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Black dog (farewell to the past)
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Black dog (farewell to the past) |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland 
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Slumped shoulders submit to this ruse highway, with limps flaying through the wicked wind, I empty my bowels of love-lore lost. Inert, my ravaged habit consoles. Spectral shadow's bathe the mane of an ebony canine, gaily gnawing an abused bone. Suspiciously he stalks stifled skin, this congealed shroud of me. Blooded birth bares my petty nerve, it's servitude vows broken by celibate ceremony, the dog's tongue loosens love-lines, drawing us to a pacific epilogue. "Like Sand underneath the snow, I make you mine." Kristin Hersh |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
dark on dark in dog depicted, the white bone stands out clearly.... well done Brian...well done, indeed.... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
This brought me on quite a journey, so humor me here, while I fill you in on what I've been reading? "...Moslems still incongruously believe the gall of a black dog can serve as a holy amulet to purge an entire household of evil influences." --from The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets AND? "Because dogs were natural companions of the housewife as well as the huntress, they were often cited as witches' familiars. A black dog seemed even more suspect than a black cat...One Witch was officially condemned for having "carnal copulation with the devil in the likeness of a man, but he removed from her in the likeness of a black dog..." AND? LOL... "The black dog was the witch's helper in gathering materials for charms. According to an exceptionally durable superstition, the miraculous mandrake root could not be pulled out of the ground except by a black dog. This curiously formed root, called "the phallus of the field," or "the devil's genitals" was supposed to emit a scream if uprooted by the unwary; and all who heard the sound would go insane, or die." HMMM...and there's more, but really, are you sure you've just been reading YEATS???? Got my head swimming now my buddy...lol... |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Dark on dark.... many many images in here I enjoyed. Strongly written and worded it conveys such an utter sense of emotion... good stuff... way good... |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Brian, it's been quite some time since we've runIn2 each other here on these poetry pages and I gotta tell ya PoetFriend your writing is truly spectacular... *~coco~* |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
excellent images here Brian. . . dark. . . indeed. . . ----------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
Spectral shadow's bathe the mane of an ebony canine, gaily gnawing an abused bone. Suspiciously he stalks stifled skin, this congealed shroud of me. ============================ oh my..when you write dark...your imagery is so unique and the way you command the metaphor to enrich the imagery... well...your just too cool for school!! and me thinks me needs tylenol now. later Bri-gator eve  We're all feeding our lonely like it might go away, |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Decaflame, dark hhhhhhmmmm I guess so, I was kind of aiming at redemption here a happy ending but in the structure I set myself I guess the darkest overshadows the rest. Thanks for your very kind comments. Seren, thanks for the info. I would like to say yes I did my research but truth is I am bluffing, faking my intellegence. Thanks for your reply. Cpat, thank you kindly. coco, it has been too long since we last met on these pages. I am going to have track down your new posts. THank you for your very very generous words. Sven, thanks. Jan, I guess this dark stuff is second nature to me, I think I might be writing more stuff where you wouldn't need any tylenol. THanks for your continous support, it means alot to me. "Like Sand underneath the snow, I make you mine." Kristin Hersh |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Appropriately dark, Brian. Well done. Sandra |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
Oooh, this is like sandpaper to the skin, right down to the bone, great write Brian, very juicy. Thanks I enjoyed. Regards, Olias. |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Sandra, thanks. Olias, juicy LOL seems some one read between the lines here. I am remaining tight lipped. Thanks for your commments. "Like Sand underneath the snow, I make you mine." Kristin Hersh |
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