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Corinne
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0 posted 2000-07-24 09:16 PM


Sky Man

Last night you appeared in a dream
A Spanish ruin of crumbling stucco,
In hidden rooms behind broken shutters
Waiting for time without end.

Your art on display in ghostly alcoves
In puzzle boxes of carved ivory
On the walls, abstract murals
Adorning you like jewelry.

Long fingers strum old guitars
With unattached hands plucking,
Floating like boats without oars
Down darkened eternal halls.

Your hair long enough to scoop up
Twirling into long shiny braids,
Finally no longer imprisoned
Pointing to secrets unengaged.

Sad that it took death to release you,
In doing so you’ve taken me too
But now it’s time for you to let go
And my subconscious to set you free.

© 2000 Corinne Bailey


© Copyright 2000 Corinne - All Rights Reserved
Balladeer
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1 posted 2000-07-24 09:21 PM


These are wonderful images, Corinne, very surreal in their presentation. I like it
Toddles
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2 posted 2000-07-24 09:24 PM


Very visual and nice flow!
Martie
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3 posted 2000-07-24 09:30 PM


Corinne--You have spoken such a mood with your words...sad and dark and somehow old with time...really liked it!
Lone Wolf
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4 posted 2000-07-24 09:35 PM


Corinne,

Very nice.  I can see the scene so well in my mind.  Ah, death . . . the great equalizer.  Letting go can be the hardest at times.  Good writing.  

LW


Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats

Corinne
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5 posted 2000-07-24 10:00 PM


Thank you very much, Balladeer, Toddles, Martie and Lone Wolf!

Corinne

Parker
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6 posted 2000-07-25 01:29 AM


First you take us on your trips, now into your dreams. All so vivid, and something a little earee too. Nice read.

Parker

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7 posted 2000-07-26 07:24 AM


Corinne~
Enjoy the way you let us share the feelings.
Intrigue in this waking dream.
~*Marge*~


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Sudhir Iyer
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8 posted 2000-07-26 07:31 AM


A very enjoyable read... this is brilliant poetry...

regards,
sudhir

Corinne
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9 posted 2000-07-26 11:09 AM


Thanks, Park, Marge and Sudhir, and Marge, very perceptive on the word "waking."

Corinne

jwesley
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10 posted 2000-07-26 11:46 AM


enjoyed this much...well said, wonderfully expressed, could see everything.


jwesley

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