Open Poetry #3 |
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November Natchez, 1863 |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
November Natchez, 1863 Spongy homespun suits, sopping, stoneweight, turgid, seamless serges, saturate, streaming sodden shelters, scarred swollen shapes scared to swamp the Mississippi steamships, stranded soldiers, stockstill side-by-side, soul-soaked, skin-drenched, scan a listless tide. Stale smelling stench, unwashed places, social graces scarce supply, unstirred flesh, miasmal seepage stuns the senses, ceding the scene as certain suicide, erasing sights, scents, obscene. Constant sheeting, slanting sleet, slapping faces astern the upperclass salon's stewardship of places snug, serene, secure, captain, shipmates, crew seeing the seedy misery, with Pilate washed up, too. --H. Arlequin . . . . Poems From the Goober Tree http://nathoo.wustl.edu/goober_tree.htm [This message has been edited by H. Arlequin (edited 10-15-1999).] |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
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Most excellent, H.A. Very descriptive and with a timeless theme. ------------------ Denise |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
smooooooooooches denise!! glad your computer is back up!! HA |
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U K Hero Member
since 1999-08-08
Posts 266England |
I have to say that this is not my cup of tea (English expression) but , I did appreciate the cleverness and effort you placed within its structure, Well done. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I like this very, very much, but will not read aloud if a drink or two I've touched! I applaud the work that went into this. Well done! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You're a very entertaining goober, HA!!! ![]() |
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snow in summer Member
since 1999-08-28
Posts 67 |
amazing, simply amazing is all i can say |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Nicely done..Liked this one! ![]() ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Excellent HA! ------------------ May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
Yeaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! This one got accepted by The American Poets and Poetry Journal ![]() |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Congratulations, H.A.!!! Wooooooohoooooooooo......way to go!! Denise |
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