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porox tell me ...
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porox tell me ... |
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ma miller Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 806 |
porox tell me ... the marblelene feel of a softest nick a snow-white glaze 'neath aged years buried in detritus below stream's thick edges chipped off a once proud brick porox tell me, from where comes your tears antiquity's guise of Roman decent(?) or of foundry's floor upon a legion's walk(?) perhaps adorned walls of heaven's sent(?) if your voice to obey a covenant tell me not without means to talk yet your call booms 'cross times expanse for me to hear your whisper's wet shout as coldest of reaches brings pierce's lance into my skin feels your imprint's chance porox tell me or forever to doubt the clues you leave gives me no recourse i'll search the world to find your name your birth from this earth's deepened source i know the truth of man's cunning course he made you porox, of marbled fame M.A. Miller 10.15.00 just as some explanation: for those of you who don't have a clue (as i didn't) as to what porox is, it's a manmade, marble-like substance that's used in foundries and grinding machine to line the mechanisms walls ... it's been used for centuries for making plates, bowls, dishes, etc. ... the work above is based upon a recent fishing trip on a beautiful clear-running stream adjacent to an old coal railroad bed, in which i found a porox brick dated the 5th of May, 1868 ... it looks like ancient Roman marble and has probably been in that stream for well over a century ... it is now a bookend for my collection of poetry books (it's heavy) ... thanks < !signature--> My calling before me, let quill be my offering; For to be called poet, no greater gift to receive. M.A. [This message has been edited by MA Miller (edited 10-16-2000).] |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Wonderful thought and this is so original. Kathleen |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Wonderful wording in this piece MA (though I'm glad you helped me with some description below, lol) I enjoyed the ponderings of it's origins ... nicely done!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Elizabeth Cor Senior Member
since 2000-10-13
Posts 879Over the river and through the woods |
Glad to hear someone else picks up rocks and decorates thier home with them  . This is splendidly done... delighted you were inspired to write about your find.~ Beth |
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