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The Lady of Shallot
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0 posted 2001-11-01 10:45 AM



     

You play off key,
polish the ivories-
weep, write and still,
nothing.

Strum the blues on your '57 Gibson.
….sit on the sunporch,
play subtle notes from a song you had written.
It was "Felicity" remember?

Then one day you decide
you'll play a violin.

We meet
and soon hear a fever pitch
we've never heard before.

But before you play me,
there's something you should know.

I want to be fine-tuned first.
That's right,
bring the music to life-
gradually.

I am a sonata.

I am a
violin
but I'm no fiddle..
when I arch my back?

I want to be played like a Stradivarius...

photo:www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/bbcsso/images/violin_lady.



-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-


[This message has been edited by The Lady of Shallot (edited 11-01-2001).]

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Startime
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1 posted 2001-11-01 10:49 AM


Oh BRAVO!!!! This is so very perfect. I love the way you told how you should be played. Your talent never quits surprising me. You come up with the most incredible poetry. I love it.  

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

The Lady of Shallot
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2 posted 2001-11-01 10:50 AM


thank you dear, it's a release, felt damn good too    

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

The Rusty Knight
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3 posted 2001-11-01 10:56 AM


True words of how to treat any Lady.

Death comes not when we cease to breathe, but when we cease to dream.

Sunshine
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4 posted 2001-11-01 10:56 AM



Hello, Lady...your picture was not coming through, so I "fixed" it for you - hope you don't mind...

but it has nothing over the words...

well done!

doreen peri
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5 posted 2001-11-01 11:01 AM


hehehehehehehe

        

you're playin' my tune!

The Lady of Shallot
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6 posted 2001-11-01 11:13 AM


Rusty Knight, I believe so, thank you!

Sunshine, thank you so much!!

Doreen, it's every woman's tune right?
Thank you!

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

Interloper
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7 posted 2001-11-01 11:28 AM


You DO have a way with words   My sentiments EXACTLY!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

Robert A
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8 posted 2001-11-01 01:28 PM


well done, both picture and words..great combination and yes, a woman should be fine tuned......what a great metaphor for foreplay. If I interpreted you correctly?
Enchantress
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9 posted 2001-11-01 02:24 PM


WOW!!!  I love the message here and think every man on the face of the earth should read this and if it has to be explained to him.......
Great write!  Loved it, Nancy

  ~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

Duncan
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10 posted 2001-11-01 04:16 PM


I want to be fine-tuned first.
That's right,
bring the music to life-
gradually.

I am a sonata.

Is there any other way to play such a fine piece?  Thank you for the strength and beauty of this today.

The Lady of Shallot
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11 posted 2001-11-01 04:58 PM



Interloper, this one just sort of wrote itself. Thank you!

Robert, yes foreplay of course, but well, can’t say that really
I’m too shy (was) thank you for replying.

Nancy, most men know, thanks for the neat notes! and for replying.

Duncan, thank you for the kind words. The woman who wrote
this has been released and she’d like to thank the person who did it….
someday maybe she will be able to.

-befriend yourself and you will never be alone-

JamesMichael
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12 posted 2001-11-01 05:22 PM


this is fine tuned writing...music to my ears...James
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