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Wed Apr-02-08 12:38 AM
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| Poetry at the open mic...tonight, I learned something... |
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Every week, I've gone, and I've been so damn nervous...
It hasn't stopped me...
But tonight, I said to myself...lighten up! Have some fun with it!
And I did.
And something very cool happened...
The audience had fun too...
I think I have this thing licked!
Here's the two poems I read tonight:
Love is the reason I write
It has slashed my borders
And freed my heart mind soul
The newness of time is its gift
I have walked in strange landscapes
With only your smile as guide
Now visions fill me
Passions animate
And all this time
I’d thought I was too old.
Illness
The blood courses sluggishly under my parching skin
Dry wrinkles appear
My nerves are flattened
Muscles lie slackly against my powdery bones
Tomorrow I may live, or die
Right now it’s too much effort
To think
The world is alien through feverish eyes
A phantom will arrive
He may transport me
To the place where
I will feel whole, and well, again
Or he may kill me
I am indifferent.
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| Nicole
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Wed Apr-02-08 01:27 AM
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I hope you continue to have fun. :hi:
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Wed Apr-02-08 01:32 AM
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I think I have it figured out now...
So I should!
Thanks...
:hi:
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Wed Apr-02-08 01:31 AM
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That second poem is a laugh riot...
I kid I kid...
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Wed Apr-02-08 01:36 AM
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You made this old lady laugh, you did!
My husband told me that if he hadn't known better, he would have thought I was really sick!
I think I improved the ending...
:hi:
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Wed Apr-02-08 01:04 PM
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Wed Apr-02-08 01:56 PM
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| 6. Your poetry keeps on getting better, Peggy |
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Edited on Wed Apr-02-08 01:57 PM by Droopy
I can really relate "Illness" to a period in my life when I was not well. The first poem is lovely. Nice work.
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Wed Apr-02-08 02:08 PM
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Oooh, thanks!
I find the more I write, the better I like it...
I wrote "Illness" last week when I was recovering from a GI bug...no fun at all!
:hi:
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Wed Apr-02-08 03:57 PM
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| 8. Awesome poems, Peggy... |
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...you have a gift. :hug:
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Wed Apr-02-08 04:03 PM
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| 9. My dear From The Ashes... |
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Thank you, sweetie...
Some days I really feel that...
I have to keep working on it...
:hug:
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Wed Apr-02-08 04:08 PM
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| 10. That's so great that you've kept at it |
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Plenty of people would be too afraid to try, let alone try again.
Your poetry is great - I'm glad you're having fun. :hi:
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Wed Apr-02-08 04:13 PM
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I have to keep at it!
The words bang around in me, and they won't let me rest till I write them down...
And that's truly how it is...
I really appreciate that you enjoy my poetry!
It's one thing for me to have fun...
But if I can bring you some fun too...well...
That's even better!
Thank you, sweetie...:hug:
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