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Bitter The Taste
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Bitter The Taste |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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The core of you, unwanted seed now drying in the harsh winds of yesterday as today brings to my memory the bitter taste, once sweet. Once a bloom, a blossom of beauty, growing slowly in the nurturing rains of Spring....Now withered, yet still clinging to the stem of what was, but is no more. Tangy, the lips once kissed, now dried and cracked from a weathering of arid gusts, a downpour of waters from eyes that no longer see the once firm flesh.. When you changed, I changed... The blush of you now pale and gray as I ripen and become the sweet succulent cider for lips that yearn the heady taste. Go now...fall to the cracked earth of your roots. Shrivel to the bake of a blistering sun beyond the shadow of cool passionate rest. For when I found the once whole worm, dangling from death’s bed...I knew... |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You are full of apples today, Magnus... but you went from charming to bittersweet... and this one plied a tear... Excellent writing.... |
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QjQ Member Elite
since 2003-04-18
Posts 3756U.S.A. |
very nice write n read "mag" i always enjoy your poetry,,, A voice of honesty |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
Barry - such wonderful metaphors and images and gosh I just enjoyed reading it - Paul |
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Ceinwyn Member Elite
since 2000-07-09
Posts 2175VA |
powerful expression..*sigh* reminds me of a few ppl If at first you don't succeed destroy all the evidence that you tried. |
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martina Member
since 2003-06-19
Posts 59 |
wonderful it really is a great poem martina |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggssssssssss) Can much relate here, dearest friend, that happened to me and Joanna and I didn't see it coming, and I forgive her but yet we never talk again and I don't think she remembered me at all that whole time! (sad sigh) I'm just a wistful early bird trying to find the worm in this dust bowl, God Bless You, we all love yu so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Barry, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
love to read you! |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Fantastic writing PoetFriend Magnus... I truly enjoyed this read... *~coco~* |
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gemjop Member Elite
since 2002-11-18
Posts 2587Pencilveinia, USA |
into my library....i know this...you painted it with precision..i'm in awe. |
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Patricia Member Elite
since 2003-04-06
Posts 2160Missouri |
Barry, a cold chill ran through me as I read this verse and has still yet to leave me. I am reminded of a few years ago... Powerful verse. Patricia |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
Certainly powerful in the tone and undertone...between the lines. A difficult digestion as life continues...to find we are unmatched and invisible. TD |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Magnus: I really enjoyed this read - you are indeed a very accomplished poet and I bow to you!  Roniece Dawson-Bruce |
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