I am, and that is enough.
[In memoriam- Mary]
For you there is no song,
only the shaking,
of the voice that meant to sing-
the sound of the strong voice breaking.
Strange appears the pen in my hand
and yours is broken
There are ink and tears on the page-
only the tears have spoken.
-Edna Millay
That was the result of wishing to share one's feelings; and the conclusions must be that to feel anything strongly is to create an abyss between oneself and others, who too, feel strongly but differently. One had recourse to symbols.
- from Melymbrosia by
Virginia Woolf
[In memoriam- Mary]
For you there is no song,
only the shaking,
of the voice that meant to sing-
the sound of the strong voice breaking.
Strange appears the pen in my hand
and yours is broken
There are ink and tears on the page-
only the tears have spoken.
-Edna Millay
That was the result of wishing to share one's feelings; and the conclusions must be that to feel anything strongly is to create an abyss between oneself and others, who too, feel strongly but differently. One had recourse to symbols.
- from Melymbrosia by
Virginia Woolf
- Last seen on Oct 24 10:16 PM. Member since September 28, 2003.
- I'm a moonstone path poet for 545 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "I've been talking to the walls for nineteen years".
- I am a woman from Georgia (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm a horrible warning.
- I have 545 comments, 2 contests, 58 poems
My Poetry
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If you could find the figure- the other artist to draw you,
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Images shift- turn slantways
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five stories up. street people cling
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- Vetch at sharepoetry
Can you not understand that / i might feel so? / Or even stretch imagination / (you have not any) / and concieve, my angry nature, / and believe that I might think so? / you cannot- you will not / even try- but choose to take / offence and - Column: Curiosity and Confusion at sharepoetry
I'm sure this could be a lively discussion if everyone would have a look, please, come in, throw me to the ropes, kick my ideas in the stomach. If I'm broken in the process, well, the devil's cure to me. - La Fille at sharepoetry
Spread yourself beneath the tree / and wait- / There is a certain continuity / in this posture, this splayed / and marked passivity. / - / Travel through immersion / Shapeshifting and change / through splicing / through rapid fire conne
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TheRamer on November 21, 2007I'm a not so horrible warning myself!
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TheRamer : hi! on October 16, 2007Hi, how are you?
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sidewinder on August 21, 2007pounces allllllllll over your authorpage
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youdontexist : mark this day on April 29, 2007Ladie Lee, Inara Kate, Greatness of Great, Goddess of the Pen, etc etc... mark this day.
For this day, is the day that a Big Darn Hero, nay, the BIGGEST DARN HERO, has critiqued all of your published poems, and even some of your unpublished works. Now can you please unchain me from the keyboard like you promised?
