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wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2002-11-09 06:16 AM

Stay my hand
From this break of vow
Not to stain

Stop the ugly flow
Of bitter verse
Beclouding my mind

The spill of bile
Upon lambskin

Not to stain
A Doveskin scroll

Hurts imagined,
Phantom wounds
Beg
“Soothe me”
Beg
“Write me”

Be this quill
A bludgeoning axe
Or Stiletto,
Scalpel sharp

The result would be
indifferent

The denigration
Of something
Once beautiful

regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

1 posted 2002-11-09 10:49 AM

After having read this three times
all I can say is ~WOW~ ...

Thank you,
Warm regards,
Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2002-11-09 11:33 AM

You will quill of love's softness again, when the time is right. Now it drips of pain, a necessary bloodletting sometimes.

PS, thanx wranx, for reading my 'Soaring' poem. Sorry that your canoe trip was rough. Skeeters? or too many 'boulders' thrown at you?

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (11-09-2002 12:00 PM).]

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-11-09 12:03 PM

Ed, I could feel the hurt coming out on these pages of blue. But, I agree with you that sometimes the bitter words we feel when we have been deeply hurt are sometimes better left unsaid. I appreciate the honesty with which you write.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2002-11-09 12:39 PM

Be this quill
A bludgeoning axe
Or Stiletto,
Scalpel sharp

The result would be
indifferent

The denigration
Of something
Once beautiful

If you don't know how beautiful this is? I guess I have a reason to be here.

brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

5 posted 2002-11-09 03:01 PM

stain-

spill

stain-

quill

beautiful

Sandpiper
Senior Member

since 2002-06-15

Posts 738
land of flora and fauna

6 posted 2002-11-10 04:03 PM

Quite beautiful indeed!

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

7 posted 2002-11-10 04:52 PM

The emotion was right there...point blank...powerfully expressed...

...believe what your heart feels...

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

8 posted 2002-11-10 04:57 PM

wranx
Good one, enjoyed.

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

9 posted 2002-11-18 12:50 PM

Sometimes, a writer's block is preferred to finding out about yrself. I'm glad you went along anyway.

Aenimal
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

10 posted 2002-11-18 10:44 PM

Your poems inspire empathy and understanding. If I've understood the poem correctly then I agree with its sentiment. Though I admit to having stained my share scrolls in the heat of the moment. It's best that poems derive from the heart of emotion rather than the bile of rage.

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