Open Poetry #34 |
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Silent Stance |
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Magnus![]() ![]()
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA ![]() |
He stood silent against the corner’s shadow, knowing that she had slipped into the darkness. Her shadow lingering, as did her perfume, soft, mysterious...so alluring. A quarter waited to dial a number scribbled on a bar’s napkin. His fingers, fumbling the blush of number, feeling the effort hollow, the pit of his gut saying she won’t. The brisk winds of change shivered his shoulders, shrinking further into the warmth of a coat well past it’s prime. Shoes shuffling softly, a tune now forgotten playing in the back of his mind. He never knew her full name, only her smile and eyes that pierced his soul and spoke hesitantly back at him. And now, as the mist beaded a hand, he hummed a few bars...letting her slip slowly away....thinking Johnnie.. But not with a y.... |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
There's that mood - that Bogie feel - that's what it reminds me of - the old time movies that had such great atmosphere - you've a way of painting the picture - I love it's feel- ![]() Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very nice...James |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I love this mood here, you set it well |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
You set me right there like a fly on the wall - I could see and feel it all. |
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Marge Tindal![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Magnus~ You leave me no choice, but to LOVE THIS~ Thank you~ *Huglets* ![]() ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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vandana![]()
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed ![]() |
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*Alli4000*![]()
since 2004-03-21
Posts 3188The World of Poetry |
I like the mood too...kinda mysterious in a way. Enjoyed~ ~Alli~ *:.AIM = Alli4000.:* My Journal |
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