Of Stone and Ash (Duet with Aenimal)

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Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

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where the wild flowers grow

0 posted 2003-09-02 01:28 AM

A halting breath escapes
a wall of vine.
The hint of necromancy
fills the moonlit air,
ashes spread to conjure

A pillar vein
pumps blood through
petrified beast..
a black summer,
a shedding tree..
grows new skin.

Upon the ground
a shadow dance
of swaying leaves
wind slithers
through the wood
in whisper primeval

Runic hymns
pierce the din
of sylvan creatures
relics and bones
in the firelight
the ancient Oak
bears witness

a groaning hiss
a siren's cry
escapes in rough echos
an adversary temple,
the ache of frozen growth

stone grieves
of thirst
moon glint
as steel cuts
through the darkness

cold grin
the satiated
rises in flames
descends in mists
that spread across
this tired earth

endemic feather
drenched in the poison
of life's morbid, blinking eye
mercury river, tempting ..
numb seed of pomegranate,
stain of death in the sky

angelblueyes
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since 2003-07-19

Posts 2148
Oklahoma

1 posted 2003-09-02 01:35 AM

This is so full of deep emotion.The metaphors and the imagery show me this so vividly.You two are a great pair that can bring such realism to this write.
Crystal

QjQ
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since 2003-04-18

Posts 3756
U.S.A.

2 posted 2003-09-02 02:35 AM

a terrific penning by both,,,

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

3 posted 2003-09-02 05:45 AM

Good God!
Raph and Meg!
This is one of the most
brilliant duets I have read!
Made me feel as if I were
in a ring of trees . . .

Passion fueled, I see two,
metaphorically the Earth
rising above, no one hand to
another, overcoming . . .
THIS

Just amazed you guys
this is midnight . . .
*smile*
xxoo

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

4 posted 2003-09-02 08:53 AM

Wow! absolutely fantastic you two... this reminds me of the bush fires we had last summer... I'll never forget.

More please

Maree.

PS. Keeping it.

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2003-09-02 08:58 AM

Amazing duet you two!
Loved it from start to finish!
Extremely well written.
~Hugs~

~The breeze that kissed you on the face,
Has held me in the same embrace~

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

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New York

6 posted 2003-09-02 01:48 PM

. . . breathing . . .

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

7 posted 2003-09-02 05:45 PM

A perfect match!

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

8 posted 2003-09-02 08:16 PM

ok..you guys are geniuses. I could be too...but I can't even spell genius.

oh..I know who wrote this line:

endemic feather
drenched in the poison
of life's morbid, blinking eye
mercury river, tempting ..
numb seed of pomegranate,
stain of death in the sky

um..yeah..good stuff. library? umm sure...

insanity is not a crime

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

9 posted 2003-09-02 10:37 PM

yes, its all there,
in this,
the dark, the deep, the mystery and the beauty
just like to revel in it all, who needs the light?

1slick_lady
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

10 posted 2003-09-03 12:54 PM

2 talented poets make...wonderment...helen

KoKo
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since 2003-02-15

Posts 995
Inside the shadow's shadow

11 posted 2003-09-03 02:08 AM

oh damn....i wonder why i never saw it before...
you guys make a wonderful duet!!!

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.
--Chang Tzu

bsquirrel

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since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

12 posted 2003-09-03 01:20 PM

Sehr gut.

Jason Lyle
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since 2003-02-07

Posts 1438
With my darkling

13 posted 2003-09-03 03:34 PM

"I haven't got the words" awesome writing guys.This is just,...amazing.

Jason

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

14 posted 2003-09-03 03:44 PM

I only think
I know
who wrote what.
Wonderful piece!

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

15 posted 2003-09-03 05:04 PM

Fantastic, This breathes with life...and death. These lines in particular are brilliant "drenched in the poison
of life's morbid, blinking eye"

Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

16 posted 2003-09-03 05:09 PM

enjoy your read

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

17 posted 2003-09-03 08:54 PM

Thanks all always fun writing with Meg. this one was pure release, letting go of rules or and the usual patterns and just writing what came to mind..the colors children the colors

gemjop
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 2587
Pencilveinia, USA

18 posted 2003-09-05 10:46 AM

I missed this, you little tinkers!

2 of me fave poets, and wow, too many lines to quote.

just

it reminds me of scenes from lord of the rings.

Instant karma's gonna get you.

Wind

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since 2002-10-12

Posts 2981

19 posted 2003-09-05 04:17 PM

you will never know ? perhaps I'll tell you because you both have metal heads. and yeah...the last line. that was what I said..thought it was Raphael's? perhaps I was mistaken.

then again? tell me..I told YOU.

oh and I love the new pic

insanity is not a crime

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

20 posted 2003-09-05 04:36 PM

This is a study in archetypal visions. It stirs deep waters.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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