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Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

0 posted 2003-02-27 04:23 AM

I listen to the echoes
In the deserted caverns
Of my mind,
While I kick through
Words moaning unclear visions
Of unfinished phrases
Piled mile-high
Like forgotten litter
Laying like mountains
Blocking my way.

Sickly laughter resonates
From somewhere
In the shadows of time
While a poem
Stubborn and steadfast
Refuses to be written.

Gypsies dance fervently
by candlelight
on my walls and ceiling
While a warmth glow
Illuminates my room.
Will the flickers of flame
Encourage the flow
Of my mysterious wellspring?

There ~ a thought!
Then, sadly brushed aside
Wrinkled up lost
Poem of eclipse
A vantage point forgotten
I can only sigh.
This night grows older
Soon to die in morn’s arms.

A lackadaisical sunset
Sweetly serenades me.
Contently I seek solace in
Nature’s gentle hand.
Where is the spark
To boggle my mind
Before time begins to mock me?
So weary grows my soul
As it weakens without feeling?

Here I sit holding my cup,
Bare-footed and ready
Eyeing the clean white page
That awaits the push and pull
Of a tidal wave of feelings
To wash over this tired mind
With a watercolor brush
And paint me a poem.

*

personal photo

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Aretha Franklin

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (02-27-2003 04:53 AM).]

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2003-02-27 04:44 AM

Very nice Mysteria...James

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2003-02-27 08:57 AM

(sigh) Oh Sharon, fear not, dearest friend, with your golden heart where gypsies always flitter around, you are bound to find that inspiration always and you can always read and look at art and hear conversations if you still need that spark! (big hugggssssss) This is wonderful, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

3 posted 2003-02-27 09:10 AM

I don't have to paint you a poem.. You've done that quite masterfully all by yourself!!... This is exceptional, my dear friend... It really, really is...

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2003-02-27 09:11 AM

She writes!

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2003-02-27 09:16 AM

Beautifully done Sharon!!
And...I love the photo!!
~Hugs & Smiles, Nancy~

~ Trace my body with your words..
And in doing so, you touch my heart. ~

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

6 posted 2003-02-27 09:24 AM

Sharon, I love this picture. And the poem as well.

Thomas119gold
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since 2002-06-03

Posts 708
Biloxi, MS (city by the sea)

7 posted 2003-02-27 10:28 AM

hmmmm nice picture

beautiful images from your words create a tapestry that is unlike any other I have seen

Thomas

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2003-02-27 11:24 AM

Sharon,
I agree with Nan on this one. It is a keeper.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2003-02-27 11:34 AM

Shaorn..this feeling is all too familiar, but I could never have painted it so perfetly.

KoKo
Senior Member

since 2003-02-15

Posts 995
Inside the shadow's shadow

10 posted 2003-02-27 12:05 PM

Poem of eclipse...
This is awesome!! Wonderfully done!

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
--Chang Tzu

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

11 posted 2003-02-27 12:09 PM

Well thank you all - I couldn't sleep last night so I did the art first, and the thoughts followed. I am so pleased you enjoyed it.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Aretha Franklin

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

12 posted 2003-02-27 12:10 PM

I think you painted it quite well... blank page my butt....

enjoyed this... very nicely done.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

13 posted 2003-02-27 12:13 PM

Ah yes..the dance we do with our muse...
the words that play in our heads and the spark we need to make them fuse with our pen....the process of getting words to paper is heaven and hell.
You captured it well dear poetess...
very cool pic too

Where the touch of lovers end and the soul of friends begin,
there's a need to be separate and a need to be one ...
it's struggle neither wins.

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

14 posted 2003-02-27 01:08 PM

I can only sigh

NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

15 posted 2003-02-27 03:33 PM

Ahhhhhh ... just wonderful Sharon. Your writing always makes me think and feel good. You are truly talented as a poetess and storyteller.

Huggles, Marti

Dwelling on the negative simply
contributes to its power.
Shirley MacLaine

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

16 posted 2003-02-27 04:11 PM

Your palette's magnificent, Mysteria... even if it doesn't give you masterpieces on demand... they're worth the wait! *S*

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

17 posted 2003-02-27 04:19 PM

You know you folks actually make me think I know what I am doing sometimes LOL

thanks kindly to each of you.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Aretha Franklin

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

18 posted 2003-02-27 08:26 PM

*****************************
Eyeing the clean white page
That awaits the push and pull
Of a tidal wave of feelings
*****************************

Sharon, you've made me want to pick up both pen and paintbrush. THANK YOU!

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