night of rising" if I have one single grouse it might be the frequency of the word "soul", but that's probably just because I have a problem with understanding what soul is !!? sad eh .. lol Thanks Philip |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
Kevin sorry double posted [This message has been edited by Poertree (edited 01-23-2000).] |
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