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Nomalanga
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Nomalanga |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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Nomalanga She is a specter in the skyline and the intimacy of shadow. She begs me to keep the idea of her, not to let it wane with time or be crushed by pragmatics. I can hear her when noises are quelled, when I’ll listen. Her voice is clearest, though, in the lilt of my neighbor’s tongue; whenever he and his wife wave me over to sit in overheated rooms, sip sweetened Rooibos and munch on apple slices. We begin with the benign: bumper crops of acorns last fall, yesterday’s windstorm, whether the snow pack will be sufficient this year. Sometimes we don’t discuss her. It’s left to me to bring her up, to ask what it was like in her country before the core vanished and kernels became dust, before the old and young were all that were left. When we rinse our bone-china cups in clean, hot water, and sit by the fire with sated stomachs, her face rises in the window’s condensation. |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
your pen has lost nothing since last I read you... your phrasing and use of imagery examples for the rest of us to study and learn from.. always enjoy reading you..and always am left with a desire to write with such power and clarity... |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
and I am reminded when you come to visit before disappearing what it is that draws me to you... mystic. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
reminded me of my Grandfather's tales of the old country, when I was small, how he came to America on a ship alone at the age of 8..and he would tell me all he could while I sat watching him peel an apple skin in one piece. M |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Ron, you are so kind, thank you. I apologize for not having been around lately. Hoping to get that resolved soon. Sunshine - aha! Well said my dear. But who here is the mystic?  Thank you, Naked Thoughts. I love that image of the apple being peeled in one long strand. Saw that in a play once, I was amazed that the woman could act, talk and peel at the same time. Corinne |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Corinne~ You draw me in ... suspend me within your word-web, then gently word-sway me ... reminding me of just why I LOVE to read you~ This is richly wonderful ...~ Thank you for being a poet ... and a friend~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big angel hugs) Yay! Oh Corinne, I have missed your wonderful poetry so much, sweet friend, what makes your poetry so enjoyable to read is how you fulfill your heart with the notion "let me feel as you do", and you made me feel right at home, sitting in the warm chair by the fire with honey darjeeling on a small plate! (kiss on cheek) God Bless You, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Corinne, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "You'll find something that's enough to keep you |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
 You be, of course! |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
Oh Corinne, this is absolutely smashing, you're one of my favourite poets here, not sure if you know that. it truly is a pleasure to read you and I'm never disappointed more please Maree. p.s keeping it. Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Agreeing with Maree....it is always such a pleasure to read your poetry! Good to see you, Corinne! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Dang, but I loved this write more than the previous ones I remember from your quill. You've made the soul and spirit of the subject back to life. |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Been wondering where you've been. Good to read you again, Corinne. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Sweet Marge! And I always love reading your uplifting, spiritual poems! I probably should have put some footnotes into this one: Nomalanga is a South African girl's name. Rooiboss is a South African red tea. I've been haunted by the idea of adopting a South African child (heh, even though I've got two of my own to finish raising). Everyone around me thinks I'm nuts (noble in theory, crazy in reality). Noah - thank you for the warm welcome back! I see you are up to 30,000+ posts! Good lord, Noah! I've been a member since 1999 and I think I only have around 3,000. haha! Sunshine - Ah! Well, I'm not the one with a book ready to go, now am I? Oh, thank you, you are so kind, Maree! Thanks Martie! Good to be here again! Looking forward to some sunny Cali weather this weekend! Yipee! Thank you, Midnight Sun! I've forgotten how sweet everyone here is, Krawdad! Thank you for the warm welcome! Corinne |
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