A ballad not for Matt Talbot

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brian madden
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since 2000-05-06

Posts 4374
ireland

0 posted 2002-01-26 03:59 PM

I found my God,
as Matt Talbot
had once done,
wrapped within the chains
of his own vesicle desire,
stretched along a nerve
an all ragged and wincing child
like crow wings flapping
or vassal chains
clanking their arcane approval.
With an eviction
on its tongue
the homeless winds
above howl
wrecking a savage prayer
in its lung as it
drives me on.

Old gin drown
Matt Talbot
He was a penitentiary.
If only my motive were true,
my agony not a ecstasy…..
Yeah, I was a beast
wrestling humanity,
my manly course and bruised
so far removed
from what parents approve.
They must never know
the secrets attended
as they slumber.
In the boundary of scorn
don't we all rebel
in the morning
so final and damning,
with a violent sigh
this punishing may well be
a cleansing in preparation
for love,
pacific and true.

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Hi everyone, sorry I have not been around for a while. At the moment I am busy with college. Hope I can visit in a few months when I get a breather.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.oscar wilde

[This message has been edited by brian madden (01-26-2002 04:02 PM).]

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2002-01-26 04:16 PM

brian,
it's soooo good to have you back for a minute. *HuGS* love the poem and loved the use of the word vesical in that context.
Write on
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-01-26 04:56 PM

(big hugggsssssss) Oh Brian, we've all missed you so much, I'm so ahppy you're back, and I hope all is going well in college with you, I am graduating this year and will be going to college next year! (smiles) This is a wonderful poem, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Brian, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-01-26 05:01 PM

If this is a reflection of what college is doing to you, things sound rough, but always as is, the intensity suits you. I've missed you! Glad to see you back, even if but for a moment.

Corinne
Member Ascendant

since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

4 posted 2002-01-26 06:44 PM

Hi Brian,

I see by your words that you continue to grow both as a poet and a human being.

Cor

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

5 posted 2002-01-26 07:42 PM

My, it is so good to see you here, Brian, you know your writing HAS grown and
deepened, but then I always saw something special there.  I thought I was going
to visit Ireland this year but it doesn't look like it, I'm afraid it will only be a dream for me...but who knows.  This piece is so intense.  If there is one thing that does my heart good it is reading young people expressing themselves, freely, openly and it is just a privilege to be able to do that isn't it?

  God speed!

kathleen

Kathleen--(Kay)
A true friend does not love you for who you are, but in spite of who you are." -- Caroline Tran

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

6 posted 2002-01-26 08:11 PM

Yeah, I was a beast
wrestling humanity,
my manly course and bruised
so far removed
from what parents approve.
They must never know
the secrets attended
as they slumber.
In the boundary of scorn
don't we all rebel
in the morning
so final and damning,
with a violent sigh
this punishing may well be
a cleansing in preparation
for love,
pacific and true.
=====================================

hey Bri ... good to get to read you again...
this is classic Bri ... the vocabulary, the imagery, the angst ... deep deep meaning and metaphor. very cool write ...have missed you.
jm

I'm like a broken record that you can play ...
Repeating (as if it matters) ... everything I say.

Gin Blossoms

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25

Posts 3812
Virginia

7 posted 2002-01-26 08:15 PM

quote:
don't we all rebel
in the morning
so final and damning,
with a violent sigh

GODDDD!!!!!! i've missed you!!!

those lines are perfect!! great write from you brian.... so good to see you again, my friend.......

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

8 posted 2002-01-26 08:59 PM

college forms a young man's conscience I think, you'll do well by clicking onto this site now and then to keep abreast of new poets and their styles. Nice choice of words and flow here

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

9 posted 2002-01-26 09:59 PM

your business is our loss, Brian. I have missed your style.....this is awesome

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