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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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Checkmate With instincts screaming, and flawed mind faltering, escape eloquently blocked, by your land of black and white. Seeking vulnerability, I profiled beautifully, your black bishop swiftly moved in even ranks. Rook cloaked as a castle towered up from the dark, descended to your beckoning, a game of pawns and knights. Calling me your ivory queen, diagonal paths crossing, laughing, as you pointed out, one cannot check oneself. Resorting to castling, your laughter cruel, my ruler toppled losing virgin’s grace. © 2000 Corinne Bailey [This message has been edited by Corinne (edited 05-21-2000).] |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
First the title caught my eye because i just wrote a chess-theme piece the other day (endgame, posted here)... so i had to read this, Corinne... and i want to tell you, this is a very powerful piece... well written, succinct... full of layered meanings... enjoyed this much! Nice work! |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Why thanks, Doreen! I'll have to look for your post! Corinne |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
This is one of those poems you just gotta say, its great and thats all because there is way too much happening in the background. So I'll just sneak my little pawn up the side and say queen me.  Parker |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
A wonderful poem, I never realised that chess was so exciting...maybe I should learn how to play the game. With instincts screaming, and flawed mind faltering, towered up from the dark, descended to your beckoning, Resorting to castling, your laughter cruel, my ruler toppled losing virgin’s grace ============================== "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? " Douglas Adams |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Awesome work, my friend... Maybe you can explain to me why it is that I always find myself in a "stalemate"... except when I fall for the old "fool's mate" trick...  |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Park, thank you! Consider yourself queened! Hey, thanks, Brian! Don't you recall that scene in the original Thomas Crown Affair? Thank you very much, Nan, it seems the way of things, doesn't it? Corinne |
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