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Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

0 posted 2004-07-01 07:42 PM

As a dream that arrives with so little fanfare,
could be easily missed were we not so attuned,
to the shifting of light emanating from skies
set a-glow by a radiant phase of the moon.

Where imaginings move to a cadence that's set,
re-enacting a dance that's as old as the stars,
on a stage to reflect, on what might, otherwise
then reveal certain traits of both Venus and Mars.

There appear, un-rehearsed, the most mystical scenes
that consistantly shift through a rainbow of hues.
Let philosophers seek for the how and the why,
and the poets entreat what they will of their muse.

From a pragmatists' view this surreal affair,
serves no purpose at all, and is going nowhere,
yet these dreams still persist which seems highly unfair,
paradoxically clinging to life from thin air.

RobertB
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since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

1 posted 2004-07-01 07:54 PM

I should know you......do I?

fun poem....fun not in a playground way.

Robert

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

2 posted 2004-07-01 08:02 PM

You'd think that would be a paradox...surrealistic pragmatism, that is.

But it ain't.

I should know.

And I love your poetry for many reasons--first, it's always extremely well-crafted to the technicalities of the meter and so forth, but not so much it feels forced into the pattern. It's a subtle mastery and that is difficult to achieve.

Second, it's always intelligent and thought-provoking--and never obviously so that it seems condescending.

Third, you always have that undertone of humor, and as you prolly know, I love humor.

You are one of my "must-reads" m'friend, for all the above.

And this poem is a great example of everything I said.

"pragmatically surrealistic"

*chuckle*

It CAN be done.

grin.

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

3 posted 2004-07-01 08:19 PM

Robert,
Thanks, I'm quite sure we've never met, ( at least not in a literal sense) metaphorically,
perhaps. Please excuse my ramblings as nothing more than salve to a battered ego. To put it bluntly, I'd rather be fishing.
Doc

Dr.Moose1
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since 1999-09-05

Posts 3448
Bewilderment , USA

4 posted 2004-07-01 08:28 PM

serenity,
My dear girl. Where would I be if not for you to butter up that battered ego of mine?
And, you get right to specifics! I am unworthy, by any stretch of the imagination,
and yet, your words give me hope. There will come a day when I might yet enlighten all of mankind with my mastery of the written word!
(Yeah, right!) Be well my friend.
Doc

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