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Duncan
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0 posted 2003-03-16 01:20 PM



I dreamed again
of moss covered stone
lying wait among twisted root
with knotty fingers curled through dirt
in gasp of breath
catching foot
and tripping me
into unbroken flat faced fall
and ditch...

shallow for a grave
but tomb enough
as dank and rotting leaves amass
heavy with rake of season
to conceal the rest
of the body...

my body
weighted and cold
now disposed
if not yet dead
pocketed by earth
lungs soon to scream
in poverty of breath
until desperate, involuntary gasp
sucks earthen clot toward throat
and choking cocktail
of grit and gas
result

as fading tread of step appears
to echo in now sand filled ears
the crunch of spine, the wound of heart
from seasons last snapped apart
and with a fluttered stone scratched eye
the sight of you
with loam gouged hands
covering a smile
I know again
I am
damned

My heart you took so long ago
but chamber void still aches me so
the ground refused to swallow me
though each night it seems to be
that thoughts of you I thought long dead
dance as visions in my head
bury then this dream begun
that I might sleep at set of sun

© Copyright 2003 Duncan - All Rights Reserved
serenity blaze
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1 posted 2003-03-16 01:29 PM


Your styles meld perfectly...absolutely seamless rendering here.

This left me gasping for air as the vivid imagery so aptly depicted the slow-death-feel of suffocating depression.

stunned (and more than a little bit jealous-- )


Janet Marie
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2 posted 2003-03-16 01:30 PM


as fading tread of step appears
to echo in now sand filled ears
the crunch of spine, the wound of heart
from seasons last snapped apart
and with a fluttered stone scratched eye
the sight of you
with loam gouged hands
covering a smile
I know again
I am
damned

My heart you took so long ago
but chamber void still aches me so
the ground refused to swallow me
though each night it seems to be
that thoughts of you I thought long dead
dance as visions in my head
bury then this dream begun
that I might sleep at set of sun
=====================================


WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and
DEEEEEEEEEP DEEEEEP DEEEEP ...

the moth will be back to give this more time...headed out the door...but wanted to say that you two need to do this MORE!!!!
very very cool...
you guys must be really be poets huh?

garysgirl
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3 posted 2003-03-16 01:46 PM


Double         


You guys really should do more of this,
you know!!

[This message has been edited by garysgirl (03-16-2003 01:46 PM).]

1slick_lady
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4 posted 2003-03-16 01:48 PM


nice you two...h
regards2you
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5 posted 2003-03-16 01:51 PM




One of the best poems I've read in a long time. I've read it five times and each time, it is MORE powerful and leaves me involutarily gasping. There are too many good parts to point out any one as special. A light read?????

I love this!

Hugs to you both; what a terrific combination of talent! Oh my goodness!
Pat

      

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6 posted 2003-03-16 07:43 PM


you did good..and give me credit where it is not due... a case of an idea..you ran with and wove very well into a tense piece... I'm impressed...very...

good stuff Duncan... very good.


Seymour Tabin
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7 posted 2003-03-16 07:56 PM


Duncan
Well you guys heeped up a litle magic here.
A wonderful write.

Martie
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8 posted 2003-03-16 08:06 PM


Duncan and Ron...Intense, like needing to swallow something that might hurt going down, but is delicious anyway...if that makes any sense. Very well done, you guys..impressed here!
Sunshine
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9 posted 2003-03-16 08:24 PM


Intense magic...yes....

AND...

wonderful.  As Serenity said, seamless...and something that should be brought back in October?  Hmmmm?  Don't forget either one of you!

Thank you for making the sun shine today!

Paul Wilson
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10 posted 2003-03-16 08:35 PM


Guys...Nothing light about this, it comes over with a bang. Sort of like getting hit by a Mack Truck. Congratulations too both of you for a super duet...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

Janet Marie
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11 posted 2003-03-17 09:01 AM


like a bad rash the moth keeps coming back


As I said before...I wanted to give this more time...so much to see here...

As KA and others have said...one of the most impressive things about this one is that you wrote in such poetic sync, to the point that its hard for me to tell where one leaves off and the other came in...even as well as I feel like I know each of your work--yes..seemless melding of styles...and of course the imagery is just so vivid and well defined by a masterful employ of metaphor, personification, and using such descriptive and depictive vocab choices that you painted this haunting, surreal write for us like a versed vignette.

Its angsty, aching, melancholy, essence is done with a dramatic subtlety and draws the reader in with a heady mix of emotions and imagery.

I dreamed again
of moss covered stone
lying wait among twisted root
with knotty fingers curled through dirt
in gasp of breath
catching foot
and tripping me
into unbroken flat faced fall
and ditch...

~~

as fading tread of step appears
to echo in now sand filled ears
the crunch of spine, the wound of heart
from seasons last snapped apart
and with a fluttered stone scratched eye
the sight of you
with loam gouged hands
covering a smile
I know again
I am
damned

My heart you took so long ago
but chamber void still aches me so
the ground refused to swallow me
though each night it seems to be
that thoughts of you I thought long dead
dance as visions in my head
bury then this dream begun
that I might sleep at set of sun


~~
and the moth did not miss the rhymes either


very very cool duet of the minds you guys....
I hope to see more of this from two of my fave poets..its a double delight


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12 posted 2003-03-18 09:15 AM


I thought serenity had said it all... until I read JM's second reply. *S* I can't really add anything to their superb comments... except to say wonderful job, guys! *S*
Mysteria
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13 posted 2004-12-15 03:08 PM


A gloomy day called for a gloomy poem, and I absolutely adored this one.  It depicts the fall into the darkness like no other words could.  You guys make this look so effortless.
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