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icebox
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since 2003-05-03

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in the shadows

0 posted 2004-04-22 12:46 PM

Threaded Breaths Lost Amongst The Desert Sands

Sunset defying words,
coming down
above the mountains south of Benson,
orgasmic orange
shredded lavender
rifts of periwinkle threaded
through the proof of purple sage
yellows flaming hot to white,
I know all the words of science
for this display,
and yet tonight I am not within reach
of thoughts any different
from the reflex chitter
of a rock lizard watching the transformation
of a living sky tucking itself into sleep,
wondering how we will keep alive
until the sun returns;
recent rains have left the ground engorged,
armored plants still bursting into bloom,
fading only in the desert chill to rest
perhaps for one more day of glory,
Oleander and transplanted Jacaranda buds
swelling in the shadows of a dry bed creek
as if hunting for the Ceres flowers
waiting for the moon,
huge Saguaro gesturing obscenely
stark against the failing light,
I am a traveling intruder
in a universe awakening at night without mercy,
where everything that lives
stings and bites and claws and fights,
not taking prisoners
with whom to share the glory
of sleeping with survivors in the day.

©2004 by icebox

[This message has been edited by Nan (04-24-2004 07:29 PM).]

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

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1 posted 2004-04-22 01:17 AM

It really is like that.

I know.

Awesome, lovie.

I've missed your imagings...

passing shadows
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displaced

2 posted 2004-04-22 02:33 AM

You really have been missed...love that last line there

Martie

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California

3 posted 2004-04-22 07:21 AM

icebox

You are an artist with a beautiful box of paint.

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

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Victoria Australia

4 posted 2004-04-22 08:05 AM

Awesome images, you really paint your words using every sense and involving a depth of emotion.

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

5 posted 2004-04-22 09:05 AM

I've missed you!!
So pleased to see you're back..
and what lovely images you have painted for us.
Hugs~

To have lived the dream of a love so true...
is to have seen a glimpse of heaven.

wranx
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since 2002-06-07

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Moved from a shack to a barn

6 posted 2004-04-22 11:56 PM

Not a place for for "pale" people (like me)

But? I needn't spend much time there to appreciate the very small margin for error it affords. (beauty does indeed beguile)

Greeneyes

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since 2000-09-09

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In Your Poetic Mind

7 posted 2004-04-23 12:11 PM

I would say: you do know the words...amazing imagery here

~~**~~
The sound of silence calls,
I hear your voice and suddenly
I'm falling, lost in a dream
The echo of our souls meet
~~**~~

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

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Florida

8 posted 2004-04-23 09:21 AM

"I am a traveling intruder
in a universe awakening at night without mercy,
where everything that lives
stings and bites and claws and fights,
not taking prisoners
with whom to share the glory
of sleeping with survivors in the day."

hmmmm...yes and eventually you find yourself doing the same just to survive...and then you wonder if that is how they became the biters..

Missed you!

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

iliana
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since 2003-12-05

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USA

9 posted 2004-04-23 11:40 AM

Your exquisite words have been missed. Glad to see you are back!

Nan

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

10 posted 2004-04-24 07:34 PM

This gem "almost" makes me want to leave the ocean to go check out those luminescent skies over the desert... But then - Why do I need to do that? I can just read your splendiferous words and ogle your great photo... 'Tis grand, sir ice...

azblond
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since 1999-07-01

Posts 637
The Steamy Desert

11 posted 2004-04-24 07:38 PM

You have just made me so homesick I could cry...By the way...As a Bisbee girl...those mountains are the most beautiful in the world.

Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind...

Effigy
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disbelief

12 posted 2004-04-24 08:35 PM

Icebox, no ofence intended, your sun down picture is nice, but it doesn't do your words justice. I enjoyed the poem, it a plesant image.

passing shadows
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displaced

13 posted 2004-04-25 02:09 PM

back to see the photo...sigh

iliana
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USA

14 posted 2004-04-25 02:42 PM

Don't think you could have found a better photo for this poem!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

15 posted 2004-04-25 02:44 PM

Came back to see it with the photo..
Spectacular!!
Hugs~

To have lived the dream of a love so true...
is to have seen a glimpse of heaven.

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