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Al Gore sings?! Is there nothing that man can't do?!
Behind the Press
There's always a bloody ghost.
There's always a bloody ghost.
- mae
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If you use the term VERY loosely, you can call what Al Gore does'singing.''
mae
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My heart beats in poetry. I think in rhythm and dream in rhyme.
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Your breath
Hanging in the air like some delicious mix
Of honeysuckle and jasmine
Covers me like a fog
Settles dew-like on my skin
Digs into my scalp
Like fleas.
Your voice
Tenderly echoing off the hushed velvet sky
Like summer rain
Surrounds me like a lullaby
Enfolds me like a lover
Pierces my brain
Like a steak knife.
Your hands
Innocently earnestly holding me
Like God holding a mystery
Like a mother holding a baby
Like a child holding a butterfly
Right before ripping off the wings
So it can never fly away.
Hanging in the air like some delicious mix
Of honeysuckle and jasmine
Covers me like a fog
Settles dew-like on my skin
Digs into my scalp
Like fleas.
Your voice
Tenderly echoing off the hushed velvet sky
Like summer rain
Surrounds me like a lullaby
Enfolds me like a lover
Pierces my brain
Like a steak knife.
Your hands
Innocently earnestly holding me
Like God holding a mystery
Like a mother holding a baby
Like a child holding a butterfly
Right before ripping off the wings
So it can never fly away.
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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Yikes, Mudge! Bad day with the missus? 

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Hey, some people use therapy ... I use poetry ...
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Whatever works, right? 

nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
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gotta get rid o' dem ol' demons somehows
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"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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TheMudge wrote:Hey, some people use therapy ... I use poetry ...
as do i.... sometimes it really does help exorcise those "demons" - and sometimes it just gets me to a place where i can at least cope with life instead of wallowing in feeling sorry for myself for not having done all that i had hoped.
"Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories - we've already missed the spring"
"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
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pengwenn wrote:Yeah, but does she read your poetry? That could be scary.
She? She who? The person to whom the poem is directed? Actually that is a composite of a couple old girlfriends. And no, they don't.
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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I always said the Mudge was canny. Now if he just can convince the little lady. 

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Thanks, JT
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"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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I know that you don't know me, and I only like to think that I know you
But I think I see enough to know that just like me you're tired of this zoo
And I'm not one to jump right in, especially when the water looks too deep
I'm open to suggestions 'cause it's way too late to look before I leap
Is it any wonder that the world raced on and left us here alone?
And norm'ly if I'm lonely, well, my feeling is, I'd rather be alone
But maybe for a change I could be noticed for the company I keep
Yeah, that's an invitation, 'cause it's way too late to look before I leap
But I think I see enough to know that just like me you're tired of this zoo
And I'm not one to jump right in, especially when the water looks too deep
I'm open to suggestions 'cause it's way too late to look before I leap
Is it any wonder that the world raced on and left us here alone?
And norm'ly if I'm lonely, well, my feeling is, I'd rather be alone
But maybe for a change I could be noticed for the company I keep
Yeah, that's an invitation, 'cause it's way too late to look before I leap
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
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www.wowwebnow.com
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
Hey, Mudge...that was a loooong sabbatical you took! Welcome back....
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
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yeah, had dig through a lot just to find the ol' dump ...
How're YOU feeling?
How're YOU feeling?
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"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
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yeah, with a somewhat sketchy melody at this point. But it is a meter/rhythm pattern I've never tried to use ... most of mine fall into iambic pentameter by default ...
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
I find that meter almost impossible to avoid falling into unless I really pay attention to what I'm doing. It's insidious! lol I think it's because my English teacher had a thing for pieces like Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard, etc.
nothing is ever simply Yes or No. There's always a But...
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
GINGERBREAD MAN by Mary Lou Healy at Amazon.com http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/ ... ogid=16658 at Publish America
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I don't know about the rhythm, but I love the wording. It's almost tangly enough to got tangled up in, but not quite. I really liked that Mudge. mae
My heart beats in poetry. I think in rhythm and dream in rhyme.
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
Give me a crit! I can take it!
CELTIC QUEEN, an Epic Poem, Cynthia M. Bateman, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore ... +Epic+Poem at Tate Publishing
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thank you. I like that description.
"Throughout history, Truth and Love have always won." - M. Ghandi
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
"Truth and Love often get the crap kicked out of them along the way." -D. Mudge
www.joyfulcurmudgeon.com
www.imaginationtogo.com
www.wowwebnow.com
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