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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 1999-07-10 08:18 PM


Catharsis: Purification or purgation of emotions primarily through art ~Webster

Catharsis

Words
inked onto paper
in rhythm and rhyme
cleansing my soul
with every line
bled from my heart
the pour from my fingers
washing you away
‘till all that lingers
are words


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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

© Copyright 1999 Ruth Kephart - All Rights Reserved
Wolfgang
Member
since 1999-05-24
Posts 124
Hamilton, Ont. Canada
1 posted 1999-07-10 08:38 PM


Howdy Ruth.
I have to admit that I like your definition of "catharsis" a lot better than old Websters!
Good lines!

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
2 posted 1999-07-11 08:47 AM


Wolfgang...thank you very much.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

LadyTom
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since 2008-02-29
Posts 353
LA, CA
3 posted 2008-03-07 06:02 PM


wonderful!!
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