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Cpat Hair

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since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

0 posted 2004-03-08 08:00 PM

You’d find the rose
From sunrise sets well on skin
Flushed in love
When the palette before you is imbued
With softer tones and you wish
To capture that moment of first blink
And languorous stretch to meet day
After wrapped in arms of lusty stars
And twinkle of midnight dew
After this so very long…

Let this easel be set to show
The shadows too
That float on walls behind you
Half lit image of softened edges
Still weak in definition just as the mind has not yet
Turned spiral cut gears to mesh
With another days grind

Smile for me and lay if you please
In face flushed beauty
That I might with my eyes
If not in paint
Capture this the spring
Of you

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2004-03-08 08:08 PM

*sigh* you know I am keeping this

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

2 posted 2004-03-08 08:14 PM

Wow, sigh Cpat.. sigh.

one for the library me thinks.

Beauty of the world which is soon to perish has two edges, one of laughter and one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder.
(by Virginia Woolf)

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

3 posted 2004-03-08 08:46 PM

"Smile for me and lay if you please
In face flushed beauty
That I might with my eyes
If not in paint
Capture this the spring
Of you"

This is SO beautiful!!
Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me ~

Sadelite
Member Elite

since 2003-10-11

Posts 2519

4 posted 2004-03-08 08:52 PM

Wow! What does one say after reading this?
If you were selling tickets to romance, you'd be all sold out here! Enjoyed the read.

Sadelite

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2004-03-08 09:08 PM

Ron

This is so softly sensual...and well, just lovely!

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

6 posted 2004-03-08 09:31 PM

I'll say it again....Ahh, Spring

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

7 posted 2004-03-08 10:25 PM

"Smile for me and lay if you please
In face flushed beauty
That I might with my eyes
If not in paint
Capture this the spring
Of you"

Someone told me once that I was addicted to these "beginnings". This reminded me why...

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

8 posted 2004-03-08 10:46 PM

Cpat. I am sighing here.

hugs, Chris

Greeneyes

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

9 posted 2004-03-08 11:25 PM

one of your best soft and subtle....

~~**~~
There are moments when speech
is but a mouth pressed lightly and
humbly against the angel's hands.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

10 posted 2004-03-09 12:01 PM

I find Duncan's reply a bit startling, because after reading this, I thought:

"His writing is like a drug..."

There's power in the gentle expanse that reading you allows me.

Yep.

Mighty like a rose...

and if I haven't thanked you lately for being a friend--shame shame shame on me.

thank you

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

11 posted 2004-03-09 12:17 PM

Very very nicely done.......Enjoyable read!

Eric

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

12 posted 2004-03-09 01:37 AM

Cpat -- Absolutely beautiful artistry!

......jo

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

13 posted 2004-03-09 07:43 AM

You’d find the rose
From sunrise sets well on skin
Flushed in love
When the palette before you is imbued
With softer tones and you wish
To capture that moment of first blink
And languorous stretch to meet day
After wrapped in arms of lusty stars
And twinkle of midnight dew
After this so very long…
==========================

( I just love when the forums reactions back me up)

Now I can just quietly exhale and read this beauty again. *sigh*

Through the water ... through the rain ... to the soul of everything
Wash my heart out on the stones ... and I'm almost gone.

David Gray

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

14 posted 2004-03-09 09:46 AM

We do not often see tender
poems of love...

so I'm tucking this away,
for when the gears need oil
and the spring has been stretched
too far...

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2004-03-09 11:51 AM

You had me from the intriguing title to your wonderful closing words... Oh, my! Oh, my! Oh, my!

~ To love & romance ~ and your poetry!!!
EA

scorpio
Member Ascendant

since 2002-10-02

Posts 5178
right...there

16 posted 2004-03-09 12:08 PM

Painting with words is a talent. And you are an artist. And yes, always remember to include the shadows for depth and contrast and intrique.

believe in what your heart feels...

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

17 posted 2004-03-09 12:22 PM

yes, that spring affair with spring again...ahhh this is blissfully laden with that first sensation of it

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

18 posted 2004-03-09 12:36 PM

*big smile*

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

19 posted 2004-03-09 04:39 PM

"Smile for me and lay if you please
In face flushed beauty
That I might with my eyes
If not in paint
Capture this the spring
Of you"

exceptional ending to a stunning write

Opeth
Senior Member

since 2001-12-13

Posts 1543
The Ravines

20 posted 2004-03-10 08:36 AM

A fine romantic poem, indeed. However, this part...

"Let this easel be set to show
The shadows too
That float on walls behind you
Half lit image of softened edges"

... reminded me of the camera work in the movie, Citizen Kane, which is not a bad thing, but off-topic.

Enjoyed!

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

21 posted 2004-03-10 09:57 AM

liked this

Charisma

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since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

22 posted 2004-03-10 10:01 AM

*sigh* Ron this is sooooooo beautiful penned, a delight to read

Charisma

Startime55
Member Elite

since 2003-04-05

Posts 2148
Alberta, Canada

23 posted 2004-03-10 10:29 AM

Sensually Beautiful....I love the whole feel of it...

jellybeans
Member Elite

since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

24 posted 2004-03-10 02:35 PM

oh my this is the stuff (my) dreams are made of...wonderful sensual work

Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

25 posted 2004-03-10 02:56 PM

Cpat... very well-written.

Susan Caldwell
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-12-27

Posts 8348
Florida

26 posted 2004-03-11 11:04 AM

I have literally had this thread open for over an hour, while in a meeting, because I didn't want to forget to come back and tell you just how great this piece is.

But I know, deep down, you already know...

"sit on top of the world and tell me how you feel...'cause what you feel is what I feel for you.."
~Dido~

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