Fingering a Phrase Phase...

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Sunshine

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0 posted 2002-02-13 09:19 PM

Fingering a Phrase Phase

To turn a phrase
I take my pen,
wrap it around my fingers
and then
write my mind...
turn corners sharp
with a little speed
then speed of warp
as if in need…

I wonder then
who shall find
these little ditty words
of mine...
be they big
or be they tall ~
be they boisterous
or spirit small...
~ shall they smile
with little guile? ~

So what if my mind
is dumpy and gray,
even when I've not much
to say
my fingers take on a
life of their own,
sometimes I think
"on and on they drone"
but then I just
leave them alone
till they work themselves
down to their bone…

And then…
and then…..
that is when
the mind takes over
and fresh as fields of
purple clover
it goes running like
that old dog Rover
playing with its bone

Even though these fingers
are tired and weary
my mind awakes
bright and cheery
wanting then to take them on
and Fingers look at Mind…
and off they wander,
so long gone…

"She turns a phrase,"
~ a passing phase ~
oh, it's been said
so I ponder if, when
my mind was dead,
you knew my fingers
were doing the walking
when all along you thought
it was my gray
a'talking…

So my mind takes a twist
but then it detours,
when once it was set
now is unsure
it looks 'round corners
and only finds mirrors,
it seems to fly upward
then caught by
downdrafts sheer

As one side fights
with the other side's way
the mind in abeyance
is held in sway
and while it's pondering
on thoughts long gone
those fingers come back
to wander
on, and on….

Next time when
wondering if it
is all in your mind,
or if life is just
a simple twist
of rhyme
that when you're stalking
a slip of talking,
it's your fingers that do
all the walking...

~*~

From a
year and
one day ago
02.12.01
Revised 02.13.02

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (02-13-2002 09:30 PM).]

SEA

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with you

1 posted 2002-02-13 09:29 PM

the flow is amazing! I enjoyed the path your fingers took me while walking

Martie

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California

2 posted 2002-02-13 10:13 PM

Karilea--You are just so darn good! Loved this!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

3 posted 2002-02-13 10:21 PM

Karilea~You are just sooo clever!
I love the way this one just danced its way down the page....good stuff here!
~Valentine hugs to you, Nancy~

~Love transcends time and space~

[This message has been edited by Enchantress (02-13-2002 10:22 PM).]

Sunshine

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4 posted 2002-02-14 07:15 AM

I knew the minute I would post this, Ron would open a new forum! Thank you for your wonderful replies!

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

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5 posted 2002-02-14 08:31 AM

Well then fill that new forum with the magic of your phrase...
and the warmth of your rays.

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