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Unobtainable Heart
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Unobtainable Heart |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA 
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(Free to good home...one muse, rarely used. Hey...I haven't a clue what he/she has been doing with me the past few days.) Unobtainable Heart Her words dance off silvery tongue and partner with your imagination luring you into a seductive trance. She captures you in breathless heats of passion fashioned into syllables and rhyme enflaming your desires as she, the never ending temptress, strews lines you are unable to cross. She consecrates life with the dignity of words that linger like the metallic scent of perfume long after you’ve finished reading. The hopeless romantic, she weaves gossamer threads of letters into webs of poetry entrapping you in quick sliver moments that fleet before your eyes leaving you hypnotized by the fluid rhythm of her work. But on her greatest days, she stands, bared, before you and offers up something she will never give. < !signature--> There are only two ages of people...living and dead and you all look about the right age to me  [This message has been edited by hoot_owl_rn (edited 04-03-2000).] |
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SorrowsMystress Member
since 2000-04-01
Posts 178I'm a wanderer, a nomad...I don't live in one particular area, Just wherever I end up. |
As I do with every other poem of yours I have read....I love it. You display such a talent and knowledge of rhythmic words. Always such deep meaning and, simply put, awesome emotion. I'm so happy you share your talents with others!  |
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TerryW Senior Member
since 2000-03-23
Posts 779Louisville, Mississippi, USA |
Ruth, Whatever your muse has been doing these past few days, she has been doing it well! Yet another one that takes my breath away, only to sweetly kiss it back into my very soul! ~you reached inside, you touched my heart, and I am all the better for it~ Terry A. Woodson, Jr. |
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mariee66 Senior Member
since 2000-01-30
Posts 596Recess, OfYourMind |
I love this poem~ she weaves gossamer threads of letters into webs of poetry entrapping you in quick sliver moments that fleet before your eyes Simply beautiful~ Marie~ "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind." The Bard |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
This muse, my friend, may lie dormant at times, but he/she dwells within your spirit, and drinks from the wellspring of your heart. Liz |
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CherylLynnMckee Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 215 |
Well if your muse will inspire me to write such beautiful poetry..there's a home for it here..without a doubt you write the lovliest poetry. |
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Corazon Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 1209 |
wow ruth, almost speechless this left me...we seem to lead parallel pains...this is beautiful... perfect...sigh |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Hoot~ I like the fluttering muse that is sipping from your inkwell. Very nicely done, poetess. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Wonderfully written and expressed. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Wonderful, Ruth. I think your muse becomes you. |
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Danny Holloway Member Elite
since 2000-01-15
Posts 2034Tulsa, OK |
"offers up something she will never give". If Rembrandt could write poetic words to see maybe his talent would come close to thee If our Hoot could paint her passion set free a masterpiece soon made from Rembrandt such jealousy Need more be said? |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Wow, 'hoot', I simply LOVE this! Beautifully written. Thanks to you with love. |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This flows so beautifully, Ruth! Smooth as silk! Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Thank you everyone for your kind responses |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
THIS is what I call poetry! Wonderful..... |
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wildbill58 Junior Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 19 |
Hoot,this one is cool. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
I really don't know what to say except that I agree with the others here Ruth |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
your muse...tho rarely used,has lit quite a fire in you HOOT-girl..dont give it away to another...burn baby burn... this is excellent, such sensual imagery. very nice to see this side of your muse my dear  take care, jm ...when you walked into the room, I saw their faces, you made it feel like time was standing still...and I felt fascination... then you turned and smiled in my direction... and my heart...gave me away. glass tiger |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Can I just "borrow" your muse for a few days, hoot?? I'll give it back if ya want...  |
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lucky Senior Member
since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601Idaho |
hay..! I really like muse too... |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
I agree with all above .... This is breathtaking, Ruth ... A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! Shannon |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Okay, I think I'll keep him/her around for a bit. Thanks everyone |
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pmc Junior Member
since 2000-03-09
Posts 48Germany |
Great Poem. It reminds me of someone I knew. pmc |
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CMGrimm Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 685USA |
(with hands folded across chest, shaking his head) Ruth, Ruth, Ruth, (shaking head some more) You tie that muse up and take full advantage of it for now hun...it's doing things for you that would make ol' Bukowski wanna put away that bottle of wine and throw out that manual punchboard and break down and buy himself a Gateway. Keep up the fantastic work. chris Never be a carbon copy of anybody...make your own impressions. - ANON. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Ruth...so then you are only teasing us? Really though I understand...it is easy to give your heart to all of us as a group but if any one individual requested a piece of your heart they would not be able to obtain it..right? It is a good guess...right? James |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Oh James...I wish I could answer your question...perhaps the poem lays in the thought of the fear of giving my heart to another again. I don't know, maybe it isn't even really about me (although I think deep inside it is) I guess the last few lines say it all...Sometimes it's easier for one to bare their heart, than to give it away...but I'd certainly like to try again. pmc..thank you Chris, thanks for the kind words, nice to see you back around |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
I continue to be in awe of your work. Not all those who wander are lost. ~J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Rosemary J. Gwaltney Senior Member
since 1999-08-26
Posts 997northern mountains, Idaho |
Your poem makes my lip quiver. So many years ago I was there. You speak reality, and sorrow, and my heart is drawn to you for it. |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Hoot~ Your words are always written with such passion and I applaud you every time I read one of your poems. |
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