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a poem is the funeral pyre
of pulsations, once exhumed
but now still present;
fueled by the flame of our
rue-filled memories

a poet is the gathering together
of thought and hope
that intermingle with the
burnished trim of
a late afternoon sky

and poetry is a dream
garbed in bilious words
whose raiment is laced
by meandering verse and
be-jeweled by barely parted lips:

It takes but a whisper
to free the wandering soul.

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Older posts are lost now and this is the olderst remaining. Quite an internal funeral pyre.

Many thanks for choosing to visit this one and for you most welcome commetns.

 

Ludovico Einaudi - "Elegy for the Arctic" - Official Live (Greenpeace) - YouTube

 

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9 June 2022 - 12:50pm — SSmoothie
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Loved it! Best blessingss 

Loved it! Best blessingss 

Don't let any one shake your dream stars from your eyes, lest your soul Come away with them! -SS    

"Well, it's love, but not as we know it."

9 June 2022 - 1:59pm — redbrick
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Thanks SS

Thanks SS, you are much appreciated. /Rik.

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver

8 June 2022 - 7:23pm — Spinoza
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so true

 

It takes but a whisper
to free the wandering soul

 

… so true my friend, so true

9 June 2022 - 8:27am — redbrick
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Thanks kindly, Spinoza. Power

Thanks kindly, Spinoza. Power does not equal bluster.  It makes me wonder I had only left one post or only posted once, whichever, on this account. It's good to see that a hemming together is being forged here and now. Have an awesome weekend.

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver

26 May 2022 - 5:48am — patriciajj
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Bolts of brilliance rip

Bolts of brilliance rip through this amazing definition of poetry. But my favorite moment is that silky closing: 

 

"It takes but a whisper

to free the wandering soul." 

 

Glorious. 

26 May 2022 - 8:15am — redbrick
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Thanks, Patricia. You are

Thanks, Patricia. You are much appreciated.

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver

23 May 2022 - 4:11pm — allets
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Refreshing Breeze

Was swept along - nice, calming relationship between writer and the written.

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Lady A

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25 May 2022 - 2:41pm — redbrick
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Thank you, kindly, Lady A.

Thank you, kindly, Lady A. That is definitely a relationship worth cultivating and growing.

/Rik.

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver

19 May 2022 - 11:22am — S74RW4RD
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Wow, this is one of the most

Wow, this is one of the most powerful poems that I have read on this site.  Your use of metaphors bespeaks a great poetic talent.

Starward

20 May 2022 - 1:25am — redbrick
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Thank you so much. Your kind

Thank you so much. Your kind words of appraisal are most appreciated.  

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

galateus, arkayye, arqios,arquious, crypticbard, excalibard, wordweaver