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Master
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0 posted 1999-12-18 12:13 PM


Oh, spare me, Love! Don’t burst inside my chest!
Allow me to distribute what you gave me!
Filled to the brim and stripped of all my rest,
I’m blessed to know that you enslaved me.
Simplicity, how great you’ve grown to be!
Neither, too plain nor too complex in essence.
How come you chose to show yourself to me,
When millions are craving for your presence?
How come the holiest of churches lack your will?
And purest wine cannot bring out your flavor?
How come the feeling that you make me feel,
Was absent, on Last Supper, from the table?
As long as uniform still differs from unique,
I’ll feed the universe with verses from my beak!

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 I fell in love and kept on falling



[This message has been edited by Master (edited 12-18-1999).]

© Copyright 1999 Andrey Kneller - All Rights Reserved
hoot_owl_rn
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1 posted 1999-12-18 02:24 AM


I found myself wanting to read this like a sonnet Master even though it doesn't follow the format for one. It's a good poem, but a nip and tuck in a few of the lines to make it iambic pentameter it would be a great sonnet!!!
Master
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2 posted 1999-12-18 11:15 AM


Thanks Ruth, can you suggest how?
Denise
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3 posted 1999-12-18 03:00 PM


Beautiful, Master. Check your email for some suggestions!  This is soooo close to being a sonnet and like Ruth that is how I am trying to read it!  

 Denise



Master
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4 posted 1999-12-18 06:38 PM


I can't thank you enough, Denise!
Seymour Tabin
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5 posted 1999-12-18 06:51 PM


Master,
I enjoyed the read.

Master
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6 posted 1999-12-18 07:37 PM


Thank you Seymour!
caroline
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7 posted 1999-12-18 07:42 PM


Always enjoy your work, Master, and this is no exception. I agree with the experts   Excellent piece for making into a sonnet.

 It's not the love you fear, but the fall from the height~Edwin McCain



Master
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8 posted 1999-12-18 10:18 PM


Thanks Caroline, I agree also, but to make it into a sonnet I would probably have to change the whole context of the poem. I think I would rather keep it the way it is.
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9 posted 1999-12-18 10:30 PM


I'd offer you some suggestions, Master, but am not exactly the best critic! (Besides, it seems Denise has done so already  ) Anyway, I enjoyed the read-I am a fan of your work!

 Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail-
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!
-Oliver Wendell Holmes



Master
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10 posted 1999-12-19 12:00 PM


Thank you Elizabeth, glad you enjoyed it!
Dark Angel
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11 posted 1999-12-19 05:23 AM


WOW Master!! This is simply beautiful, love it!!

 What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
Samuel Coleridge



Master
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12 posted 1999-12-19 10:38 AM


What comes from the heart goes to heart!--Glad you liked it!
Pepper
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13 posted 1999-12-19 11:36 AM


Beautiful piece Master....

 A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire!
Shannon



Master
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14 posted 1999-12-19 11:53 AM


Thank you Pepper!
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