Friday, April 04, 2008

Darkness, Dawn



Evaporate

Something has happened and I am no longer
your have to have. You have faded like
light. I worry too much and not enough,
and the past gazes without mercy. I have
often told stories to mark the place,
the moment when everyone spoke in tongues,
descent, arise, wake. But what of the moments
that do not have this? What about you so
beautiful even as you leave me? Darkness,
dawn, it’s all the same since the change.


Michelle's Spell of the Day
"There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend." Jack Nicholson

Cocktail Hour
Drinking music suggestion: Smell The Magic L7

Benedictions and Maledictions
Happy Friday!

13 comments:

  1. Anonymous4/04/2008

    Here's Johnnnnnny!!!!--Jack Nicholson

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  2. Anonymous4/04/2008

    Here's Johnnnnnny!!!!--Jack Nicholson

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  3. Anonymous4/04/2008

    A one and a two....--Lawrence Welk

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  4. Anonymous4/04/2008

    A one and a two....--Lawrence Welk

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  5. Great taste of poetry, so touching, so real. Thank You

    Peace

    mark

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  6. Anonymous4/05/2008

    'ello campers!! Hi-de-hi!!!! Fancy a cuppa?!?!

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  7. Anonymous4/05/2008

    What a lovely poem!

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  8. Great piece. The power of poetry is often how it suggests more than the words themselves can encompass. From this poem, a great example is: "the moment when everyone spoke in tongues,"

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  9. Anonymous4/05/2008

    Connotation and denotation are also important.--Cleanth Brooks

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  10. Anonymous4/05/2008

    Twelve hours out of MackiNAW City--Bob Seger

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  11. Powerful and touching...

    "Something has happened and I am no longer your have to have . . .

    What about you so beautiful even as you leave me?

    Darkness, dawn, it's all the same since the change."

    I know this - so familiar, I feel this so deeply.

    Beautifully expressed and versed, Michelle.

    I love this.

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  12. Anonymous4/05/2008

    Zee poleez, eh?--Inspector Clueso

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  13. Anonymous4/05/2008

    Only Pop could manage to get the Book of Job into a Hugh Hefner publication.--Christopher Buckley

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