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Falling into the arms of darkness,
Stilling my mind,
Distant dreams all but forgotten,
In the buSY-ness of life.
Taking a break,
Sharpening my brain,
Poetry underlies my every thought,
Inspires my every reflection, conception;
Creating in rhyme or rhythm
Feeds my very soul
And if it were forbidden
I would be far from whole.
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©Denise G Allen, 19 March 2013 19:39
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19/03/2013 at 8:07 pm
I cannot write poetry to save my life, so I admire yours.
PS I sent an email to your complex, but have had no reply as yet.
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19/03/2013 at 8:12 pm
Thank you so much, Jo. I’m holding thumbs for you. Maybe Debbie is waiting until after the special meeting next week before she replies.
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19/03/2013 at 11:16 pm
Super, Denise, and as you travelled through the poem you began to slip into rhyme. That happens to me sometimes
Thank you
John
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20/03/2013 at 5:32 am
Thank you, John. I honestly didn’t notice the rhyming… Colonialist has mentioned it in the past too and only after that did I look and, sort of, analyse what I had done. This was meant to be about falling asleep and dreaming, but it wouldn’t go there, lol!
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20/03/2013 at 9:01 am
But that’s the way of poetry, isn’t it. It takes us often where we least expect. I have written poetry completely blank and then discovered a rhythm or rhyme have materialised. I read this poem and started to fall asleep with it, but when I noticed the unconscious rhyme just peeping out at the end, I smiled at the recognition and woke up again!
John
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20/03/2013 at 9:38 am
You hit the nail on the head, John! 😀
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19/03/2013 at 11:53 pm
sometimes we need those breaks to let our minds slip into that place where the magic of poetry exists….smiles…
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20/03/2013 at 5:33 am
That’s it exactly, Brian. 🙂
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20/03/2013 at 11:51 am
If I were forbidden I would be far from whole … may this never happen, Denise.
blessings ~ maxi
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20/03/2013 at 12:48 pm
Hear, hear, Maxi. 🙂
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20/03/2013 at 12:33 pm
An escape from the madness. 🙂
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20/03/2013 at 12:49 pm
Oh, yes, so true, Ben! 🙂
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20/03/2013 at 3:16 pm
And the busYness of life and it’s madness! Love you blog!
🙂
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20/03/2013 at 3:49 pm
Thank you, Sandra, for the visit and the nice comment. 😀
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24/03/2013 at 8:44 pm
I admire your ability to write poetry!! Just a wonderful gift!
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25/03/2013 at 5:46 am
It is a gift, I know, Zirkie, and discovered late in life…
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