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Re: A Creation Story - Our Uni-verse
Really like this Norm but I remember reading it or at least part of it before.  Still, very much enjoyed re-reading and feeling again the spiritual closeness, no words needed of the time the two of sp...

Started Nov 9th, 2009 at 11:47am by Normpo
9 283 Last Post Nov 11th, 2023 at 12:13pm
By: Tinkerbell
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Sir Real
Note: Well, this one is going out to 11 publications in two weeks so maybe some of you will offer up whatever you can. My writing service loves it but I want more input.  Thanks --- this is FIREBOX.<b...

Started Nov 4th, 2005 at 1:17am by Normpo
14 231 Last Post Nov 10th, 2019 at 6:58pm
By: Normpo
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On Hearing ‘Songs and Dances of Death' - Four Sonnets
Introductory Notes for “On Hearing ‘Songs and Dances of Death’":  Circa 2012
These four sonnets were written upon hearing, in concert,  Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death" written in 1875.  ...

Started Jan 28th, 2018 at 3:09pm by Normpo
0 65 Last Post Jan 28th, 2018 at 3:09pm
By: Normpo
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du fu
“New ghosts complain
and old ghosts weep,
under the lowering sky
their voices cry out in the rain.”
(du fu) 
He listened for the murmur
of approaching invaders
above...

Started Jan 5th, 2014 at 5:54pm by R.C James
4 99 Last Post Feb 8th, 2016 at 1:43am
By: dericlee
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The Kitten
‘Meow,’ ‘Meow,’ calls the kitten.
There he is at the door, looking up at me
endearingly imploring for a meal
which I promptly fetch from the kitchen.
He runs to his favorite pla...

Started Aug 23rd, 2015 at 5:43am by sunilmathur
2 73 Last Post Aug 30th, 2015 at 2:59am
By: sunilmathur
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Himalayan Clouds (revised)
Revision
The view is one of rare and ineffable beauty
as our plane passes over the Himalayas.
Mountains, enveloped in dense forests
embroidered with meandering rivers and streams<b...

Started Aug 6th, 2015 at 9:38am by sunilmathur
2 120 Last Post Aug 9th, 2015 at 6:25am
By: sunilmathur
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Poet
I cast my net of words into the mists of time,
try to capture imaginations 
searching for a place to nest.
I cannot pull in the net, 
gain no bounty from the casting,
but the ...

Started Aug 2nd, 2015 at 12:39pm by Rick
2 89 Last Post Aug 9th, 2015 at 6:02am
By: nas
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Aletheia
Behold,
humanity hath cast away its youth in my desire
and seeketh yet my hand,
even unto the grave.
I, Aletheia,
a virgin am and virgin shall remain
‘til time be done<br...

Started Jan 9th, 2012 at 8:23pm by Thoth
5 167 Last Post Aug 2nd, 2015 at 1:10pm
By: Rick
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Sunday Night Roast
Sunday Night Roast - February, 2003
by Carly Svamvour
Parts of what once was a grazing animal
have been cooled and covered with some 
      slightly un-handy wrap.
Windows shu...

Started Mar 28th, 2012 at 11:14am by WildCityWoman
4 108 Last Post Aug 2nd, 2015 at 12:55pm
By: Rick
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Foundations of my love
Soft is the foundation of my love for you
Not soft like the body of a worm
But rather as the warm summer breeze
Gently caressing your skin
Light is the foundation of my love for yo...

Started Aug 2nd, 2015 at 11:36am by Rick
0 48 Last Post Aug 2nd, 2015 at 11:36am
By: Rick
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Draped Model  - REVISED 03-18 - Name Change Also
REVISED: Thank you all for your input and encouragement to make this better.
Feelings Draped in the Artist's Studio
 
His studio is where his love abides
Through hidden visits, he makes ...

Started Mar 13th, 2007 at 1:14am by Normpo
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34 446 Last Post Jun 6th, 2015 at 1:13pm
By: Normpo
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A Hundred Times a Night. . .
I say I love you
silently
                                        you do not hear

I design it that way.
The hood light above the stove is soft
through the open bedroom door, red kitchen c...

Started May 25th, 2013 at 2:50am by duetsdove
5 208 Last Post Jan 5th, 2014 at 5:52pm
By: R.C James
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Whispers From the Fence
Whispers From the Fence
In spring blades 
of grass struggle to rise 
while daisies whisper from fences, 
pondering possibilities, speak of days 
when their blooms lasted <br /...

Started Mar 30th, 2012 at 3:53pm by WildCityWoman
3 97 Last Post Jun 5th, 2013 at 11:12pm
By: duetsdove
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Traces (revision3)
Traces
A fervency, close to alchemy, purified us;
recall the sequence, moment to moment,
the pauses , the lapses, air traced
as you defined voluptuous.
Passionate miners, we d...

Started Feb 19th, 2013 at 12:20pm by R.C James
2 117 Last Post Jun 5th, 2013 at 11:01pm
By: duetsdove
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Mishegas (revision 2)
Generations 
orbit each other 
as they descend 
the worn wooden 
staircase; 
individuals 
then are scattered 
to isolated, 
barbarous, 
destinations. <br /...

Started Jan 25th, 2013 at 11:14pm by R.C James
4 120 Last Post Jan 29th, 2013 at 3:30pm
By: nas
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Miles Davis
Stepping outside life’s
vanilla key signature
time after time
      kind of jazz
      kind of blue
finding ways to play
notes that weren’t always there
His horn<br ...

Started Dec 15th, 2011 at 4:15am by Brian
9 185 Last Post Jan 25th, 2013 at 11:10pm
By: R.C James
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poetry
temporal incarnation of Aphrodite
 
natural temptation found command from divine dada disobeyed
earthbound Olympian of love now dwells amidst mossy glade
in which human guise she d...

Started Apr 25th, 2012 at 4:59am by belmont hills bard
1 84 Last Post Apr 25th, 2012 at 1:03pm
By: Normpo
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Lions Playing on the Beach
Lions Playing on the Beach
For three long days we played our fateful game
with hunter and the hunted trading roles.
Our aim, the price of victory we’d claim
to satisfy the nature o...

Started Feb 12th, 2012 at 2:53am by Terence
7 155 Last Post Mar 28th, 2012 at 11:24am
By: WildCityWoman
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Inspired
For Anne and Peter . . .
In that room at the top
silhouettes come together
the shapes of their faces
like pieces of a puzzle
One could push them together
get the satisfac...

Started Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:18am by WildCityWoman
0 67 Last Post Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:18am
By: WildCityWoman
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Origin of Specious
Origin of Specious
Charles Robert Darwin
Married his first cousin.
The origin for his affection
Was influenced by means of unnatural selection.

Started Feb 24th, 2012 at 4:46am by Terence
6 142 Last Post Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:16am
By: WildCityWoman
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Himalayan Clouds
Revision
The weather was wet and cloudy;
and as the plane took off from Kathmandu,
the majestic Himalayas were seen below
covered with thick, green forests,
interspersed with ...

Started Jan 6th, 2012 at 6:13pm by sunilmathur
13 160 Last Post Mar 25th, 2012 at 10:41am
By: WildCityWoman
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** Casualities of War
Images assail with a speedy snap 
rat-tat-tat bone gray 
skeletal remains, standing, 
still, stark and oppressive,
their rage rallied and bent
against the vastness of a bruise...

Started Apr 28th, 2009 at 5:33pm by peach
8 116 Last Post Jan 10th, 2012 at 2:53pm
By: peach
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** turnabout--
His hand reaches for her in the dark,
the tight and punishing knot
travels thick and hard
expectant of something slick
slack and yielding, 
In a battle of flesh,
heavy ha...

Started May 15th, 2009 at 5:53pm by peach
4 179 Last Post Jan 9th, 2012 at 8:17pm
By: Thoth
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** Declaration
An urgent message shouts from her eyes,
violently violet, two shades darker than mine
the delicate swell of a once pale cheek, 
bruised to distortion,
Clothing and hair, out of pla...

Started May 7th, 2009 at 9:42am by peach
3 158 Last Post Oct 30th, 2011 at 9:41pm
By: peach
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Vincent's Night
Vincent's Night
inspiration screams through tangled neurons
passionately exploding in brilliant torrents
of dance on the blue-black canvas of the mind.
whirling, twirling...


Started Oct 6th, 2011 at 8:48pm by Terence
6 110 Last Post Oct 30th, 2011 at 7:48pm
By: Terence
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