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Poems for Ross - 6. such power

Poem No. 13

 

All the flowers of spring

are a loathsome thing

for now and all the while

next to your smile

 

A sweet and gently fading line

that pronounces itself sublime;

a gentle, subtle hint of lust

filled with no questions, only trust

 

Through innocence given, received obscene

how can nature be seen, nothing redeemed;

so I'm left with the question to ask

how can your smile embrace, or reject its task

 

The flowers of spring are denied

what your smile calmly cries

they also lack the uneasy rejection

of human confusement as to the question.

 

 

Poem No. 14

 

To dream of you in the sometimes hour

is to let a piece of me live.

The thought of you has such power;

you do not know what you can give.

 

 

Poem No. 15

Prelude:

 

If a line can speak,

what a thought can't know

If a smile can say,

what the heart's afraid

If a sigh can scream,

what a mind only doubts

then, it's in love.

  

Poem:

 

Like a picture in a frame holistically

A simple thought I have

 

to gently caress a thought filled with you

to long for a warm embrace.

 

Beauty lies in its simplicity

This is the thought I have.

 

Postlude:

 

If a line can speak

what I can barely feel

in the physical world that's weak

but know in terms that can't be real

I offer you, however meek.

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All I can do AC, is shake my head. Suck a wistful longing you show us in these poems, and the regret of lost dreams.
Who knows what might have happened if one of you had spoken what was in your heart? I don't know if Ross would have become your Prince, all I can say is that he would have been extremely foolish to turn down such a wonderful person.

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Is a smile a question or is it the answer ?
I must have read that somewhere, for the line surfaced when I read the first poem.

 

I loved “Through innocence given, received obscene”. It expresses so well the hope of the one smiled at to read more in it than maybe was meant.

 

The years in between may have abated the powerful thoughts of the second poem somewhat. The memories however can be just as powerful.

 

Last week I saw an interview on TV with a gay author, who recently published a book he wrote in the 70’s as a tribute to a deceased friend. He told how the manuscript survived several moves from house to house during his life. Stored away, yet always there, as it meant something special to the author.
It made me think of these poems: always there but only now for us to enjoy. Thanks again.

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On 08/17/2015 02:16 AM, ColumbusGuy said:

All I can do AC, is shake my head. Suck a wistful longing you show us in these poems, and the regret of lost dreams.

Who knows what might have happened if one of you had spoken what was in your heart? I don't know if Ross would have become your Prince, all I can say is that he would have been extremely foolish to turn down such a wonderful person.

Thanks for your support, ColumbusGuy. Yes, words unspoken...maybe those are the ones that have the worst/best power over us

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On 08/17/2015 03:07 AM, J.HunterDunn said:

Is a smile a question or is it the answer ?

I must have read that somewhere, for the line surfaced when I read the first poem.

 

I loved “Through innocence given, received obscene”. It expresses so well the hope of the one smiled at to read more in it than maybe was meant.

 

The years in between may have abated the powerful thoughts of the second poem somewhat. The memories however can be just as powerful.

 

Last week I saw an interview on TV with a gay author, who recently published a book he wrote in the 70’s as a tribute to a deceased friend. He told how the manuscript survived several moves from house to house during his life. Stored away, yet always there, as it meant something special to the author.

It made me think of these poems: always there but only now for us to enjoy. Thanks again.

Thank you, J.HunterDunn. (It's so inappropriate for me to say this…but googling your line only showed me a hundred dentists who use it! I hope you find that funny, I did.)

 

I'm very glad the author had his book from the 70s published. If it was relevant then, then it will be relevant now, and it sounds heartfelt – those are always the best books.

 

Thanks again!

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The addition of #15 is most lovely. You have painted longing artfully, and stretched the strings of our hearts so they may be played to this tune full of want.

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We can say many things about Love and Despair. But these all poems gives us exactly what we wish for and what we get exactly.

 

The last poem gonna be my favorite, because I have some personal experience with what it is and how it would end.

 

Thank You for sharing those poems... :) They are Beautiful, Lovely... and I don't know, I'll name them like a lot... :lol:

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On 01/31/2016 01:15 PM, Parker Owens said:

The addition of #15 is most lovely. You have painted longing artfully, and stretched the strings of our hearts so they may be played to this tune full of want.

Thank you, Parker! No. 15 is not half-bad, I'll have to agree.

 

It became 'lost' amongst the other poems in my folder, and somehow escaped being placed with the Ross Poems, but it's clear it belongs. Also, the date on No. 15 fills in a gap that was there – so it all works out well.

 

Thanks for your review and support!

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On 01/31/2016 02:07 PM, Emi GS said:

We can say many things about Love and Despair. But these all poems gives us exactly what we wish for and what we get exactly.

 

The last poem gonna be my favorite, because I have some personal experience with what it is and how it would end.

 

Thank You for sharing those poems... :) They are Beautiful, Lovely... and I don't know, I'll name them like a lot... :lol:

Thank you, Emi, for a wonderful review. It's always wonderful to receive feedback that these poems touch someone in a personal way. Being able to relate is such a powerful human emotion, and I suppose the one that links us.

 

Thanks again for your support!

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