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Topic: Green
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MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 16, 2007 02:52 AM
Green I remember his blonde hair it was a little spiky on top and we used to joke that he took longer than
a girl to get ready when we all dressed up to go dancing and smiling and flirting and laughing smelling like perfume or Polo and Drakkar Noir I remember he was quiet The other boys were loud and he was quiet and gentle and he followed them We would go to the cemetery and Jon would run and scale the walls and stone like a streak of red and Brad and Dan would creep off alone and jump out to scare us to death smiling yellow smiles And Tim would puff up a loyal and heroic blue and tell them to take it easy on the girls and Dominick or Mark would give us a hot, fun wink and Russell would sit still and alone and quiet on a lone wall by a mausoleum or walk quietly toward the trees, looking up at the stars and his very stillness would stop the youthful frenzied activity of one of us, who would calmly walk to his side, drawn to the peaceful green of his being. When they hung out at Jon’s house they were all redder wilder more experimental even Russell who followed I remember the afternoon they told me he was dead that Jon held him in his arms probably waiting too long to call the ambulance the only time he was slow to do anything that he held his head his blonde spiky hair and looked into his eyes while he convulsed and died I remember we went to the funeral without knowing or acknowledging his family as if he was our family immaturely unaware in our own grief Russell lay in the coffin still alone and quiet a sacrifice on the altar of youth We all went to the cemetery our cars creeping along the winding drives that scaled the hills and ran along the walls between the stones and when we arrived at the burial Jon boldly led us around the stones while Brad joked nervously to relieve the tension and Tim hovered over the girls we walked quietly toward the trees and stood surrounded by green and as Russell’s family moved away from the coffin our family advanced calmly drawn to the stillness stopping our frenzied youthful activity long enough to say goodbye We tossed memories and irreverent tokens into the grave to our friend slips of paper with words of love lighters because he always somehow ended up with ours condoms because that was all they had left in their pockets to give “Good luck up there,” friend! We traveled home Well, to Jon’s lost in the unknown depths of our tender emotions and confused by the barrage of thoughts and insights that had invaded our minds We sprayed each other with the garden hose laughing until we cried so glad to be alive dancing in rainbows under the cool blue sky and the red, yellow, and orange sun as we trampled the green grass beneath our feet without noticing.
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Heart--Shaped Cross Knowflake Posts: 5519 From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 16, 2007 01:53 PM
Perfect.
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MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 16, 2007 04:41 PM
Thank youthe picture is perfect too. IP: Logged |
Bluemoon Knowflake Posts: 4431 From: Stafford, VA USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted April 17, 2007 05:37 PM
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MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 18, 2007 01:03 AM
Thanks for reading it, BlueMoon. IP: Logged |
MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 18, 2007 01:08 AM
Still remembering you, Russell Born November 2, 1973 in Iowa City, Iowa and died July 3, 1991
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naiad Knowflake Posts: 1645 From: Registered: Sep 2006
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posted April 18, 2007 01:38 AM
that was so lyrical, and touching, and visual...a poetic watercolor. sad and alive. full of longing, and fleeting, heartwrenching moments.so very very good, dear Melody. IP: Logged |
future_uncertain Knowflake Posts: 2680 From: ohio Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 18, 2007 05:45 PM
This is brilliant and full of emotional texture. Breathtaking and fragile. I love it.IP: Logged |
MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 19, 2007 12:26 AM
Naiad and Future, your words are poetry. Everything so precise and meaningful. Thank you. Thank you so very much. Naiad, a "poetic watercolor", what a lovely image. Future, "fragile", yes. And the picture Hsc chose... and BlueMoon's compassion... it tells me you all understand. At this moment I can't even begin to tell you how much that means to me for this particular poem. Maybe you all will understand that too. Thank you. IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 10662 From: Pleasanton, CA, USA Registered: May 2005
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posted April 19, 2007 01:53 AM
There you are! I've been wondering where you've been. IP: Logged |
MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 19, 2007 10:29 PM
Message any time. It's nice to "see" you too. IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross Knowflake Posts: 5519 From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA Registered: Aug 2004
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posted April 23, 2007 06:46 PM
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MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 24, 2007 12:47 AM
disturbing, Scorpio of course, I can't stop looking at it...
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MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 24, 2007 12:49 AM
Girls Gone Wild Girl Gone Wild or just a child with twisted inspiration
Feminine power Feminine mystique from the pages of Cosmopolitan A literary rag unnaturally birthed from the bulging womb of masculine agenda children manipulated into becoming cold, unfeeling Corporate slaves and prostitutes Over-used and Underpaid IP: Logged |
MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted April 24, 2007 04:53 PM
Fear Fear wears a costume A child on a chilly fall evening Pretends to be A powerful magician A superhero Or a villain
He doesn’t need you To hold his hand But his world is ominous He jumps at every shadow Starts at the natural sound of a dog barking or a car starting He would run Into the road To escape So, love holds his hand IP: Logged |
MysticMelody Knowflake Posts: 2673 From: Registered: Dec 2005
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posted October 19, 2007 06:36 PM
bumped for Sinderlou to go with her color poetry
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sinderlou Knowflake Posts: 798 From: Registered: Jan 2007
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posted October 20, 2007 09:32 AM
WOah!! This is so well written! We should do the rainbow! IP: Logged |
sinderlou Knowflake Posts: 798 From: Registered: Jan 2007
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posted November 16, 2007 02:56 PM
MM-I just have to tell you that the Girls Gone Wild poem is incredible. you have such a unique insight in your writing and you go right for the gut. IP: Logged |