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Passions Gallery: The Unfinished Portrait
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Passions Gallery: The Unfinished Portrait |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA 
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Inside shadow of vanished light Appear silhouettes of Passion's Gallery Captured by enchanting anthology Eloquent poetry of heartfelt writes so comes the night upon the halls of the Gallery new portraits hang on the walls inspired by words of poets that speak to his heart but yet, one more hole remains one more portrait to be painted one more poet to show he walks down to his workshop there, the empty canvases surround him, save this one on the desk before him he speaks, "Poet! your face I may not see yet in your words a soul revealed to me unto my canvas I draw the night slience of daylight gathers clouds in a chambered soul" his dreams fill with words and phrases swirl from shadows of moonlight pool at his feet, begging him to write while bits are sped and shuffled thru endless wires unexplored thoughts collide and intermingle in visions yet to be formulated a whirlwind of emotions finger-printed on his paper spreading its glory this moment, right now "Poet!" he speaks again to the shadows "A mystery you remain to my soul Though the words from your pen Daily, effortlessly roll" from the shadows, the vision appears in shades of gold and emerald and so, I begin to write There is no breath in yesterday No movement in life Only this image stained upon the pages of my mind but, as the vision comes, so too does sleep all too quickly the vision fades was it a vision of two? A fragrance from my past penetrates my sleep The smoke from the dying candle slid across the canvas Making the features soften, so much I strain to see Dreamcast shadows visions in the night Faces unclear illuminated by their words the vision comes to me in dreams speaking "Painter, our portrait is not ready yet to be painted so for now, sleep and dream" So tired, he lies among the worn-down tools of art He lies among the finished portraits scattered on the floor As his eyes close, he sees visions of what the Dawn shall bring From his fingers shall come words of art, portraits born once more The Gallery is now closed once again ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Thanks to (in order of their lines): Charisma 1 slick lady Greeneyes Julian Lester packratmike walker JLR Just a Woman inot2b Mother Earth Paula Finn and LoveBug for contributing lines to this poem. Yes, again my friends, the Gallery is closed, but my hope is that it shall live forever in the minds and the hearts of those that are shown here. And that, in some small way, it will inspire both them and you, the reader, to new heights of inspiration. Thanks to all the poets that were featured in this Second Series, you are all wonderful people, poets, and friends. . . and I thank you all for letting me have the honor of sharing with you, and to have you share with me as well. Thank you again. . .  ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. [This message has been edited by Sven (edited 06-09-2001).] |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Aha! You only say the Gallery is closed...but I have the key....to the archives.... Bravo! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Sven~ This is really nicely done. Thank you for sharing. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
Sven you painted art of lines here....and it will be safed in my library. ((hugs)) Charisma |
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walker Member Elite
since 2001-02-11
Posts 2240Florida |
Sven, your wonderful ideas solidify our passion of poetry. Thanks for the tributes and inspirations. |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Well done, my friend! Yet another awesome poem from the Sven pen I am sure, that those poets will be honoured that you intertwined their lines within your clever verse! Take care, Melissa~ |
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Mother_Earth Senior Member
since 2000-11-20
Posts 13701/2 year Texas & 1/2 year Michigan |
Thank you, Sven. I don't remember what I wrote being said in such a beautiful way. It was you who did that. Thank you again, ME |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Once you wrote in an answer to me that what you write is just words. Well, this only proves that words need a master to put them together to become a masterpiece. Thank you for letting me be a part of your plan. |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
I love this, what a nice compilation. Great job to all, and Sven, we shall see how closed the gallery is... Sandra |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Thanks for that trip into the gallery I really enjoyed the tour and you narrated it so very well Sven! |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Sven, this is one fabulous piece of writing!! Fantastic!! |
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Packratmike Senior Member
since 2001-02-25
Posts 632California, USA |
Great job, Sven....thanks for the invitation. Mike |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
Sven, this is wonderful! You are so creative and your work here is always outstanding! Sauni Sauni :) |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Sven you are very good at what you do...James |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
my friend,thank you for sharing this to us |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
thanks to everyone that has replied. . . the Gallery Series is one of my favorite things to do. . . it's a way for me to share the things that I've learned from all of you. . . and to thank you for sharing your wonderful words, not only with me, but with all of us. . . again, thanks to all the incredible poets and people that were a part of the second series. . . and to those that have been a part in the past. . . if you'd like to see the first series, they're in Open 10 and Open 11. . . Thanks!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Greeneyes 
since 2000-09-09
Posts 9903In Your Poetic Mind |
a marvelous piece and dedication to thank you for allowing me to be a Greeneyes~ ****** Nothing Beautiful In This World |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
Sven---You put this diverse portrait together so poetically. Thank you for allowing me to contribute. |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
So poetically perfect Sven. Thank you for the trip into the gallery. Wonderful..*s* On the wings of words our spirits fly....and our souls are free. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
really beautiful, the way you have with words... thanks a lot for your poetry... regards, Sudhir "I was born intelligent - education ruined me" |
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