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bel1e
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0 posted 2006-07-25 07:37 AM

This is a map
drawn from memory,
through a streaming speculum of echoes
upon meager parchment, burning
in exile and erasure,
comes the sound of glass split
in half, shards
of chirping in the window,
trickle of daylight and ash,
and the quickening
pitch of the darkbody,
chiming, glassbody

breaking into sweat,
breaking into rivers,

amid its bruises and wildflowers,
a wing sewn by hand, my hands
tended like candles for a storm, in yours,
fall through the night’s caesura,

faces against the glass,
hold a fine geometry of fingerprints
in the cicada’s heavy breath,
a phantom, a rainstorm,
the fragile lace of a collar
binds the inconsolable pitch
of the body, risen
from rows of indigo roses,
an old wound tingles close to the heart,
routes, inroads, maps
its anatomy all tangles in calico
and glass and poppies,
how these jagged seasons of the moon
keep the darkhorse body
sequestered in a shuttered room,
with its heat like a leash
in your palm, wrapped,
rapt, is the secret of waking
the flesh, out of nothing,

come shining, you said,
for I have you in hand.

All Rights Reserved. beLLe.

Dark Stranger
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1 posted 2006-07-25 07:39 AM

little one
you make giddyup seem too slow
but you do sinful nice
enjoyed it ms bel1e

bel1e
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2 posted 2006-07-25 07:41 AM

lol~

thanks daddy~

Sunshine

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3 posted 2006-07-25 07:42 AM

its anatomy all tangles in calico
and glass and poppies,
how these jagged seasons of the moon
keep the darkhorse body
sequestered in a shuttered room,
with its heat like a leash
in your palm, wrapped,

~*~

Your imagery didn't need the graphic...
but it still pleased this eye.

Well done, Bel1e, and Welcome to Passions!

bel1e
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4 posted 2006-07-25 07:45 AM

thank you Sunshine. I actually found the graphic after writing the poem...and thought...it just fit so perfectly. thank you again.

passing shadows
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5 posted 2006-07-25 09:26 AM

welcome to PIP

I loved the first post!

LeeJ
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6 posted 2006-07-25 09:28 AM

can't highlight the entire poem
all I can say is,
this is an MRI of sweet superb connection
enjoyed this pleasure read

the quell
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7 posted 2006-07-25 09:32 AM

Wow. This is one of the best pieces I've ever read. The imagery wasn't just stunning, it was utterly real. It's like you conjured solid images with only the beauty of your words. I'm a little in awe here. I think you're very talented. (gorgeous graphic as well, btw)

Where black, bleeding roses await the Thirteen,
I see not the stars, but the darkness between

bel1e
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8 posted 2006-07-25 10:51 AM

thank you all for the warm welcome and receptiveness to my poem.

Marge Tindal

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9 posted 2006-07-25 11:10 AM

Belle~
Welcome to the wonderful world of PiP~
You make for a very interesting read~

Enjoyed a brief visit to your website
and hope to find a moment to take another look~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email - noles1@totcon.com

bel1e
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10 posted 2006-07-25 11:11 AM

Marge~~

thanks kindly for the interest~

soul drifter
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11 posted 2006-07-25 11:27 AM

Damn. Just...damn. I really don't have the words for how much I adore this, so I'm saving it to read over and over again and explore it some more.

Welcome to pip. I'm looking forward to reading more of you, since I'm already so in love with this.

What a picture you paint...

"Is any song worth singing if it doesn't help?" -- Wilco, 'Wishful Thinking'

bel1e
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12 posted 2006-07-25 12:51 PM

Soul drifter~

Thank you for such a great reply to this. I am honored that you find so much in it that speaks to you. I don't frequent these pages often, but thus far I have found a wealth of talent on the board.

Thanks again!

deasomnians
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13 posted 2006-07-25 01:11 PM

You have a real talent for painting images with words. The image doesn't hurt either. Welcome to Pip!

"Nature has implanted in our minds an insatiable longing to seek the truth" - CJCL Convention Theme 2005

bel1e
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14 posted 2006-07-25 01:16 PM

thank you deas~for the kind reply.

Klassy Lassy
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15 posted 2006-07-25 03:43 PM

Stunning wordpaint Bel1e! Like the others, I find it intiguing, sensual, and drawing me back to read over again. Gorgeous!

Welcome to PIP

~ Klassy

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16 posted 2006-07-25 03:48 PM

smiling here
always, a treasure to read
and I love that graphic
makes me want to fly in a night wind

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

17 posted 2006-07-25 07:37 PM

Welcome to Passions...
A beautiful entrance piece.
Very much enjoyed the read
I shall be watching for more of your work.

For it was not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart..
It was not my lips you kissed
But my soul.

bel1e
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18 posted 2006-07-25 08:01 PM

Thank you all for stopping to read this and for the warm welcome.

aziza
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19 posted 2006-07-26 12:09 PM

Welcome to PiP. This is such a lovely poem - I can't wait to read lots more.

aziza

Mysteria

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20 posted 2006-07-26 01:38 AM

LeeJ
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21 posted 2006-07-26 11:18 AM

had to come back to absorb this again...this was awesome.

thank you and welcome, cannot wait to read more of you

bel1e
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22 posted 2006-07-31 05:01 PM

thank you all for the warm welcome, and the looksee~~~

~beLLe~

flesh mechanic
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23 posted 2007-08-01 11:47 AM

"amid its bruises and wildflowers,
a wing sewn by hand, my hands
tended like candles for a storm, in yours,
fall through the night’s caesura,"
-oh god, this might be one of the most beautiful things ive ever read

bel1e
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24 posted 2007-08-01 02:45 PM

thank you flesh~

This poem goes with a specific graphic...that kind of brings it all into focus...unfortunately it got zapped off of here and I can't edit it back in...

Thanks for taking a peek, though~
~beLLe

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