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Worldly Man's Advocate
Knowflake

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posted November 14, 2002 06:12 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Worldly Man's Advocate     Edit/Delete Message
[to tell the truth, I haven't completed this one as yet -WMA]

The song lies hidden, behind what is untrue
The words can be read, but they are out of tune
A discordant wail, a cackle, a screech
Yet imposters extol it with maniacal zeal.

The notes slip at random, they fall apart
Here ground together, there floating on a whim
A tired, loveless whim.

Furious charge of youthful rebellion it is not
Desperate longing of impatient lovers – Pah!
It is a vagrant’s shuffle on a lonesome dusty road
Exhausted by its vigour.

A hidden note stirs, fluttering in the mix
Gently, secretly, quietly, so very quietly
Watching and waiting.
Aeons pass, then patience is rewarded –
There! Just there! In the wake of that banshee scream
An insignificant chord, a mere bit of shrapnel
Alone and forgotten, but shaped as if made
For union with a secret silent note.

The approach is casual, as if by chance
The roaring thunder whirls all equal fast
Yet one moves strangely, against the tide
Guided by an impulse even chaos will oblige.

Two notes brush lightly, they combine, unite
A little drama unnoticed in this bedlam.
A two note harmony, casting about for a third
Aeons need not pass, for the double union navigates
As a yacht with a sail, a bird on two wings,
A man on two legs, a fish beating its tail.
The third note is captured, and so the fourth
A tiny blissful island, lost in a furious sea.

A quiet four-note harmony captures a fifth
A sixth, it grows, it grows
A crystal, a nucleus, a beginning
Lost in a tornado, yet it grows in strength
Guided by secret harmonies,
Moved by forgotten impulses, it seeks to gather,
To join, to form union – to create.

And a secret silent dawn glows dimly in the whirlwind
A light that wished to see itself,
A melody that strained to hear itself
A crystal that hoped to conceive itself
A knowledge that sought to know itself
The desperate longing – to be aware.

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Sher bear
Knowflake

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posted November 14, 2002 10:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sher bear     Edit/Delete Message
I love poetry - and so thanks - very nice indeed....Just a thought - What sign are you?
P.S let me have the ending when done...

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Worldly Man's Advocate
Knowflake

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posted November 15, 2002 01:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Worldly Man's Advocate     Edit/Delete Message

and how about yourself?
I suppose taureans don't often write poetry, but then I'm born on the 1st of May, so, according to Star Signs, I tend to go against nature.

No, you don't get another poem until you post one up... instant karma, hehehheh
WMA

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taj
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posted November 18, 2002 02:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for taj     Edit/Delete Message
gee whiz, the worldly man's advocate is a poet as well! .

there are poems that tickle one's fancy because of the way the words are wrought to produce an image, and because of the perceived intent of the author.

i'm very analytical when a poem wants me to think or guess
more than just feel. i feel a need tear it apart so that it makes sense. (natal mercury retrograde here)

so i'll wait till you finish it.

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