Alchemy by Maatkara at All poetry

When

Love

Begins from and

Expands

the

Heart

The Fires of the

Furnace

Can then be drawn

From Heat to

Light

That Rising through

the

Heart

awakens

Sight

To spread these Wings

Of Shining Light

In Heaven then

And, only then, can we

As One take

Flight

~ . ~
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Author notes

Artwork copyright of Daniel B Holeman - Visionary Art Gallery.
Web site, "Awaken Visions" www.awakenvisions.com

NOTE: For further interest regarding the symbolism, click on 'View All' for an earlier reply to comment on this poem.

Written December 27th, 2003

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Kari
March 4, 2007

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This is so touching and pretty. It almost gave me tears. This poem reminds me of my other name Broken Wings Fly...

Kari
earthstar
June 28, 2006
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excellent
very good and such great comments i love the page and how you set it up. your heart is very big and open to write so from the heart i am in awe with you gift it is very special and wonderful looking in depth is not for the faint hearted is touches one heart gives hope to us who seeking can not quite find our way. that for bring such light and love to this world. i have grown weary to my travel you buring light gives hope thanks so very much take care
cutiepie
May 30, 2005
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I found this beautiful..almost as if an angel was walking beside one taking the steps to heaven. Lovely
aslanlight
May 30, 2005
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I've bookmarked this and when I get some ink I'd like to print it out to put on the wall just behing my pc. That's how much I love it! It says all that is happening in my life right now. I wrote a poem about being like silver and going into the furnace to be refined.

'Enter the Furnace' I dunno I think you might empathise with it a lot! http://allpoetry.com/Poem/1249544
Anthony-
April 24, 2005
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Nice use of space to really reflect and aliven your words within the page and without the page (meaning to bring to life outside of this space).
punkrocksmidge
April 9, 2005
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I absolutely love this... you can take an in-depth look at this, and find so many things both metaphorically and symbolically speaking. Awesome job, and keep it up, sweetheart
~Smidge~
spiral nocturne
March 19, 2005
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this is quite strong, and powerful....yet it is still human. Modest and rich, thank you for this.
Sau
March 9, 2005
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Dear Gennelle,
I am amazed at your knowledge of the chakras, symbolism and Christian beliefs, all at the same time. This poem was amazing, and one could meditate over this.
Thanks for sharing,
Saurabh.
Eric Nunnally
February 16, 2005
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Great poem
I've been reading many of your pieces and find them... calming. Your linguistic style reminds me of some Eastern writers. I like the profundity of your simplicity.
Sharon Corr
September 20, 2004
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I hope and pray one day
In the wings of alchemy
You shall carry me away
On the wings of the ONE bird
In one night flight
Night nigh twilight
Serenem
September 7, 2004
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nicely done!
Oh, this is nice, Gennelle! I enjoyed reading this very much. Nice structure and even better meaning!

Good luck in this contest!

Melinda
--Blue--
September 3, 2004
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Very cool write, and very well thought out and unique format, just as the contest was asking for. I would definitely say you've got a chance with this one. Good work!
Missing-Sarah
September 3, 2004
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loved the style, and those bolded lighter words just seemed to glow out, it was awesome. amazing work! Sarah
Jettison
September 2, 2004
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The symbolism... that is what stunned me. I could just dig pools into this piece (not netiher of us has all day) I am amazed, though! The form here was especially fun, it made the read more interesting. This piece could have been very cliche, but you took away all possiblility of that. Thanks for entering this piece, I loved it! This is going to be one hard contest to judge!
duana
August 5, 2004
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I think I might have conmmented before. You leave me speechless liek always!
Mari Goes
July 25, 2004
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This is the kind of poem that we can't enough of. I raed it 3 times slowly to savor the words and the meaning.
It was like the heat lifting the heart as it does with a balloon, and allows it to fly high and be freed of every material traces to be one with the space above.
Thanks for this great moment Gennele!
Mari
July 25, 2004
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Sweetly Engrossing
All your poems are really wonderful, but I just ADORE the form! I want more! Thanks for your comment. I look forward to reading more !
heartnsoul
May 27, 2004
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truly exquisite!!
I am truly impressed! I enjoyed the message within a message. Profound! You can feel yourself being lifted to a higher plane.And I love the form. what can one say? I know!!
Poetic Fanatic
May 24, 2004
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A fresh feeling comes over me. :)
Very very lovely G.
Thank you, I love this. You're good at the cascading waterfall. Sweet reading indeed! This fits our theme too.
Tommy
rite
May 24, 2004
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The light is our origin and destiny. We can only re-enter the way we left. For now this is what I am capable of imagining, realizing well that nothing is certain and all is subject to change continuously while we are here, while we are warm.

Rage
MargaretG
May 2, 2004
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Goodness! It's a coincidence, or I owe my latest poem to reading yours. That would be it. Thank you!
Maatkara
May 2, 2004
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Margaret:
You can never "read too much" into symbolism, when inspired from higher forces. What it meant to you is accurate. Also, the 7 spiritual centres of the body ('chakras' in eastern mysticism), represented as the '7 churches' in Revelations, are levels of awareness in human consciousness. The 'furnace' I was referring to is the lower chakra, at the base of the spine, the reproductive energy. The Heart centre needs to expand first, then, (by the analogy of physics) the 'vacuum' created will draw, transmute, that energy to the epiphany, satori...enlightenment! If the Heart is considered the point where everything must begin, then compassion, understanding, empathy can grow. The priority is the key, Love over lust; generosity over greed etc. That's what I harp on all the time, don't I...the HEART before all else. The fire in the Holy Heart is the holy fire needed to convert the heat of the lower, to the Light of the higher.
MargaretG
May 2, 2004
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Thought provoking
This has a stepwise increasing passion; your use of the rhymes light, sight, and flight is very exciting! The image of a fiery furnace in the heart is a very old mystical symbol; there is a popular image of Jesus that uses it, Mary too. Please forgive me if this is not what you intend to communicate! It seems to me that you are referring to us all, a collective heart on fire, and a revolution of human nature. Perhaps I am reading to much into this! In any case, I find it an exciting and thought provoking poem.
April 24, 2004
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Very nice write brought me into a place of happiness and everyone needs to have happiness every once in a while.. This also shows the joy and holy thing/place what the call heaven.. Good Write Keep It Up

Todd
Maatkara
December 28, 2003
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Thank you Acounselor! Sheesh, I think I'm blushing! LOL! I couldn't ask for a better accolade and critique than that - especially from a poetic peer. Your perspicacity is truly appreciated.
PoetryGirl26
December 27, 2003
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beautiful little write here, i loved the caped words and the message good job here!
December 27, 2003
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Dynamite
Another well thought and powerpacked poem. It is simple only in form which belies the multitude of thoughts that emerge when read. The flow is natural and the cadence begins with a humm and then crescendos to a full chorus as "One take flight" Ahhhhh. Great!