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20 February 2013 · 4:43 pm

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when the stars lie to you

the moon may try to shame them

but they remain remorseless

for they know your secret

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it’s really you

who has no desire

to learn what they could reveal

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“Through Glass” Stone Sour

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artwork ~ “Rising Star” Paul Klee
{ public domain }

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Open Link Monday at imaginary garden with real toads
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Kerry!

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Poetry Pantry #145 at Poets United
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Mary!

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“Through Glass” Stone Sour

lyrics ~

I’m looking at you through the glass…
Don’t know how much time has passed
Oh, God it feels like forever
No one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget… you don’t expect an easy answer
When something like a soul becomes initialized
And folded up like paper dolls and little notes
You can’t expect a bit of hope
And while you’re outside looking in
Describing what you see
Remember what you’re staring at is me

‘Cause I’m looking at you through the glass…
Don’t know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
No one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins
Contaminating everything
When thought came from the heart
It never did right from the start
Just listen to the noises
(Null and void instead of voices)
Before you tell yourself
It’s just a different scene
Remember it’s just different from what you’ve seen

I’m looking at you through the glass…
Don’t know how much time has passed
And all I know is that it feels like forever
No one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

And it’s the stars
The stars
That shine for you
And it’s the stars
The stars
That lie to you.. yeah yeah

I’m looking at you through the glass…
Don’t know how much time has passed
Oh, god it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

‘Cause I’m looking at you through the glass…
Don’t know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

And it’s the stars
The stars
That shine for you.. yeah yeah
And it’s the stars
The stars
That lie to you.. yeah yeah

And it’s the stars
The stars
That shine for you.. yeah yeah
And it’s the stars
The stars
That lie to you.. yeah, yeah

Oh, when the stars
Oh, when the stars that lie

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18 February 2013 · 4:04 am

∙ฉ∙ ษ ∙∙ seven days ∙∙ ษ ∙๘∙ { abrégée }

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in one day
i built a diorama of Rome

it took another twenty-four hours
to rediscover the lost city of Atlantis
although i forgot
to mark the spot with an ‘X’

the third day
from moonset to moonrise
i rode on a dinghy
alas, it concentrically went in circles
for there was but one oar to be found

days four, five and six
i left the Earth’s atmosphere
floating just past Jupiter
in a hot air balloon

i fell back to Earth on the seventh day
then got up and walked away

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ฉ ษ ๘

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“Seven Days” Azure Ray

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*abrégée ~ i have abbreviated this from the original in the hope that it flows better now

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original longer version ~

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in one day
i built a diorama of Rome

it took another twenty-four hours
to rediscover the lost city of Atlantis
although i forgot
to mark the spot with an “X”

the third day and night
“the sky is falling”
kept hop-, skip- and jump-ing
through my head
from moonset to moonrise
and on and on and on
until next the moon vanished
from my sight

a futile bid to silence
the hysterical voice
in my mind
a midnight ride on a dinghy
alas, it concentrically went in circles
for there was but one oar to be found

days four, five and six
i left the Earth’s atmosphere
floating just past Jupiter
in the hot air balloon
Professor Marvel
had flown o’er Kansas to Oz

i fell back to Earth on the seventh day
then got up and walked away

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artwork ~ “Red Balloon” Paul Klee
{ public domain }

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this is my submission to ~

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from Fireblossom ~ Free Verse: My Love In Her Wild Magnificence
at imaginary garden with real toads
prompt: write a poem in free verse

thank you, Fireblossom!

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Poetry Pantry #138 at Poets United
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Mary!

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i am also participating in ~

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NaBloPoMoSoup

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11 February 2013 · 11:55 pm

* Ͽ* night descends Ͽ {third blogoversary ~ first poem ever posted}

as the night descends

i wrap darkness around me

and drift off to sleep

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this is the first poem i posted to this blog ~

originally posted 12 February 2010

in celebration of my heart’s love songs beginnings three years ago

i am going to post a few poems this week which are my personal favorites

i hope you enjoy them

THANK YOU to everyone who visits my blog

i am amazed every single day when people show up to read it!

this is the song as background to a slide show of Vincent van Gogh’s art

“Vincent (Starry Starry Night)” Don McLean

artwork ~ “The Starry Night” Vincent van Gogh
{ public domain }

i am participating in ~

NaBloPoMoSoup

· ᚮ ᛫ᛥ᛫ · shadow of the raven · ᛫ᛥ᛫ ᚭ ·

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“fear not for the future
weep not for the past”
the only advice my mother ever gave me…..
if she had known what i would do in the future
she would surely have wept

as young as four
i radiated a charisma
heralded as divine
i followed my intuition
never seeking permission

i prayed with wolves
to grant faith and understanding to humanity
i consulted with ravens
about omens and mysteries
i felt no need to conceal my actions

my father dismissed my beliefs as fantasy
my mother pretended nothing was amiss
some were certain it was deception or at least delusion
there were those who whispered it was daemonic
others worshipped me as though i were a god

indifferent to them all
i immersed myself in the arcana of the universe
until i understood my purpose
then i bade the ravens fly around the world
to gather every shadow, high and low

having no choice but to accede to my destiny
i swallowed the shadows brought to me
including those belonging to the ravens
until the darkness disappeared
and me with it
leaving the earth in light forevermore

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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” read by James Earl Jones

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read the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe HERE

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artwork ~ “Woman with raven” Pablo Picasso
{ fair use }

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go HERE for a very biased essay on the symbolism of ravens
including many Native Americans’ belief that ravens are the bringers of light

and HERE for the symbolism of wolves including representing deep faith

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this is my submission to ~

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The Poetics of Groundhog Day – Bright Shadow at dVerse ~ Poets Pub
prompt: Bright shadow

thank you, Karin!

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Carry On Tuesday #191 at Carry on Tuesday
prompt: a quote from the 19th Century poet and politician Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Fear not for the future
Weep not for the past”
{ use all or part }

thank you, Keith!

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Open Link Monday at imaginary garden with real toads
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Kerry!

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Poetry Pantry #135 at Poets United
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Mary!

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Prompt 258 at One Single Impression
prompt: Charisma

thank you, Joanne!

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Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 208 at Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides
prompt: write a “forever” poem

Thank you, Robert!

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i am also participating in ~

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NaBloPoMoSoup

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14 January 2013 · 12:00 pm

ⵈꖓ ∙ꗥ∙ ⵈ unfamiliar ⵈ ∙ꗥ∙ ꖓⵈ

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i lived in constant fear
too much of this life
fleeting glimpses
still come and go

i recognize it
but it’s unfamiliar
i remember feeling it
but not what it felt like

sorrow was once
my most loyal companion
in reality i was alone
though i clung to my illusions

i recognize it
but it’s unfamiliar
i remember feeling it
but not what it felt like

there are wisps of anger,
shame and loss behind my eyes
a faint taste of pain
lingers on my tongue

i recognize them
but they’re unfamiliar
i remember feeling them
but not what they felt like

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“The Pain is Gone” Black Lab

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artwork ~ “Dream of a Memory” Sabin Balasa
{ fair use }

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this is my submission to ~

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Open Link Monday at imaginary garden with real toads
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Kerry!

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Prompt #138 The memoir project at We Write Poems
prompt: Write a poem about how the past is reinvented through memory

thank you, Irene!

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Open Link Night ~ Week 79 at dVerse ~ Poets Pub
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Joe!

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Poetry Pantry #134 at Poets United
submit a new or old poem

thank you, Mary!

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i am also participating in ~

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NaBloPoMoSoup

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“The Pain is Gone” Black Lab

lyrics ~

I’ll take a photograph
Whatever makes you laugh
But come on step out of the rain
You’d hate to catch your death
All the life that you got left
Lit up like a candle on your face

There are words that are fadin’
And I’m trying not to say ‘em
Before they fall into the fog
But every single day, once or twice an hour
The shadow falls away and I see you walking in a straight line

And the pain is gone, the pain is gone
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar
Now the pain is gone, the pain is gone
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar

Every year there’s a place
Only you and I go
I didn’t mean to push you
I didn’t mean to laugh when you fell
I didn’t mean to shout when you got hurt
I didn’t mean to argue
I didn’t mean to criticize you
And I’m sorry for saying I didn’t like your skirt

There are demons that are screaming
And I’m trying not to feed them
As I carry water for us through the dirt
I always need you near me, I always need you near me
I don’t know what I’d do if I was walking here without you

And the pain is gone, the pain is gone
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar
Now the pain is gone, the pain is gone
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar

Every year there’s a place
Only you and I go
There are things about me
Only you will ever know

And the pain is gone, the pain is gone
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar
Now the pain is gone, the pain is gone
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar

Send all my love, send all my love
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar
Send all my love, send all my love
I recognize it but it’s unfamiliar

There are things about me
Only you will ever know
And this sweet dream will end
And I will wake from this life
Again… and again…
And again… and again… and again

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