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In the eyes |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap 
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Something in the eyes there was That captivated – held me – It seemed so rare that such a thing So forcefully compelled me … Alight with mirth, cornflower pools, With distant passions burning, That cast their webs about my heart And set the soul to yearning; Perhaps it was the ready smile, Or perfect face that framed them, Mistrustful heart yet seeks the flaw Though eyes have rightly named them. The gentle hand that touched my cheek Where careless locks were straying – That breathless moment locked in time Insistent scene, replaying … Perhaps it is enfolding arms Or beating heart, that taunts me: Or poet’s soul, so like my own Whose promise nightly haunts me … But though a glance might find so much Within that sight to treasure, It still was something in the eyes That sired this aching pleasure. You cannot choose the way of your death, but the path you choose will determine its own end. |
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wayoutwalt Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 4870TEXAS (it's all big) |
woah beeeeahhhh pretty pretty pretty! |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Another beauty Skyfyre and Happy New Year  At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. (Plato) ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Astraea Member
since 1999-11-09
Posts 378California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now |
Me like! Very nice. ~Astraea "Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness." "Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." |
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DreamEvil Member Elite
since 1999-06-22
Posts 2396 |
Very, very well done my friend. Pardon the redundancy. Now and forever, my heart hears ~one voice~. DreamEvil© ------------------------------------------------------- "Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change..." Count Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (Marquis de Sade) |
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devina Member Elite
since 1999-10-28
Posts 3539Cali |
Beautiful poem, once again! Open arms can be the most fragile in the world... |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
AH! Lovely! You do have a way with words! This is great!  |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
.... hmmm.... I wish I wrote it....  Very nice work, K... |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Yeah...me too! This is beautiful and captivating! Very very well done! Denise |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Oh, delicately exquisitely written! What a feeling this leave me with! Lovely! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
This is a lovely poem. In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Thank you all ... my well has been pretty dry lately, so needless to say I am happy to have it flowing again. Happy New Yar to everyone ... --Kess |
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Helpless New Member
since 1999-12-29
Posts 5 |
Wonderful Poem..... I love it! |
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Echo Rhayne Senior Member
since 1999-09-17
Posts 1495Canyon Country, CA |
Beautiful Sky!! ~*~ Hell is not a place of fire and a devil with a tail and horns. But a place of torment because the light of God is gone. To escape this, accept the blood of Jesus Christ! ~*~ |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Very Lovely words |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
Loved this Kess!! Verse three is my favorite. The line.... Alight with mirth, cornflower pools. Jenny Love is an attempt at penetrating another being,But it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. |
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EnciNo Junior Member
since 2000-01-03
Posts 12 |
reaches out to me, very well done! |
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Seaangel Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 167Auckland, New Zealand |
I'm not normally a fan of rhyming verse but this grabbed me from the first stanza...had to reply! |
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