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Topic: Once Upon A Time
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Ayelet Moderator Posts: 2738 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted December 06, 2017 04:58 PM
Once Upon A TimeIf there was no past I would never have trodden this broken path of selfish leaves and hearts yellow, brown and reddish thrown under your feet Great Caesar, your majesty Flying, I was shot to bleed through your chest a graceful butterfly one of your heart beats taking my leave And so you said you loved me
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mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 9902 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted December 07, 2017 11:49 AM
What a most-colorful ode to love.That's just a Beautiful piece of writing, Ayelet. Love the way you pivot-- graced with turns and reversals... IP: Logged |
LF DX Knowflake Posts: 566 From: Paraguay Registered: Sep 2014
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posted December 07, 2017 01:13 PM
Well, this is one of the best you wrote Aye, pretty amazing.IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 9902 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted December 07, 2017 06:05 PM
... (music) Once Upon A Time (Vic Damone) [2:27] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUrmcEEnFwM IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 2738 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted December 07, 2017 06:14 PM
Thanks Mirage and LF DX! IP: Logged |
Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1819 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted December 12, 2017 09:30 AM
Sadly beautiful to read, and the moment is articulated so well in this..
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thequeen Moderator Posts: 4464 From: Registered: Sep 2014
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posted December 12, 2017 12:28 PM
Hi Ayelet,I totally missed the essence of the poem. Can you explain it briefly to me. I read it quite a number of times but could not get to the core feelings here.I understood the first half but missed the second part of it. IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 2738 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted December 12, 2017 06:30 PM
Thank you Pearlty Thequeen: concerning the second half - I am being sacrified on the altar of love. I am a flying butterfly who is shot, and I fleet to another world as I am also a single heart beat of my lover, who rules me, but is also ruled by my sacrifice.I am escaping his chest through bleeding, as the heart beat is leaving him. If his heart misses that beat, then he also misses me. All this complete the first half of the poem, where I am trodden by my ruler, sacrificed as well, and if this sacrifice is righteous, only he can tell...IP: Logged |
thequeen Moderator Posts: 4464 From: Registered: Sep 2014
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posted December 13, 2017 01:14 AM
Ok how beautifully you put it. But that's very deep indeed. Love it IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 9902 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted December 13, 2017 10:03 AM
(breathtaking image! wow..., definition of 'intimacy'..., just wow) IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 14, 2017 02:14 PM
Arguably my favorite poem on here. *sniffle*IP: Logged |
Pearlty Knowflake Posts: 1819 From: Ohio Registered: Jan 2012
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posted December 14, 2017 04:56 PM
Ayelet, your interpretation to thequeen a poem that stands in itself... IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 2738 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted December 16, 2017 12:04 AM
Thank you all IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 9902 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted December 16, 2017 12:55 PM
..... (music) You Go To My Head (Ella Fitzgerald) [4:50] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyNbVKys_A IP: Logged |
Ayelet Moderator Posts: 2738 From: Registered: Sep 2010
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posted December 22, 2017 06:50 PM
Beautiful music {{Mirage}}IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 11, 2018 08:51 AM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 02, 2018 07:33 PM
She's the music video queen.IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 03, 2018 07:15 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 01, 2018 07:07 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 17, 2018 10:56 AM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 97014 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted June 20, 2018 10:51 AM
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