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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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Apr 3, 2007 at 10:57am
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Prompt #39 -- Ghosts
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Ghosts

In constant pain,
amorphous residues twist
in fetal position
while they swallow cyanide non-stop.
All the words they can utter
are sighs and gasps when
the coiling of light
through stained-glass windows,
with manic urge, wraps
around the banister on
the mahogany stairway
spiraling downward,
as the walls melt in fluid memories.
The ether casts its spell
on snake-charmed eternity,
dusting fantasy to seduce
sad-eyed musings
and my loneliness
colder than time.





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Prompt #39 -- Ghosts
· 04-03-07 10:57am
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Re: Prompt #39 -- Ghosts · 04-14-07 3:49am
by alfred booth, wanbli ska Author IconMail Icon

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