Open Poetry #9 |
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Midnight's Rainbow |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song ![]() |
Midnights Rainbow Prowling clouds crawling across midnight sky Whispering shadows of shrouded lovers bliss Peering eyes from the heart and soul of the moon Gleaming steadily as it watches the world amiss Tap tap of angel kissed stars join in the dance Strumming gossip for the night owls to unfold Moonlit cadence bursting in old familiar tunes As the pages of our love's story are sung to be told Quiet rythyms of beating hearts among the night Lend to the dance the twirls of passionate love song And tears of willowing paths from the forgotten light Resting among the notes of Venus where they belong Gliding eyes of souls sing in the breast of night Heaving to the ride of visions in this autumn eve Colors of love and trust drumming off given beat Searching for the pot of gold in which we believe Gentle arching beckoning to back the coming surge Rifs of pleasure walking on metered bars set all aglow Slow steps of changing chords cascading to the ground As the dew misted tears of relief bring midnights rainbow Mark Bohannan |
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Marge Tindal![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
MarkB~ This is real purrrty ! ![]() Liking your thoughts, cowboy ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
WOW! Mark, this was simply stunning. The descriptiveness found within these words left me in awe ... beautiful pictures flowed through my mind the whole read, and what beautiful sentiments! I loved this! ![]() Best wishes, /Kit |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
colorful, vivid descriptions... piques the senses... your writing is full of imagery bringing the reader into your thoughts. enjoyed. ![]() |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
WOW!!! Mark this is simply superb. No doublt one of your best!!! I love it. Marina It is a blessing to have wings for words, and passion in pen Marina Crossley |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Marge-You been reading my mind again..Ya know what happened to your denim blueslast time. ![]() Kit-I do so love to give the visuals. Thanks for the powerful response. Doreen-getting into my thoughts can be pretty scary can't it? Thank you so much. Marina-What is it exactly you love? Ohhh the superb thing...gotcha...thank you so much for you kindness. |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Let me pick a favorite line...oh, heck...let me just keep the whole darn poem! Ya done good, cowboy! |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
Mark....Your work is always amazing, and this is certainly no exception! "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Mark... What a beautiful way to start my reading day! This is really something, and now I have to go read this again, several times!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
I love the imagery, but Mark, the color of the words was a bit hard to read and I don't want to miss anything!!!! Kathleen |
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rosepetals25![]()
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
Mark, The only thing that comes to mind is beautiful. What pretty pictures and eloquent wording. It is wonderful beyond words ![]() rp25 [This message has been edited by rosepetals25 (edited 09-02-2000).] |
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Moon Dust![]() ![]()
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
Paints such a pretty picture ![]() "Those who will not learn to use this instrument well cannot be saved by an expanded alphabet; they will only afflict us with expanded gibberish" ~ |
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Mona Lisa Member
since 1999-08-25
Posts 100Halifax, Nova Scotia |
How beautiful a poem this is. I can almost see the words of this poem floating in the softness of the midnight air. |
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Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Mark, this is really a beautiful piece of writing.....great flow and style |
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Butterflies_dont_cry Member Elite
since 2000-03-06
Posts 3733Michigan |
Mark* You know my thoughts on this but I will shout it from the rooftops anyway.....This Is Beautiful!!!! You have a rare gift and you share it with us so freely...Many thanks my friend for the beauty that you shared in this piece...from you heart it flowed in perfection...a cowboy and a poet what could be better than that ![]() |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
One of your most amazing works, my friend... and there are quite a few of them here.... Mark, this is beautifully stunning work... regards, sudhir [This message has been edited by Sudhir Iyer (edited 09-02-2000).] |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Wow, Mark, now this is breathtaking! Beautiful imagery and thought, reading this poem is like meliflulous poetry on your tongue, it flows so well and you have an outstanding way with words. This is one of your best ![]() Take care, Melissa Honeybee The beauty of poetry gives me wings to fly |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Mark--there is so much beautiful imagery in this...with the sentiment behind them...tender and heart felt. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Mark...you already know how I feel about the dreams this poem speaks of... but I would like to again say that this poem shows such growth and poetic grace in you.. your muse is taking you to a higher level... very beautiful poem with you special gift of imagery and its sweetlly laced with a your passion and desire.... steam me screen cowboy LOL ![]() i saw this song...made me think of this poem... ************ Double rainbow against a harvest moon, maybe its sign ... there is hope for the dreams of two We better take notice we'd be fools to look away That's something you dont see every day ... This valley runs deep... its no wonder we got lost there's a river on fire and its the one we have to cross To reach to the other side ... its gonna take a lot of faith that's something you dont see everyday... ~Thats Something~ James House [This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 09-02-2000).] |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Nicely done...very vivid and love where it takes me |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Mark this is strong colorful imagery. I particularly liked Quiet rythyms of beating hearts among the night Lend to the dance the twirls of passionate love song And tears of willowing paths from the forgotten light Resting among the notes of Venus where they belong. Lovely Kethry "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- |
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ma miller Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 806 |
Mark, but this is absolutely your best piece since i've started reading your stuff ... a real keeper My calling before me, let quill be my offering; For to be called poet, no greater gift to receive. M.A. |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Mark, what can I say that hasn't already been said? What the heck I agree with all of the above! Dee |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Karilea-I am honored that you liked ALL my lines. ![]() EagleOne-ALWAYS? wow I thank you for that very much. Sunny-Glad to have started your day with this one as long as you liked it. Thank you so much for your kindness. Kathleen-Thank you for kind reply and your personal copy is in your e-mail in a much better color. Thanks for letting me know. ![]() rp25-Your silence speaks volumes of smiles to me....thank you so much. Maria-And I do so love to paint. ![]() Thank you for stopping by. Mona Lisa-Keep watching and they will be sliding on that rainbow at the stoke of 12.... ![]() Balladeer-Thank you kind sir and coming from you I take that as a compliment beyond words. Holly-Now ya get off'en that roof now ya here. Taint proper fer a lil miss ta be lettin her skirt blow in tha wind like that. You say the sweetest things to me my friend and you KNOW how much I appriciate your words and thoughts....and of course I will always be willing to share with you. Sudhir-I one day will be up to you as long as you dont keep growing but everytime I turn around you are a foot tallet in skill. Thank you my friend. Melissa- Why thank you so much as I stand here blushing. ![]() ![]() Martie-You my friend make my day just by showing up and smiling and with your words how could I not feel so damn lucky. Thank you my dear. JM-You know me too well.lololol.....I was trying to sneak part of that through and I was getting away with it till you busted me. Better start handing out cups of ice. ![]() Thanks sweetie and I know how hard it is to control your time here but soon you will be hugging everyone again. Paula-Those unexpected journeys are always best. Thank you much. Kethry- I always like it when someone lets me know which lines they like best. Thank you so much. Mark- I thank you for that and I hope you never stop reading mine. Your presence is always welcomed and looked forward to. Dee-You are so agreeable.LoL....Thank you so much dearie. ![]() |
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boji stone Member
since 2000-08-13
Posts 62USA |
well this is beautiful for sure!! *S* Bj |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
boji-Thank you so much and let me offer you a belated welcome to Passions. I do not believe I have had the pleasure but will look forward to our visits in poetry land. |
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shadow of poetry Member
since 2000-07-22
Posts 76midwest usa |
this is exceptional writing Mark one of your best i enjoy the passion and fire i read in the undercurrent of this very nice work ![]() |
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juliet_2u Senior Member
since 2000-07-23
Posts 1125North Carolina |
Wow my friend, you really outdid yourself with this one. Truly stunning and vividly beautiful. You go cowboy!...LOL Juls |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
shadow of poetry-I am so glad that you were able to catch all of that. You must take after you sis. Ya think? Thank you so much. Juls-Wow girl...thanks deeply for your always enthusiastic replies. |
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cathybohannan Member
since 2000-07-31
Posts 140Paintsville,KY |
LOVELY Mark, I told you that you could write. |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Cathy-Anyone can write and you are slightly biased lol...love you though. I am looking to be better than just good and I know that with the right effort I will get there. |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
I've read this a couple of times to capture the beauty and essence of flow that you pen and voila here I am with a comment for you... "Quiet rythyms of beating hearts among night lend to the dance the twirls of passionate song resting among the notes of Venus where they belong" O la la...this verse is sweet well actually so is the entire poem! ![]() ![]() "There are 26 letters in the alphabet and from those letters anyone can have the world at their fingertips" [This message has been edited by CocoBaci (edited 09-05-2000).] |
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Beth Member
since 2000-07-06
Posts 468WA, Australia |
~Mark, Thanks for helping me understand... Now that I do I can appreciate the real beauty of this poem...Penned exceptionally!~ ~Cherie~ |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Me again ![]() Stand straight and tall, not the reflection as others see you, but as you truely are. Clearwater |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
damn, you're good |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
yes he is.......yes....he IS. ![]() Prowling clouds crawling across midnight sky Whispering shadows of shrouded lovers bliss Peering eyes from the heart and soul of the moon Gleaming steadily as it watches the world amiss =============================== Gentle arching beckoning to back the coming surge Rifs of pleasure walking on metered bars set all aglow Slow steps of changing chords cascading to the ground As the dew misted tears of relief bring midnights rainbow It's over long before her fall from grace, she's never been this far from safe. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
well look who's prowling around the archives tonight with me! |
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