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Twelve Full Moons

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by ~Gregg Rowe~

Twelve full moons with twelve long distance phone bills:
Since I have seen your eyes and brushed your lips,
Or touched the skin on your soft mountain hills--
Our love now becomes an federal script.

I wait -- Montreal winter sleeps away:
Awakens me to make a faggot stand --
Then spring arrives a yesteryear today,
So I may place a ring upon your hand.

The day arrived -- we dance around the sun:
A caesura -- as Sappho blesses us,
Life's reality -- lifestyle still shunned --
The media swamps as we begin to cuss.

O, wise my fertile world of wonder --
My love today -- winter cold ground under.

~ ~ ~

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Written March 6th, 2005

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  • ray10444
    December 15, 2006
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    preaty gooo


  • Unbridled1
    March 7, 2005
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    Gregg, what can i say? this is just a lovely piece of
    writing...love, love, love...

    i cannot always see the man i love as often as i would
    like to...but i cannot even begin to fathom twelve long
    months...would seem like an eternity...but then again,
    i have no patience


    UB


  • DefinitiveFreak silver member
    March 7, 2005
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    Aww, this is lovely! The background and the picture really add to the beauty of your work here. Aww! It makes me sigh.... sigh See?


  • DreAmR07
    March 7, 2005
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    Creative word usage... kept me in line.. sumtimes when i read i get like bored but this one kept me reading.. and it was a sweet write.. the last line was really awesome.. i always like a good ending line. keep up the good work .. DreamR


  • DeadlyPoetic88
    March 7, 2005
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    INTERESTING WRITE!!! I LIKED IT!!! keep up the awesome job. It was rather interesting and well done. Keep itup!!

    ~mist~


  • masterblaster gold member
    March 7, 2005
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    Very lovely write and written with great class, this is suberb, very smooth its flows so well, it was a great pleasure to read, you write such lovely poetry I always look forward to reading your work and this was a lovely read,very well done you have excelled on this piece I did not think it possible, a very beautiful write, all the best Hugs Di

  • blueEYEScry
    March 7, 2005
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    hey, i think that this was very beautifully written...i liked it alot

  • marrow
    March 7, 2005
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    Hehe, this is a cute poem. I agree with what brokem- chrystalis said.. at first I wasn't sure if you were talking about a woman or not. When I reached the 'f***** stand' part I wasn't sure how to take it. I see now though, and it was a nice poem regardless. Good luck with this contest.

    Justin


  • Latino Heat
    March 7, 2005
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    this is a fantastic write.....really really is absolutely amazing....i know this would make some of my friends jealous but this is one of the best writes i have read...keep up the amazing work......plus the backgrounds pretty cool

    Tom

  • Frost Bit Rose
    March 7, 2005
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    BEAUTIFUL

    hey this is a very hot!!!! i relly love this its really beautiful.


  • HeavenScent4U
    March 7, 2005
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    I am extremely exhausted at this point Gregg. lol I mean due to not feeling well, not this back and forth correspondence to your poem so, I will just say, leave the comments, you are right, it could bring more interesting dialouge. I will further reply to this tomorrow (later today even) lol Be Well my friend hugs Good Night.


  • lordoftherings gold member
    March 7, 2005
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    Broken: Not at all, I just giggled at it because, why I just find it halirious that before everything in my life down-spiralled I also considered myself bisexual, (I've had a few girlfriends in my life, but even though in some areas it worked, in some other areas it didn't--and yes, I will leave that ambivalent for all those who think a gay man cannot make love to a woman -- that was why I chorkled and sent off the reply to you. You have not disrespected me at all, but I hope that there has been enlightment shared on both sides. I will only delete them if you wish, otherwise it leaves open for some interesting dialogue. applaud


  • HeavenScent4U
    March 7, 2005
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    Now how am I going to fix this? lol I know your gender preference Gregg and I meant no disrespect at all. All I was saying is, at first when I began reading this I thought, "I didn't know he though of women this way" and as I further read on, I realised what your poem was saying. I believe that people are free to love whomever and however they choose. Now, I have probably really put my foot in my mouth and if I have, please feel free to delete this mirade of comments. lol Love in any aspect my friend is a very beautiful thing.
    Edited on Mar 07, 2:01 because 'Typo'.


  • HeavenScent4U
    March 7, 2005
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    I did forget and I'm sorry, to mention also, how beautiful this page is, the background is elegant and the picture is a beauty to behold. Great job!


  • lordoftherings gold member
    March 7, 2005
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    Broken-chrystalis: how could I put this without sounding callous? Well, that you prefer men. Isn't life full of wonderful surprises...the art of lovemaking has no boundaries. Gregg


  • HeavenScent4U
    March 7, 2005
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    This was truly magnificent. I noticed you made several references to women and at first I wondered knowing, how could I put this without sounding callous? Well, that you prefer men.
    "your soft mountain hills", " as Sappho blesses us," and "O, wise my fertile world of wonder" How craftily and elegently written Gregg. Love knows no bounds, I am a firm believer in this. Again, beautifull done my friend. Be Well and Be Blessed.


  • lordoftherings gold member
    March 7, 2005
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    Nadir and the most important line to the clue:

    O, wise my fertile world of wonder


  • Mystical-Gardenia
    March 7, 2005
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    Lovely testiment... if the world was filled with love... and enchanted tapestries with the acceptence of the innocence and wonder of a child t'would be a better place... cheers to love... being loved no matter the prefrence... for war, is the greatest offence... beautifully crafted... Wishing you, and yours Love, Peace, Joy, Blessings, Wisdom


  • DelWarrenLivingston silver member
    March 7, 2005
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    To be 100% honest, I missed that on first read-through, but the reference to "soft mountain hills" and the Blessings of "Sappho" clearly indicate that as I read it more slowly and deliberately. Thanks for the enlightening reply.

    Del


  • lordoftherings gold member
    March 7, 2005
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    Nadir: Just between you and I--did you notice that the love affair was between two women written from a man's point of view* Gregg


  • DelWarrenLivingston silver member
    March 7, 2005
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    So many people in the world today have little understanding of the deeper meaning of love and longing for someone who is far away. In even greater numbers are those who cannot understand the depth and breadth of gay love. Some say it is essential that one BE gay to understand such things...to which I say..."poppycock." I am as straight as a string and yet I felt the emotions of your longing and the joy of your dance as well in this poem. Your "wood" reference is a marvellous metaphor.

    Best wishes and kind regards,

    Del


  • lordoftherings gold member
    March 7, 2005
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    Tumbleweed: faggot stand: It has a double meaning in the poem -- the first being old English and meaning wood, where they burned witches and homosexuals at the stake back in the dark ages and today the deragatory meaning of faggot per se, so even though we may not get burned by wooden stakes anymore, we are still getting burned on wood that has been weathered down to what is recorded on paper. Thank you for visitng and leaving your comment, I really appreciate it. Gregg


  • Blazing White Wolf
    March 6, 2005
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    I nice beautiful poem.It is well written and has a good flow to it. the word choice is good and feels like it comes from within you.
    ~~~~Love and Light~~~~
    ~~Blaze~~

  • Tumbleweed
    March 6, 2005
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    This is beautiful, except for the line 'faggot stand'. I'm not sure about that one Everything else is lovely. Very well written, with wonderful imagery.


  • Romeos captive
    March 6, 2005
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    Superb work you have here I am really glad i stumbled upon it I think you used such beautiful words in here and it was so beautifuly done! Great work I admire your writing skills.

    All the best,
    Romeos captive


  • from1chalice
    March 6, 2005
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    Beautiful. Loved the last 2 lines especially. Good use of contrast of the bliss of love with the actual surrounding of the "cold ground under". Thanks, Chalice

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