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Wassily, You and Eye
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Wassily, You and Eye |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533
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"The ideal poem would be silence...... the poem made of nothing but white" -Mallarme . . . Known well in your wake your favorite painter Kandinsky now as friend as Marc and Klee, Why absorb him? Fact is you'd not Loved me nor e'er your voice I'll hear or face I'll see He, known to be meticulously dressed and you I bared as often as I could, whose bed I shared whose mouth gave me my breath obsessed through he you may be understood Warm colors moved towards him light like yellow retreat the colder ones, my favorite blue, first Russia then Germany he exiled as I from lonliness and then from you Black is silence without hope or future in distance I've no doubt this light will dim he and I shared restlessness, depression in time your name won't be Love's synonym. "Happy people have no history" - French Proverb |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So I shall write white poems, and have hope in the silence.... Well done, Richard. Enjoyed this very much. Thank you! |
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majnu
since 2002-10-13
Posts 1088SF Bay Area |
i cannot claim to have understood even a significant portion of this but i liked the way it made me feel; as far as I am concerned that is something in itself. |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
You did him proud with this poem. I remember reading somewhere that when he saw color he heard music, and always associated his craft, color, and movements to sounds of various instruments. I think I shall write purple poems myself!  Your poems are getting such depth to them of late, and this certainy is a keeper of the first degree. |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Richard, Wow. How difficult to weave such a complex analogy. Well done indeed.  If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again. |
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Moonlight Romeo
since 2001-09-10
Posts 982The heart of you |
There is something to be said about a poem of white, as well as there is something to be said about a poem of words. Thank you. What light through yon window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. |
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Sandpiper Senior Member
since 2002-06-15
Posts 738land of flora and fauna |
Some things just are, my friend, and your last verse says it all. (Give me the sensual elegance and bold passions of Georgia O'Keefe's flowers any day!) |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
RSWells Your symboled palette paints an art in itself, enjoyed. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I shall have to do some research so I can respond intelligently... M |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Your words have painted a beautiful portrait in themselves, Richard. A wonderfully rich piece, very much enjoyed. Best wishes, /Kit |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Richard, I love the way you say your words ....in ANY color. You are a very, very talented poet. Thanks for sharing your marvelous words with us. Love To All, Ethel....garysgirl [This message has been edited by garysgirl (10-17-2002 12:11 PM).] |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
You know. I'm still waiting on that book of poetry. Meanwhile, I'm still reading your work in here, Sir. "two hearts will build the foundation for one point of light |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
cam back to say also that I love where this took my mind. "two hearts will build the foundation for one point of light |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Mr. Wells...I always read you.. but do not always have tht time to respond. Please know that I so enjoy the depth of your writing. Thank you for the feelings this brought me. ~Hugs to you poet sir~ ~ Time has cast a spell on you |
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Music Maker Member
since 2002-07-07
Posts 152THE ORIGINAL !!!! |
I wish I was educated or intelligent enough to understand a single stanza of the words you weave. I see that many others applaud your talent, dear sir, and accept their positive critique. Until I am older and perhaps wiser, I will continue to study poetry and its licence, and maybe, just maybe, I will understand. Only problem is, I am 68 years of age now, and until recent retirement was an English Tutor at a well known British University, and have very few years left in this world to uncover such perplexities!!! Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Thanks all for kind replies. Music Maker, you flatter me unnecessarily, I a mere high school graduate (and barely that). This modest submission is about a woman who broke off our relationship with no explanation or e'er another word. I am astute enough to know that it had nothing to do with me or any behaviour on my part. Perplexed (and hurt) I continued to question her reason, even in her wake, by studying her favorite painter for any insight to her character. There of course is no answer there but have come to appreciate modern art more so than prior to this affair. I am also learning that poetry has moved away from it's traditional format (though through rhyme I maintain a semblance of it) and seems to have more to do with association. In summation, time will heal this. |
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