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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2004-12-28 08:33 PM

The Poet and the Nude

The artist has the advantage.

When with words I hope to flourish,
something in your long, black hair
against such white, naked shoulders
prosecutes. I envy how his sable dares
between your breasts to free
darkness. By contrast, my syllables
proceed lockstep, thudding like a jailer's tread.
In truth, my thoughts stand convicted
far beyond his wholesome strokes. Aye,
before across this very page
a single phrase might claim to liberate,
I've ravished.

RMW

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2004-12-28 08:43 PM

See?

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

2 posted 2004-12-28 08:48 PM

......Yes *smiles*

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

Martie

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3 posted 2004-12-28 08:49 PM

Bob

You are my favorite kind of artist, a poet! Much enjoyed the candor in this!

Beki
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4 posted 2004-12-29 03:26 AM

oh bravo - this is WONDERFUL!!!!

J.Samm
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5 posted 2004-12-29 03:42 AM

i love your choice of words...you paint poetry well

Cpat Hair

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6 posted 2004-12-29 09:18 AM

oh yeah.... now this.... this sir... soars...

RMW
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7 posted 2004-12-29 10:03 AM

Sunshine, Enchantress, Martie, Becki, J. Samm and Cpat. ..... Thank you all. Bob

Susan Caldwell
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8 posted 2004-12-29 10:45 AM

The stroke of a brush or the stroke of a pen?

as long as there are always strokes, it doesn't matter.

Very much loved this Bob.

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

Susan
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walking the surreal

9 posted 2004-12-29 02:56 PM

Ah, this is great - love it -

fortunately, I get to draw and write

now if only I could carry a tune!

Enjoyed this - Susan

Every action generates a force that returns to us in like kind . . . let us choose compassion and love

Tiersdin
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east coast

10 posted 2004-12-29 02:59 PM

is this Bobby?

I hear a different voice and how it sings!

~tier

Nightshade

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just out of reach

11 posted 2004-12-29 04:01 PM

simply awesome. hugs, Chris

~The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze~
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

babygirlwlove
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12 posted 2004-12-29 04:07 PM

ummm.

damn...that's niiice

**babygirL**

**Intoxicant to the SouL**

*Alli4000*

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The World of Poetry

13 posted 2004-12-29 06:42 PM

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

Ratleader

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14 posted 2005-01-19 10:10 PM

The poet is the artist with the advantage....because the poet is creating a living memory....the painter has two dimensions and hints a third...but they're all external.

For us on the other hand.....

"I remember the neckcurls, limp and damp as tendrils;
And her quick look, a sidelong pickerel smile;
And how, once startled into talk, the light syllables leaped for her,
And she balanced in the delight of her thought,

A wren, happy, tail into the wind,
Her song trembling the twigs and small branches."

You, me, Roethke...all remember Jane now.

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Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

15 posted 2005-01-19 10:27 PM

Ahhh....

see?

Corinne
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state of confusion

16 posted 2005-01-20 01:31 PM

envy how his sable dares
between your breasts to free
darkness.

mighty fine lines!

I like the longing in this, the hunger.

Hope all is well with you!

Corinne

nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines

17 posted 2005-01-21 08:30 AM

There are many sides to you and your words Robert...

M

LeeJ
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18 posted 2005-01-21 08:33 AM

pretty awesome...you!!!!

Enjoyed

suthern

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19 posted 2005-01-24 02:00 PM

Excellent. *S* This one's going into my library. *S*

JL
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20 posted 2005-01-25 03:00 PM

Such an enjoyable a write!

JL

Dark Angel
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21 posted 2005-01-25 03:27 PM

Yes! Love this.

and i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you
~Buckingham/Nicks

wandering glider
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aloft

22 posted 2005-01-25 04:05 PM

so many nudes,
so little time . . .

enjoyed

glider

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