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Ink Spots.

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Flight of fancy swoops
and captures the moment,
infinity stretches out to
the furthest reaches of the
vortex,

mindful of confusion;

Disarray scatters

to the four corners

of the subconscious
weaving it's magic

with intricate manipulations;

Shifting towards the purple darkness,

velvet gloved senses tease

with coaxing,
guiding the emotions onwards;

Magnolia softness tempts the
heat to rise,

with passionate words
rising and falling in time,

to the metronome

beating time;

An empty page...

gathering dust,

a forgotten chapter lingers,
no more the florid language of
enthusiastic aplomb,

more so a gentle concubine

waiting patiently for a sign,

a recognition of completion;

Speak quietly,

for my soul listens
for a muse to tempt

the sleeping  awareness to life
and prolong this lifelong search ...

for perfection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Artwork;" Blue Nude" by Pablo Picasso.

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  • islekine gold member
    October 29, 2007
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    Best of luck in the contest.

    This is really a grand write!
    Write on!
    *PEACE*

  • Charmicious
    October 24, 2007

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    Yay!

    The first verse works very well with the new line breaks.

    The second verse is kind of better but seems as if the following line breaks would be better.
    "Disarray scatters
    to the four corners
    of the subconcious
    weaving it's magic
    with intricate manipulations;"
    Also, you could change it to the following. It doesn't have any changes other than moving the 'four' and the 'with' down to the next line.
    "Disarray scatters
    to the four corners of the subconsious
    weaving it's magic
    with intricate manipulations."

    The third verse, are you saying that the darkness is purple gloved or that the senses are velvet gloved? I'm going to assume you meant the senses, so you could change it to the following to make the meaning more understandable.
    "Shifting towards purple darkness
    velvet gloves senses *tease with coaxing
    guiding the emotions onwards;"
    You could add another break where the star is if you want four lines instead of three.

    The fourth verse I am going to carefully not comment on.

    The fifth verse seems perfect, though you could move the last two words to a new line for emphasis and could move the 'the' at the end of the third line to the begenning of the fifth.

    The flow of the whole thing is much better and all of my comments are a suggestion and probably me being overly critical.


    • cutiepie gold member
      October 24, 2007
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      Thank you *hug*

      I am so grateful for your help, I am trying to make sense of the line breaks and with your help I can now see the difference. I have this dreadful habit of writing as I speak rather than using correct format and punctuation, but I am trying so thank you and bless you for taking the time and the trouble


  • UnchartedPoet
    October 22, 2007

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    We all look for prerfection in what ever we may do. I like the different feels and takes on how one would feel in that paticular completion. Enjoyed the write, thanks for sharing your work

    Jen

  • Charmicious
    October 22, 2007
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    The second verse;
    "Disarray scatters to the four
    corners of the subconsious
    weaving it's magic with
    intricate manipulations;"
    So very descriptive without losing the flow that so many poets can't keep when attempting to use a thesaurus. Whereas yours, slides off one's lips with a light ease.

    The fifth verse;
    "An empty page... gathering
    dust, a forgotten chapter lingers,
    no more the florid language of
    ehthusisstic aplomb, more so
    a gentle concubine waiting patiently
    for a sign, a recognition of completion;"
    Why do you break the lines up in such a way, it does add emphasis to certain parts, it that way? For with some people, me for example, it distracts from the meaning of the writing and breaks the flow a little. The adjectives are beautifully woven in but there are breaks in the weave, at least to me there are. So, I would love to know why you broke the lines in such a way. Personally, I would have gone with something more like;
    "An empty page...
    gathering dust.
    A forgotten chapter lingers,
    no more the florid language
    of enthusiastic aplomb,
    more so
    a gently concubine
    waiting patiently for a sign,
    a recognition of completion;"
    Each poet to their own, and overall stunning write. Though the meaning is a bit hard to find during the begenning, suspense breeds and one is drawn in.


    • cutiepie gold member
      October 23, 2007
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      I had to smile Yes, I suppose it did read as if I had swallowed a thesaurus...I do have problems knowing where the line breaks should come and am always grateful for assistance. I did see the difference in your version and yes, it lays the emphisis where it should be. I will work harder with this. Many thanks for critique, I found it most constructive and precise.

      • Charmicious
        October 23, 2007
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        There is nothing wrong with swallowing a thesaurus, just make sure you don't choke, tisn't much fun to do that. I am glad that you liked my version and you are very welcome.


  • katie-jo
    October 22, 2007

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    I loved reading this poem. Your diction was incredible and I am in utter speechlessness (is that a word? if not well i'm using it anyway) of your piece.
    "for a muse to tempt the
    sleeping awareness to life"
    I love these lines. They are enchantingly unique from the rest of your poem and they just stood out to me. I am excited to read more from you, and intend to explore the list.
    Thank you for sharing this with me.
    ~katiebird


    • cutiepie gold member
      October 23, 2007
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      Thanks Katie, you will find as my mood swings so will my form of poetry From whimseys to rambling freestyle to haiku...so you see you can judge what sort of day I have had from what you read


  • innocence jaded.xx
    October 22, 2007

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    Very nice poem, I really liked it. The words you used were incredible and left me in complete awe :] I loved basically everything about this poem, but definitely these lines:

    "An empty page...gathering
    dust, a forgotten chapter lingers"

    Those lines basically speak my life right now, and they definitely hit me hard. I can relate to this so well. Great poem. I've got to applaud this three times :]


    • cutiepie gold member
      October 22, 2007
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      Thank you Amanda, glad you enjoyed this ramble of thoughts..Many thanks for the clappies

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