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"The Tattoos of Sages" ~ For Rob...& For Walt

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The tattoos of sages
pierce our eyes
with delirious beauty,

painting the savage grace
of love upon the skin
of our aching hearts.

They dance words naked
with joyous wonder dripping,

whispering music
into the depths
of our ravaged souls,

listening to the echoes
with awe emanating
from their ferocious lips,

flames sparking imagination,
hypnotizing us
with embered voices.

The coffeehouses reek
of their grandeur ~

fingers snapping,
hips swaying poetry
into existence,

epic odes
of ethereal delight.

Their audience sighs
with rapturous gazes gleaming,

wrapping them
in majestic garments,

rebellious royalty
gladly glimpsing

the sacred embrace
of night...


 ~ November 18, 2006
          7:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photographer unknown


Picture of Walt Whitman courtesy of Just Rob


www.allpoetry.com/poets/just%20rob

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Melissa Gayle gold member
    December 22, 2008
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    This is just beautiful


  • Violet Moodswing Greeters member
    June 22, 2008
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    Oops forgot to applaud


  • Violet Moodswing Greeters member
    June 22, 2008

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    Nicely vivid. It has the feel of an old black and white snap shot that brings back its memories in color. I very much enjoyed the read.


  • Dark Whispers
    April 13, 2007

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    this was beautifully written, such a vived picture you have displayed with your words.
    great poem and thaks for entering


  • Spider Mistress
    April 13, 2007
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    it was amazing.

    i love this poem. It was beauitful.


  • Peteskid gold member
    April 13, 2007

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    Very Well done

    Beauty, Grace, Wonder, and Awe like a sisterhood of emotions passed down from the ancient Greeks to amuse us yet today with Charities...very nicely done...PK


  • raggyann
    November 21, 2006
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    loved this poem

    to very sweet
    great job


  • SereneFelicity
    November 21, 2006

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    great

    This is a really really really good poem! I am amazed by your diction and your style and the way you write is phenomenal. I hope to read some of your other poems as well! I enjoyed reading this poem a lot. You should enter this one into a contest, I have a feeling you would do well.
    With love, hope, and encouragement in all that you do
    ~~~~Misery loves Company ~~~~


    • Night Hope gold member
      November 21, 2006
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      Thank you for reading & for your kind comments...I'm pleased you enjoyed it...Be well, Poet... Wanda


    • Night Hope gold member
      November 21, 2006
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      Thank you for reading & for your kind comments...I'm pleased you enjoyed it...Be well, Poet... Wanda


  • tomisb
    November 21, 2006

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    Delightful

    These poets in the night with their words of magic, singing over the conversation, soaring into the sublime, touching hearts. We practice cool to be invulnerable to the damage the world does to us. We practice poetry to touch all the truths that our feelings sing to. Great piece. Made me smile. Love, Tom B.


  • Stuart Higginson gold member
    November 20, 2006

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    Majestic indeed

    What a voyage of words, Wanda! Beautiful and abundant in vivid enchanting imagery! I enjoyed this

    Stuart


    • Night Hope gold member
      November 21, 2006
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      Thank you for reading & for your kind comments, Stuart...I'm pleased you enjoyed it...Be well, Poet... Wanda


  • just rob gold member
    November 19, 2006

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    This is grand. You have expressed well the awe I feel when reading Whitman. Your words just dance in your own special way. For others reading this, I suggest Walt Whitman's "I sing the body electric". One of the best poems ever written! This one rocked my world, Sweet-Pea!
    Peace

    • Night Hope gold member
      October 8
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    • Night Hope gold member
      November 19, 2006
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      Well, it's only fair, Scribe, since you consistently rock mine... I am always so pleased with your words, Sweetness...'specially when you shine Light on a subject near & dear to my Heart...like po'try... Thank you for the depths of your voice, Rob... Sweet Pea


  • soulfultia gold member
    November 19, 2006
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    Beautiful

    Wanda, this is just beautiful. You just take the words and make them dance, lovely! ~Tia


  • panegyric ink
    November 18, 2006
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    thisreallycaughtmeoffguard&outofstepwithmysoul.

    I really loved this!


  • CarolDesjarlais silver member
    November 18, 2006

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    Oh, yes, indeed

    "fingers snapping,
    hips swaying poetry
    into existence,
    "

    Those three liens ay it all for me....you define what I could not. Rob's poem is beyond belief...it is so perfect in expression, from and feeling. Simply the best I have ever read here.


  • individuality gold member
    November 18, 2006

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    we have to all keep the fingers snapping i think and our hips swaying poetry, otherwise the world will stop spill ink and twist me into the crazy shape of love...

    • Night Hope gold member
      November 18, 2006
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      Don't gotta tell YOU twice, Ian... Thanks, Sweetie...

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