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wranx
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since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

0 posted 2004-09-29 01:08 PM

There is a certain odd comfort in this routine
This grayscale of time that passes weeks, as a single day
And the months that pile around me in a haphazard tumble

My dreams, though, are only slightly different
In them, I am Odysseus
Walking to exhaustion upon a too-familiar shore

While Helios dries my body of the sweat and scent
Of Circe, his daughter
And I close my eyes against his glaring inquisition

Only to dream within this dream
Of myself sleeping fitfully outside of Calypso’s cave,
My wars fought, my companions long gone

And me, waking
And walking through her woods back to the sea
To yet another beach from which there is no escape

Where I stoop and stare across the dark expanse
Of implacable, ever-patient ocean,
Looking in the face of Poseidon for hope of rescue

Or for some sign that faraway Penelope
Her suitors, stacked in drunken slumber
Still unravels her knots each day

DavePage
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since 2003-12-21

Posts 2917

1 posted 2004-09-29 01:16 PM

I always like your words

Dave

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

2 posted 2004-09-29 01:21 PM

Only to dream within this dream
Of myself sleeping fitfully outside of Calypso’s cave,
My wars fought, my companions long gone

And me, waking
And walking through her woods back to the sea
To yet another beach from which there is no escape

I definately hope this is not just one of those passing things like bowling or decoupage....
your words always capture the reader Ed, and I for one am damn glad you write...

The greatest beauty on earth, is
found in the hearts of those
who love....

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

3 posted 2004-09-29 01:26 PM

sheer poetry

so I'll be keepin it

Kevo
Member

since 2004-06-02

Posts 466
Navarro County, Texas, USA

4 posted 2004-09-29 02:29 PM

Amazing. Your writes always amaze me. They always have this underlying/hidden meaning that I take from them. Great, great write!

Kevin

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

5 posted 2004-09-29 03:43 PM

This is a WOW poem Brother.

one of your best.

Sigh.

and it's a

Well I see you doing, What I try to do for me, With the words from a poet, And a voice from a choir, And a melody, nothing else matters. ~Stevie Nicks

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

6 posted 2004-09-29 05:59 PM

"Only to dream within this dream
Of myself sleeping fitfully outside of Calypso’s cave,
My wars fought, my companions long gone"

Ya got me on this one.

Thanks!

Greeneyes

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since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

7 posted 2004-09-29 11:41 PM

you really are amazing....

~~*~~
Read between the lines
look deep into each word
and you will understand the
depth of my soul (GE)
~~**~~

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2004-09-29 11:53 PM

Ed....it is not necessary to understand all you are saying, to apprecaite your words...I do!

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

9 posted 2004-09-30 12:31 PM

I agree with the above poets

Aenimal
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since 2002-11-18

Posts 7350
the ass-end of space

10 posted 2004-09-30 08:44 AM

Excellent both for it's evocation of Odyssey and as a personal and reflective allegory.

*Odyssey is a favourite, but I could never sit through Iliad again

~K~
Member

since 2004-07-27

Posts 148

11 posted 2004-09-30 08:59 AM

This is what I love. Thank you.

littlewing
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since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

12 posted 2004-10-02 04:48 PM

Do not think for one minute that you are ever staring across that expanse alone, about fifty people in here alone can vouch for that!

*smile*

This is beautiful, Ed.

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

13 posted 2004-10-02 08:22 PM

Life indeed is sometimes like an Odyssey!

Beautiful! Refined poetry!

Love, Margherita

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

14 posted 2004-10-04 12:33 PM

I stand as proof you don't have to know the tales to appreciate the write. Well done...

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

15 posted 2004-10-04 09:48 AM

I've just been through a week that turned my soul inside out...and though nothing in this poem is about such a time, somehow your words are echoing down the halls of me. Maybe it's that the feeling now it's over, is exactly the one in this poem.

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______________Ratleader______________

mysticpoe
Senior Member

since 2003-02-28

Posts 883

16 posted 2004-10-04 05:16 PM

Ah wranx, I might be getting a bit better, but your works have been always outstanding.

wayne

If nothing is something
then everything is
our thoughts and feelings
and all that exists.

brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

17 posted 2004-10-05 03:58 PM

woven well Grayscale

mysticpoe
Senior Member

since 2003-02-28

Posts 883

18 posted 2004-10-08 09:29 AM

And me, waking
And walking through her woods back to the sea

Through her woods, I've been there once. Nice pen here wranx.

wayne

If nothing is something
then everything is
our thoughts and feelings
and all that exists.

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