Poetry is Free - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

Alicia
Member

since 2002-03-22

Posts 279

0 posted 2002-08-09 01:51 PM

I am still standing
in a side turn - slight sway
with half my blood drawn
and copper pots catching.
I am only wiser for this.
And poetry is free
or can be if we are willing
to risk the tarnish aged in waiting
with a liquid burn
something like my eyes at midnight
and tainted drool slurred slow
even slower than yesterday
and the way it hung
in fingered windows
palm shots begging to get out.
And I am still standing
by the naked glass
for free, for poetry
for the remains of wanting
on a Friday afternoon
too soon again to tell
and you slide past
glance later
in a pierce of wonder
that surrounds selfishness
sick slow the knowing
until it follows
swallows you into regarding it
normal somehow.

Blue Kitty
Member

since 2002-08-05

Posts 72
Virginia

1 posted 2002-08-09 01:57 PM

Wow, a lot is in this poem, I’m not sure I understand all you are trying to say, but I like the way you move from image to image. It’s not a smiles poem, but it does make you think and that’s a good thing.

P.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2002-08-09 02:14 PM

Alicia

The places you travel are blood and sinew that I feel more than understand...and if poetry is free, why do I feel that I (you?) pay for it with an exposed heart?

It is always a good experience to read you!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-08-09 02:17 PM

It is probably best
that I tell you
Sounds of Silence
is playing as I read this...

and right off hand
I cannot say that I would have
chosen other music
to accompany
these haunting words...

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

4 posted 2002-08-09 04:44 PM

hey you. . . still working on that thought of mine. . . but, I'm here looking at your thoughts and wondering. . . when does the payment come???

peace you. . . keep listening. . .

-------------------------------------------------------------

To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

5 posted 2002-08-09 05:39 PM

These pen strokes have the taste of iodine, the nimbus of quicksilver. Images through window's pain and the stark wintry chill of one underdressed and getting used to it by degrees. Of course this means I liked it.

[This message has been edited by RSWells (08-09-2002 06:00 PM).]

S Arthur Grey
Senior Member

since 2001-03-19

Posts 719
woven by a poet's loom

6 posted 2002-08-09 05:50 PM

Well, this is above normal, I should say. An enjoyable piece.
But the rest of it? Yes, more normal than we would like to think, especially when we get only the glance.

S Arthur

. . . Hills jump with brooks.
trees tumble out of twigs and sticks;
e e cummings

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

7 posted 2002-08-09 05:57 PM

Alicia
There is nothing normal about normal, enjoyed.

Goodknight
Member Elite

since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

8 posted 2002-08-09 07:32 PM

powerful poetry that will evoke pondering for some time - this is well done - I liked it - Paul

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

9 posted 2002-08-09 07:34 PM

(big hugggssssss) Oh Alicia, this is powerful, sweet friend, I can feela deep haunting overtone in this and I hope all is alright, my heart goes out to you, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Alicia, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

Alicia
Member

since 2002-03-22

Posts 279

10 posted 2002-08-10 02:00 PM

~What a beautiful Saturday afternoon, just snuck in from working in the 'porch garden' to thank you all.

-Blue Kitty, thinking is a good thing. Thank you much for doing so.

-Martie, and it's always a good experience to be read by you. And yes, you are right about the exposure, for sure friend.

-Karilea, what a song (and album), glad that you shared that, and thank you for your reading,...I had to go and play that song after seeing your reply.

-Sven, listening, always listening. Thank you for reading these thoughts.

-Richard, your replies are something else. Always enjoy them and their insight.

-S Arthur Grey, thankful thoughts to you for reading and commenting.

-Seymour Tabin, so true, so true. Thank you for reading.

-Paul, thank you for stopping and pondering, I'm pleased to have you read.

-Noah, thank you for reading, for all the reading and encouraging you do around here.

*Peace poets.

.

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.