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China Cup
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China Cup |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
China CupI glance behind to treasure truth as delicate, the years of youth. But searching youth, I cannot find those teeming thoughts of pleasure's time. Instead, lies stab and slur and bone, a younger me, in dark, alone. A china cup in tub of swill to chip and crack as china will, when left for hands of roughened skin to jar the little girl within. But ages roll and mindful, I examine chips in china's lie, as light's diffuse in lucent stir reveals each jagged piece of her. Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
This is very sad and mournful, though I don't know why. Joyce |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
Claire, yet you hold this china cup near and dear to you....and in your hold, it is most safe.... |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Claire~ Symbolically, the china cup reflects the chips and cracks found in us all ~ Such fragile thoughts you share ~ *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
Intense, thoughtful, haunting, real...I could go on. This is incredible. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Incredible piece of writing, Claire. Excellent! |
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Moon Dust
since 1999-06-11
Posts 2177Skelmersdale, UK |
yes, this is very thoughtful, sad tho. Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Thanks, all, for reading and sharing your thoughts with me about this piece. Your responses are gracious and sincerely appreciated. Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very nice Meadowmuse...James |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
Thank you, JamesMichael.  Meadow Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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ATelamon Member
since 2001-02-06
Posts 328Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up |
Our jagged edges we see realize most as we make those around us begin to bleed There is much herein. My compliments. "Be your own hero. Save your interior landscape. As in all mythos the blight can be defeated and the land turned back to freedom and fertility. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Very heartwrenching piece So fragile a child should only have happy memories. A well written piece from the heart Liz |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Claire, this is very touching poetry....beautiful |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
like the cup. . . the heart is fragile as well. . . I shall always love reading your words my friend. . . ------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
ATelamon, thank you for reading. I'm not sure about the bleeding though. (o: Liz, yes, I agree emphatically. Thank you for your response. Balladeer, I thank you. Glad you found it touching. Sven, yes, it is. Thank you, always, my friend. Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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