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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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This place should have welled the waters of peace in me; after all, it displayed a bejeweled necklace of rocks worn by sea and wood did drift into my thieving fingers with a sense of entitlement; not the sort that drew a millionaire to dream of hilltop castles, mausoleums for his trinkets sewed together in mountains, oceans and Hollywood, but with a license all the same. But this beach had a nervous twitch, a trick to jolt wine goblets from tables and rock beds just as sleep was staged. I counted the jolts, jumped with each bolt until I lay rigid against the insistent morning. In the day, I could pretend to laugh the tremblers away or at least hold a room’s attention with an amusing show of panicked eyes. But at night, small surprises waited for their wicked lick of timing: a cackling symphony of cracking spines. Hating to be made small, I swallowed the quakes and made them my own, inferring internal patterns of passages until I could hear the waves of a lullaby. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Corinne You have managed to take the fright and turn it into art...not an easy thing to do but much appreciated. I think you are strong, as is this poem. Hugs! |
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wintertao Member
since 2003-11-17
Posts 366Okaloosa Island, FL |
some nice lines in here, well done |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Very interesting write. I liked the last stanza very much! BEEEEEwell and have a happy 2004! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
How well this describes the intensity of a 'quake. Having lived through some of them, I know how long they linger in your bones... Stay safe, dear, so glad you checked in with a poem. By the by...how's the book coming? I had noted my calendar to ask about this time of year. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Corinne~ Girlfriend ... you just write it better and better~ This is intense, vivid and compelling~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Nightshade
since 2001-08-31
Posts 13962just out of reach |
Very well written piece which totally held me in it's grip. Chris "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet." -Plato [This message has been edited by Nightshade (12-28-2003 09:41 PM).] |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
This is amazing..absolutely. I've always admired your work Corrine  Maree. p.s keeping it. "I can't believe |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Martie - not nearly as strong as I should be! But I thank you for the compliment. Perhaps it will help inspire me to be so in 2004! peace to you! wintertao - thank you. I've missed your posts in TCP! Dear Marge "Centered in love" what a perfect saying, I love it. Thank you for the compliment, lady! Sunshine - I've started so many things and finished nothing. One that shows promise is based on a trip to Oregon where I learned much about the local history of an infamous town. I'm hoping I'll be more focused this year and actually finish something. Well, I did finish one piece of fiction and submitted it, so I did complete one thing. How is yours coming along? Much better than mine, I'm sure! Hugs! Chris, thank you! Thank you Maree! Corinne |
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