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Flashpoint

 

 

 

 

I felt it

many years ago

in the fevered throes

of adolescence

 

as it coursed through

my body and soul

effervescent products of id

 

that collected, in psyche

that waited for

a source of ignition

 

to cause intellect to explode

with a fervent

pyroclastic flow

 

and the volatile catalyst

I speak of is:

poetry.

 

 

 

 

Author notes

"Can you hear that, the voices of many poets screaming, as if imprisoned dissidents freed?"

MJ Donnelly-

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  • Margaret Denham gold member
    December 3, 2008

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    Your words often explode upon the page and yet at other times they caress it tenderly. A catalyst it might be but we'd be lost without it and your words.

    Love Margaret


  • Heart Sutra
    November 29, 2008

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    Great use of imagery and metaphor. Thank you for sharing this poem with the contest.


  • Grunts Girl gold member
    November 10, 2008

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    ever have an ink spill by accident when you were younger?
    lol... oh dont look at me like that
    that was funny!
    you bugger

    good luck with this in the contest
    i loved where you went


    • MJ Donnelly gold member
      November 11, 2008
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      No, but I have dipped a few pig tails in the ink well back in the day.


  • kiwigirljacks gold member
    November 10, 2008

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    Yes, it builds in us until it bursts forth onto the pages...

    Wonderfully put!

  • tara wilson gold member
    November 10, 2008

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    I love the title, I love the word 'catalyst'...

    this is different for you...I love it.


  • Elfin
    November 10, 2008
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    Love it, L-o-v-e it. Well done and good luck in the contest. Val


  • MJ Donnelly gold member
    November 10, 2008
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    Oh, thank you dear


  • Pamela A Lamppa silver member
    November 10, 2008

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    Excellent. From title to end line this poem is perfect in my eyes. I could hear the voices of many poets screaming...

    So pleased to have read this beauty today. ~Pamela

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