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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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"I just wanted to die for a little while" said the teenage girl after a failed suicide She hadn't thought of the foreverness of such an act, born in grief Hell, Grief Which came first? Which less painful? The ancient jews tore at and off their clothes in cases of deepest grief Diarrhesso, Greek word for rend Circa 1500 Hieronymus Bosch paints damnation's victims naked Early 1600's the ship symbol of flying colors half mast, a survival of the days when slovenly appearance characterized mourning Rhett Butler's unshaven sentinel of his dear Bonnie's body for days clothed in hypnotic grief I recall 30 months ago being shred in despair, quite bare in depression when I clothed myself in poetry This week I almost believed Love's emperor had new clothes Grief? Hell! "Happy people have no history" - French Proverb |
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S Arthur Grey Senior Member
since 2001-03-19
Posts 719woven by a poet's loom |
Interesting write. (Curious how teens fell invincible and yet embrace suicide.) |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
I recall 30 months ago being shred in despair, quite bare in depression when I clothed myself in poetry This week I almost believed Love's emperor had new clothes ====================================== and you will clothe yourself in poetry again, for as long as it keeps you warm, for as long as it takes to heal ... and you will, in time, find yourself wearing a coat of many colors again. It will match your gifted poets hat perfectly. |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Very Powerful and informative. That last section, especially from "Love's emperor..." on, is powerfully exquisite! Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
To say I am impressed is to smack myself up the side of the head... consider my head, smacked... |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Richard You clothe yourself in hard hurt, bitter and biting...you wear poetry well. |
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