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Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21

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In the winds of Cherokee song

0 posted 2001-08-17 07:35 PM

Lips of Bliss

As I gaze
across the horizon
of this night ...
knowing
all boundaries
are set in the level
of purity
within our love ...
I find reassurance
in the lack
of headboards
constricting it's yawn
as it stretches
the depths
of our dreams
across infinite heavens.

Rising
to the mist
of jubilant stars
fogging mankind's reality ...
a breath
of virgin breeze
laces
our fingertips
and carries us
towards the cradle
of Jupiter.

With spellbound whispers
carressing
a field of constellations
toward
the promise of tomorrow ...
we recline
against the shadows
of eternity
as the lips of bliss
come together
and tuck us in ...
to a lullaby
of forever.

Mark Christopher

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2001-08-17 07:58 PM

gawd, you do "in love" beautifully!

Always the sighs fall out so easily from your gorgeous poetry

love this Cowboy

"I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream"

Honeybee
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since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

2 posted 2001-08-17 08:07 PM

So beautiful

I love the romantic side of you, Cowboy!

Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

snowpants
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since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

3 posted 2001-08-17 08:15 PM

Hey baby...I'd quote lines, but it'd be the entire poem...this is beautiful, and I absolutely love it, and yes, I AM biased...but, really, your free verse just takes my breath away...the images in this are just spectacular, as usual...wonderful work, my sweet...

k

p.s.

can I see my world without you in it?
baby, not for a single minute...

snowpants
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since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

4 posted 2001-08-17 08:17 PM

oh yeah...just thought of this...10 days, huh? hmmm...

RSWells
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since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

5 posted 2001-08-17 08:53 PM

An uncrowded cloud of Love. Enjoyed.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2001-08-17 09:50 PM

MarkB~
Still got the *swoon* going on~
Beautifully enjoyed this piece~
*Hugs*, my friend~
Happiness becomes you~
gv ge yuhi~
~*Me*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

cottage
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 138

7 posted 2001-08-17 09:53 PM

wat a spellbounding poem!!

A Whisper's Caress
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since 2000-11-03

Posts 791
on the horizon of a fairytale

8 posted 2001-08-17 09:55 PM

oh, sing me to sleep baby.....

Mark,
I have been away for a while and it is sooo nice to come back to this.
Really have missed you.
Excellent write.
Annie

May your dreams always dance to the rhythm of a lover's heartbeat...

dgvarner
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since 2000-05-13

Posts 3552
High Springs, Florida

9 posted 2001-08-17 10:33 PM

oh yeah..i'm into this..

great one! havent read a cowboy poem in a while..and as always..i'd leave maybe 2 lines if i tried to pick only my favorite lines! very wonderful..much enjoyed reading this..

hugs, g

~dgvarner/fallen rain~

in front of total strangers will ya kiss me..
flowers for no reason but you miss me..
oh..i wanna be in love.. -etheridge

SmittenKitten
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since 2001-06-20

Posts 1131
where the sky and horizon meet

10 posted 2001-08-17 10:55 PM

*sigh* so beautiful....I enjoyed every line, but I must say these last ones were my favourite:

"we recline
against the shadows
of eternity
as the lips of bliss
come together
and tuck us in ...
to a lullaby
of forever."

And why, may I ask, are you called Cowboy?

Enjoyed the write!
~Krista

"Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you."
~Winnie the Pooh

rwood
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since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

11 posted 2001-08-17 11:01 PM

Very tender and passionate! Yet calling and adventurous as well. I love the way love comes out in this.
Sincerely,
Regina

KaziaRose
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since 2001-08-18

Posts 14
Australia

12 posted 2001-08-18 12:44 PM

Mark
What a most delightful read, very soothing. Loved this piece
~Kaz~

A mellifluous muse lies within this poet

Kit McCallum

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since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

13 posted 2001-08-18 08:22 AM

Ah Mark ... beautifully crafted my friend. The flow is superb ... these romantic sentiments whisper across the mind in such a hypnotic flow. Truly lovely, wonderfully written!

Best wishes and hugs,
/Kit

Sunshine

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Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

14 posted 2001-08-18 08:24 AM

You stretched across the skies with this one, Cowboy...well done!

Marsha

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since 2000-07-10

Posts 7423
Maidstone Kent England

15 posted 2001-08-18 10:13 AM

Mark, I haven't been on pasins for so long, well I have but not actively. I've been a litle bit below par, but I'm rising again. I have missed your work. Being in love suits you very well.

You always did have a great ability, and it is still there, keep us swooning here.
I loved the feelings expressed in this, truly fabulous
Take care
love as always
Marsha

Take back the hope you gave,- I claim
Only a memory of the same
Robert Browning

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

16 posted 2001-08-18 05:22 PM

I find reassurance
in the lack
of headboards
constricting it's yawn
as it stretches
the depths
of our dreams
across infinite heavens.

Rising
to the mist
of jubilant stars
fogging mankind's reality ...
a breath
of virgin breeze
laces
our fingertips
and carries us
towards the cradle
of Jupiter.

With spellbound whispers
carressing
a field of constellations
toward
the promise of tomorrow ...
we recline
against the shadows
of eternity
============================

Those must be some kinda goovy lips ...
cuz this is some kinda awesome poem

MC youre taking your imagery to new heights with this write of high inspire.
I love the ethereal mood of this
like a celestial cruise on the love boat.

You know I always love your free verse and when youre well inspired you take us to the stars with your hearts anticipation.
That second verse is worth its weight in poetic gold...awesome imagery and romantic intend. And what impresses me the most is just how much imagery you created in so few verses...your pen painted us a starlit kiss in the heavens.
very cool write my friend...
I do believe you hung the moon ... and theres nothing left to do but swoon.

me

OH and one more thing....

10!!!!10!!!!10!!!!
any other questions??? I didnt think so!!

Feels like Im dancin with truth and wisdom
Precious rhythm you are my guide
These days are sacred, my heart is humble
Oh warrior show me thy light

[This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 08-18-2001).]

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

17 posted 2001-08-18 07:49 PM

Wow, I have to agree with what Janet said. Soundsto me like a very special love.
Sandra

I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind. I left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time (3 Doors Down)

shadow974
Senior Member

since 2001-06-21

Posts 636
Michigan

18 posted 2001-08-18 07:57 PM

Very nicely done, I enjoyed.

Throw your heart out in front of you
And run out to catch it.

CocoBaci
Member Elite

since 2000-05-06

Posts 3043

19 posted 2001-08-18 08:18 PM

Mark sweetie, all I can add to what has been mentioned above by our PoetFriends is this poem you share has me completely captivated in every line...

The purity and gentleness of this love you describe is kinda like one that only the heavens above could bless upon two beings on these earthly grounds and we all know that's the sweetest kinda love that ever exists...

So bottom line with me, I strongly concur with SweetieJanetMarie, it's perfect in content and flow...

hugs2uAlwaysDearPoetFriend
*~coco~*

[This message has been edited by CocoBaci (edited 08-18-2001).]

shadow of the fall
Member

since 2001-08-13

Posts 83
Indiana

20 posted 2001-08-19 02:40 AM

a girl could be smitten with this one!

Karen

Dee
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since 2000-08-19

Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia

21 posted 2001-08-19 11:59 AM

Mark, I love what you do. But even more so when your heart is on your sleeve.

Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

22 posted 2001-08-20 06:24 PM

Thank you all very much once again for all the wonderful replies. I do so appreciate each and everyone of them and you. Sorry it seems to always take so long for me to thank you all but hopefully soon all my time won't so taken up by this terrible thing they call work. Now on to read some of your wonderful works. Thanks again very much.

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

23 posted 2001-08-21 07:34 PM

As I gaze
across the horizon
of this night ...
knowing
all boundaries
are set in the level
of purity
within our love ...
I find reassurance
in the lack
of headboards
constricting it's yawn
as it stretches
the depths
of our dreams
across infinite heavens.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the realm of purity, love rules.
A sphere that knows no boundaries.
It's as endless, as the universe is deep.
I love your abilty to see these things.
Very good write my friend.

Deb

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

24 posted 2001-08-21 07:38 PM

Deb-Thank you dearly and I love your wonderful replies. So happy to see you here and you know that your thoughts of my work mean much.

Martie

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California

25 posted 2001-08-21 07:51 PM

Mark--You write love so well...yes, it does become you!

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06

Posts 3733
Michigan

26 posted 2001-08-22 07:10 PM

I truly thought I had replied to this....no
blonde jokes out of you!....This is
beautiful Mark, she's a lucky lady to have
you weaving like this for her...I think she
knows that though

and we at Passions are
also very lucky...there's nothing that can
compare to your love poems my dear friend!!!

Rosebud1229
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since 2000-04-05

Posts 1813
North Carolina

27 posted 2001-08-22 11:16 PM

Mark, what can I say except to repeat the others awesome poem, this is what makes a woman swoon!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

28 posted 2001-08-22 11:40 PM

YOU sure know how to melt a woman's heart!! WOW!!! Hugs, Nancy Lee.

Alwye

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In the space between moments

29 posted 2001-08-24 11:30 PM

You know, I sought you out tonight for I know I can count on you to write incredible poetry...and I was not dissapointed. Beautiful and soft, this is...makes me miss my love (he's across the country currently)...anyway, truly gorgeous words, Mark, I'm glad I found you among these pages.

*Krista Knutson*

"Touched the mirror, broke the surface of the water,
Saw my true self, all illusions shattered..." ~Tracy Chapman

Charisma

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since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

30 posted 2001-08-25 08:02 AM

Oh Mark can't you come over to tuck me in with these lips of bliss.....oh my..my....you know how to stir certainly feelings in a womans heart my friend.

Missed ya!

((hugs))
Charisma

Cerenity
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since 2000-02-16

Posts 2637
Escondido-California

31 posted 2001-08-25 11:20 PM

Hi Mark,

What a beauty this is, Im half way to heaven already, so much enjoyed,

Love, Cerenity

"God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist.
We have to be reminded that He exist!"

(Writer Unknown)

Kay Vibbert
Junior Member

since 2001-08-25

Posts 35
Indiana

32 posted 2001-08-25 11:33 PM

this reminds me of kissing underneath the stars on a blanket with a bottle of wine hoping the cops wouldn't pull up with their headlights and ruin the excitement of it all.

Not that I ever did that

but let's say if I did!

Kay (aka/Irish Rose)

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

33 posted 2001-08-26 02:56 PM

Martie-Thank you much and if you say it becomes me then it must be so.

Holly-Okay, so no blonde jokes but only this time...you can't get away with it forever.  Thank you so much my dear friend and it is I who am not only lucky but blessed as well.

Rosebud1229-I am glad you found it awesome.  Thank you greatly.

Enchantress-Thank you much for the kind reply and the hug.

Krista-You know that it always brings a smile to my face to see your name on my poems but even more so to find one of yours to delight my senses, so count on me searching you out as well.  Thank you very much.

Charisma-I am glad it could stir some feelings in you and it is a pleasure always to hear from you.  Thank you much.

Cerenity-I doubt that my words have anything to get you halfway to heaven but it is so nice to know that you are on that path.  Thank you much.

Kay-I am sure that you only heard about that from others but I am glad it brings a memory anyway.  Thank you much.

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