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Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

0 posted 2001-04-27 04:07 PM

Sketching the Lost Poet

With each word painfully drawn
a portrait takes shape
of a darkened sun,
shades
of melancholy.

Beneath wet coats of blackened gray,
layers of past brilliance lie,
lustrous expressions
in opulent oils,
impressions of a poet's love;
now inlaid with anguish,
lost in artistry’s reverie.

© 2001 Corinne Bailey

[This message has been edited by Corinne (edited 04-27-2001).]

Secret Whisper
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since 2001-01-25

Posts 298
Through the Looking Glass

1 posted 2001-04-27 04:15 PM

Stunningly wonderful! What a beautiful expression. Your writing is superb.

"I am not alive enough to kill myself." - Mary Ipal

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

2 posted 2001-04-27 06:48 PM

Thank you, Secret Whisper.

Corinne

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2001-04-27 07:23 PM

Corinne~
This is really good ! !
Greatly enjoy seeing you here more and more.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Amuse_mi
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since 2001-04-22

Posts 110

4 posted 2001-04-27 07:29 PM

This is what poetry's all about~terrific piece.

helen smith
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since 2001-03-12

Posts 240

5 posted 2001-04-27 07:52 PM

yes you have certainly captured the image ..lovely work

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

6 posted 2001-04-27 09:12 PM

Ohh..COR!

I love this!

OMG! The IMAGE it gave me!

still d-i-s-c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d
I am bound by this, you see...to become Night's sole mistress, and I am jealous in my endeavours for his attention.

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2001-04-27 09:18 PM

Very well done, Corinne! Great expression!

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

8 posted 2001-04-27 09:20 PM

The image of peeling layers - as we might see (if we had more than a minute fraction of your imagination) left me breathless - - Needless to say: Corinne at her finest.
Another to my treasure box

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

9 posted 2001-04-27 10:36 PM

Thank you very much, Marge, Amuse_mi, Helen, Temptress, Denise!

Bill - you are too good to me! Thank you!

Corinne

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

10 posted 2001-04-28 08:54 PM

this is wonderful. . .

would that we could see everyone this way. . .

excellent Corinne. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Parker
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since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
ON

11 posted 2001-04-29 09:55 PM

Corinne, this is an amazing write. Your so good when your good.

You deserve a good coating of opulent oils.

Park

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