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bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

0 posted 2002-08-26 02:35 PM

The night is full of drying ink.
Old white light of paper's face.

Slow sky locks across like stone.
Lay beneath the sleep of me.
Extend hours to their names.
Extract pebbles of sad dreams.
Press your face to sleep of me.

Offer dreams in alphabet.
Follow them to rivulet.

Meet the ghosts of words unsaid.
Exist here in sleep of me.

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

1 posted 2002-08-26 02:37 PM

Were I to exist
in sleep of thee
would make of me
a softened dream.
Nice stuff Michael. As always, enjoyed, enjoyed enjoyed.

[This message has been edited by WhiteRose (08-26-2002 02:38 PM).]

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

2 posted 2002-08-26 02:48 PM

Thanks, WhiteRose.

I like how you describe your new location. And I enjoy the poem in return.

Mike

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2002-08-26 03:10 PM

Well done and enjoyed. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

bsquirrel

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Posts 7855

4 posted 2002-08-26 04:25 PM

Thank you, Chris.

GOlDsparklESS
Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 428
central nj

5 posted 2002-08-26 05:11 PM

this is drowsingly sensual!

O' to be delivered from the realm of the rational into pure song...

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

6 posted 2002-08-26 05:16 PM

My drowsiness has gone from a personal inconvenience to being sexy, has it? Ah ha! So that's what Lori meant when she told me last night my voice sounds weird.

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

7 posted 2002-08-26 07:17 PM

Hello Michael

I really enjoyed your words, so much so that I read the poem again to absorb everything. Fabulous imagery!

"We drop like pebbles
into the ponds
of each other's souls"

Take care....Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

8 posted 2002-08-26 07:25 PM

This is one of the most beautiful acrostics I have ever seen, Mr.Squirrel

~ furry rodent hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

[This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (08-26-2002 07:26 PM).]

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2002-08-26 08:12 PM

Mike

I agree with the chipmunk...one of the most beautiful acrostics! You are fresh like a breeze.

Anvrill
Senior Member

since 2002-06-21

Posts 710
in the interzone now

10 posted 2002-08-27 12:26 PM

Honey-baby, you get yrself some sleep. Don't turn into me. I got 20% on a sleep-hygiene test.

Tyler got 35%. I was basing mine on my habits BEFORE graveyard shifting, since it says the questions don't apply to night workers, so since my sleep habits are even worse now, I'm sure my mark'll be even lower... Um... Oops?

And get better, hon. So you can find a job here. Tyler really wants you to move up here.

He's already planning ways fr us to scare the locals. Besides, we're making music together again, so we need an extra body.

Oh, if y' wanna test out how great yr own sleeping habits are, have a look-see here.

I myself am about to sleep again for the third time in the past 36 hours. Yes, severe amounts of catching up on sleep debt. By the time I go to work again, I will have slept 4 times in 48 hours. Then I'll go back to not sleeping again until my next days off. Augh, someone shoot me with a tranquilizer, wouldja?

i'll be waiting for you
do exactly what you're told

jm

brian sites
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since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

11 posted 2002-08-27 03:18 AM

get
published
now

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

12 posted 2002-08-27 01:39 PM

Thanks, everyone, for enjoying this acrostic. Lori, I scored a 51. And brian, I will. I will.

Mike

hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

13 posted 2002-08-27 01:51 PM

Beautiful

bsquirrel

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14 posted 2002-08-27 03:00 PM

Thanks, hoot.

Anvrill
Senior Member

since 2002-06-21

Posts 710
in the interzone now

15 posted 2002-08-27 03:55 PM

A 51 may be doin' better'n me, but you're still not doing yourself any favours. Get better at this whole sleeping thing, k? Then yr immune system will pick up and you won't get sick! So there.

i'll be waiting for you
do exactly what you're told

jm

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

16 posted 2002-08-27 04:04 PM

Okay. So no trying to stay awake listening to the Beatles? (actually, last night, I put on Magical Mystery Tour and fell dead asleep by the third song)

Mikey

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

17 posted 2002-08-27 04:05 PM

P.S. What was your score? Oh wait, nevermind, you already said above. :p

Mike

[This message has been edited by bsquirrel (08-27-2002 04:06 PM).]

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

18 posted 2002-08-27 09:37 PM

Yay!!! Oh Michael, I just love this, this is wonderful, may you always have sweet dreams and invite the ghosts of poetic muse into your heart always! (sigh) This is wonderful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! Yo have such a beautiful heart, sweet Michael, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

bsquirrel

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Posts 7855

19 posted 2002-08-28 12:05 PM

Thanks, Noah.

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