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Apr 2 07, 03:44
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Mosaic Master
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 4,599
Joined: 4-August 03
From: Birmingham, England
Member No.: 12
Real Name: Eira Needham
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori
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Oh Kathy! -- what a shame. I like this one so much that I have nominated it for Member's Choice for March instead. Good Luck! Snow
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Apr 2 07, 04:23
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Mosaic Master
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 4,599
Joined: 4-August 03
From: Birmingham, England
Member No.: 12
Real Name: Eira Needham
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori
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I would like to nominate Treasures by Psyche (Sylvia) located in Seren's Synapse. This poem is so beautiful, with stunning imagery throughout, with much to read between the layers. It's found in Seren's Synapse. QUOTE TREASURES
Spring lightning! At dawn it reveals naked Andean peaks, in the evening it disrobes pastures. Threads of rain reflect rainbows between lake and heart-shaped hills. I dream that you caress my cheeks as we move, side by side, along spirals that ebb and flow like galactic tides.
I awaken on a bed of tender leaves. You are no longer there.
Yesterday, capricious Spring drew aureoles on the lake. I gathered shells sculptured by water nymphs and lifted twigs whose smooth fingers had dimpled the sandbanks. Stroking algae, moss, tasting froth in the hollows of my treasures, I carried them home, but they forgot their beauty on the beach under showers of incandescent rain.
You were not waiting for me.
Today, I lie in the shade of a blossoming apple-tree. I listen to insects' concerts, sense humming-birds’ ardour as they sip nectar from half-open buds. Their titillating wings remind me of your lips, your soft skin, of you.
A dogrose thrusts virile roots deep into Mother Earth, dropping petals from its branches around my thighs. I taste dewdrops on my tongue and remember your naked body, loving me.
I’ll carry these memories home. Will you be waiting for me?
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Apr 2 07, 04:23
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That's so nice of you! Thanks.
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Apr 2 07, 15:37
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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Hmmmmm ... Kathy I am both happy and sad. I am very sad that these wonderful poems are not eligable for nomination in IBPC, but I am happy that your poems are published, as that is the intention here with IBPC, is to get excellent poetry such as this, read by a larger audience and published as an end result. So you've already acheived this! YAHHHH, but I would have LOVED this to have been a representative of MM's family! Hugs, Liz
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Apr 2 07, 16:50
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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Thank you Snow for this wonderful surprise! :) I do like this poem very much. I still have some work to do on it, but it shouldn't be too long till it is considered done!
Thank you, Lori and Kathy too for your support! Hugs, all of you, Liz
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Apr 2 07, 16:51
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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Yes this is worthy of recognition... Hugs, Liz
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Apr 2 07, 18:42
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See? I did come back. Nice one, Liz!
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Apr 2 07, 18:46
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That's the trouble with getting things published. It's a bit like eating cake, 'cos you don't have it any more. And who knows who reads my published ones? Prob'ly in a bookcase somewhere, sad and dusty.
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Apr 3 07, 05:23
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Mosaic Master
Group: Administrator
Posts: 18,892
Joined: 1-August 03
From: Massachusetts
Member No.: 2
Real Name: Lori Kanter
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:Imhotep
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Oh, I haven't had the pleasure to read or comment on this one yet Snow - how lovely! I'll send Sylvia the permission PM now. Cheers ~Cleo
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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Apr 5 07, 10:29
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Ornate Oracle
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 9,312
Joined: 27-August 04
From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia
Member No.: 78
Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:David Ting
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Hi Snow! Thank you so much for nominating my poem TREASURES! What a lovely surprise! I'm so glad you like it... Hugs, Sylvia
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Mis temas favoritos The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
"There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction."
Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!MM Award Winner
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Apr 5 07, 10:32
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Ornate Oracle
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 9,312
Joined: 27-August 04
From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia
Member No.: 78
Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:David Ting
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Thank you, Cleo, for your complimentary remarks. I feel quite honoured... Hugs, Sylvia
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Mis temas favoritos The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
"There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction."
Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!MM Award Winner
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Apr 5 07, 10:51
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Ornate Oracle
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 9,312
Joined: 27-August 04
From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia
Member No.: 78
Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:David Ting
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Ah, I liked this one from the start, Liz! I'm so glad it's been nominated, wish I had done it myself... Best of luck! Hugs, Sylvia
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Mis temas favoritos The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
"There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction."
Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!MM Award Winner
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Apr 5 07, 11:02
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Ornate Oracle
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 9,312
Joined: 27-August 04
From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia
Member No.: 78
Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:David Ting
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An enchanting poem, Cathy! It has such a magical atmosphere, and the form is perfect! Best of luck! Hugs, Sylvia
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Mis temas favoritos The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
"There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction."
Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!MM Award Winner
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Apr 6 07, 05:16
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Mosaic Master
Group: Administrator
Posts: 18,892
Joined: 1-August 03
From: Massachusetts
Member No.: 2
Real Name: Lori Kanter
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:Imhotep
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Hi Aggie. I've updated this nomination with your newest revision. Can you please send me back your Permission PM form? Thanks! ~Cleo
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the RingsCollaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind. "I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. KanterNominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner
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Apr 6 07, 13:46
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Ornate Oracle
Group: Praetorian
Posts: 9,312
Joined: 27-August 04
From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia
Member No.: 78
Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan
Writer of: Poetry & Prose
Referred By:David Ting
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I would like to nominate Petra's Splendor, by Merlin. It can be found at http://forums.mosaicmusings.net/index.php?showtopic=10007
QUOTE Petra's Splendor
Olive trees guard castle towers where one weary, footsore soldier paused enraptured, spellbound silent, several centuries ago. He was homeward bound from fighting far afield in Nabataea, from that land of stone and splendor, filled with Hellenistic grandeur throughout tombs and striking temples and its pillared palace walls.
Petra's fall went not to armies.
In a shining Baroque city sits a dark-haired man of thirty underneath a massive olive whose extended branches beckoned to a passing caballero seeking respite. As he listens to the birdsongs he drifts back in time, recalling how she gave her youthful body and they loved in fervid frenzy while a far-off, faint Angelus pealed the faithful to their duties. Flown, those kindled helix hours when they romped through hills and canyons, laughed and loved beneath one myrtle, till their amethystine river lured him to enchanted places brimmed with charm and daunting skylines.
Flown away like fleeting birdnotes... Oftentimes he thinks of Petra. It's a fine, inspiring poem, with great imagery and a brilliant evocation of an ancient myth (seldom poetized on, as far as I know).
Hope Merlin accepts! Cheers, Sylvia
This post has been edited by Cleo_Serapis: Apr 12 07, 11:18
Reason for edit: Rev updated
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Mis temas favoritos The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
"There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction."
Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!MM Award Winner
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Apr 6 07, 18:07
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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I love this poem. What an excellent choice Sylvia - I myself was going to post! I think many of us second, third, fourth and so on ... nominate it!
Hugs, Liz
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Apr 6 07, 20:45
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 764
Joined: 18-October 04
From: Sabah, Malaysia
Member No.: 80
Writer of: Poetry
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Apr 6 07, 22:50
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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No thanks necessary, your wonderful poem did it for you! Good luck in this months Polling... Good to see your poetry again!
Best Wishes, Liz
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Apr 6 07, 22:51
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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Thank you Kathy and Sylvia, I am liking this one too. Still some minor revisions to complete! Thank you for the support! Hugs, Liz
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Apr 6 07, 22:53
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Group: Gold Member
Posts: 3,822
Joined: 3-August 03
From: Florida
Member No.: 10
Real Name: Elizabeth
Writer of: Poetry
Referred By:Lori Kanter
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And the answer to that question powerfully allows the reader to feel the depth in your response. I think this is a powerful and amazing poem! Good luck in the polling Hugs, Liz
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