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Open Poetry #31

Maintaining Valves

1slick_lady
Member Ascendant

since 2000-12-22

Posts 6088
standing on a shadow's lace

0 posted 2004-02-08 06:50 AM

Maintaining Valves

what warrants this
that strips me
thread by thread
to slowly turn
in bare metal chaffing
to bend in clank
in temperatures
exceeding hot
and crack beneath
the depths of frozen
where claiming
salty moisture
rusts my edges
yet strength
protects center
and there the feel
is smooth as glass
and all flows free

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2004-02-08 06:56 AM

What a vision, dear Helen! You forged your thoughts in a masterful way.
Love, Margherita

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

2 posted 2004-02-08 10:40 AM

Fresh metaphors and analogies, Slicky. Enjoyed.

-MVS

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Grover
Senior Member

since 2004-01-27

Posts 1967
London, ON, Canada

3 posted 2004-02-08 10:48 AM

A treasure trove of metaphors. Flows very smoothly. Very well written. A+ poem! Grover.

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2004-02-08 10:51 AM

1slick_lady
You are the queen of the metaphors.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2004-02-08 12:54 PM

your strength will get you through many more hundreds of thousands of miles

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

6 posted 2004-02-10 02:23 AM

Helen, this was outstanding! Loved the analogy.

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