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 Mosaic Master  Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep  |
Our March, 2005 Moderator's Choice results are in!
  IT's A FOUR-WAY TIE!   Congrats to larrysgirl5548, Psyche, Arnfinn and Toumai for winning our Moderator's Choice Award for March with their tiles, 'Sable Nights', 'Encounter', 'The Apex' and 'Hearts Homesick for the Emerald Isle'!! Your Mod Choice mini plaque  will be displayed in your signature and tile! You have led your Muse to bask in the glory of the greek urn known as Mod Choice.  Congratulations! You have added your special touches to our Mosaic in style. Thank you! JOY to you, oh mighty ones!       Cheers! Mosaic Musings Staff      :roman:   Moderator Choice Award  *Graphic provided by Celtic Castle Designs SABLE NIGHTS Swaying ... back and forth, gently pushing the gazebo swing with one bare foot ... I am mesmerized by whispers of summer's eve. The wrap of night is warm as sable, enfolding me in sensuous comfort. Its kiss of breath caresses my cheek with the sensitivity of a lover. The sweet scent of clematis tickles my nose as its clinging vines entwine the gazebo posts, their lustre muted by dusk. Hugging one knee to my breast and one toe pumping the swing, I recline my head, close my eyes ... and dream. He comes to me, with all the beauty of Adonis, slowly wending his way through flower-fringed paths in the garden. A shimmering mountain of taut muscle and firm flesh, stepping with assuredness, yet unaware of his raw masculinity. My heart opens to him as rose petals to the warmth of sun and with the fluidity of unfurling silk I melt into his embrace. He cups my face in his hands, his touch ... strong, yet gentle, moist lips touch the corner of mine; he owns finesse in his tenderness. Without speaking, our eyes confess the secrets of our hearts and we are wrapped in a cocoon of intense devotion. Hearts intertwine as arm in arm we drift into the mists, strengthened by love and promises, but only on sable nights ... when I dream. Cathy Bollhoefer~ copyright March2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ENCOUNTER He’ll come tonight fiery with love and love’s intent flinging open his arms to fold me in them. In from the cold night raining down his neck wet leather-jacket flung on a chair he’ll slide under my quilt hold me forever. He's explored my body we've made love lips found lips our world seemed everlasting like artificial, ocre logs in the gaslit hearth. Echo of his boots on the staircase. Revving-up, triumphant roar of motorbike. Drawn curtains lamplight softens decaying walls a siren wails through distant city streets efficient voices knife the air far from my window. Yesterday’s newspaper scattered over floorboards coffee cold in chipped cups wet cigarette-butts on saucers. Perhaps my man will come again tonight. Copyright 2005 Sylvia Maclagan, Buenos Aires, Argentina ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Apex I can go no further; I have scaled my heights, pangs of resentment awaken to frosty light; my last faint mutterings, incoherent whispers, an odyssey within my heaving breast, bones solicited by glaring tongues, ashes bequeathed to a place… where existence… floats. Never again to be burdened: no love, no demons, a fragmented grey spectrum, cascading then vanishing into eternal… o b s c u r i t y… I have scaled my heights. Copyright 2005 John Macleod ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hearts homesick for the Emerald Isle Hearts homesick for the Emerald Isle write sonnets to that land so green, weave Irish legends to beguile. Leprechauns' gleeful evil guile saps love of life from those who've seen hearts homesick for the Emerald Isle. Bards, too, who hope to make a pile - sage sagas on a silver screen - weave Irish legends to beguile. Much distant scholarship worthwhile - yet more time studying will mean hearts homesick for the Emerald Isle. Compelling tales I may compile with blessings from a faery queen; weave Irish legends to beguile. So kiss the Blarney Stone with style: verbal virtuosity preen; hearts homesick for the Emerald Isle weave Irish legends to beguile. Copyright 2005 Fran Martel Congrats! ·······  ·······"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 Rings
Collaboration 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. Kanter 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!  "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner           |
  
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| Guest_Jox_* |
 Jul 12 05, 10:11
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Well done Cathy, Sylvia, John and Fran - many congrats to you all - great to see four winners, too.
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| Guest_Nina_* |
Jul 12 05, 11:53
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Yes, congratulations Cathy, Sylvia, John and Fran.
Great to see that the four of you are all winners. Nina |
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| Guest_Toumai_* |
Jul 12 05, 12:01
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Thanks, James, Nina
I'm delighted to be chosen with such company :cloud9: Fran |
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| Guest_Cathy_* |
Jul 12 05, 21:11
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I too am glad to be in such talented company!
Congratulations Sylvia, John, and Fran! :claps: :claps: Cathy
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Mosaic Master Posts: 18,892 Joined: 1-August 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 2 Real Name: Lori Kanter Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Imhotep |
Congrats everyone!
ALL very deserving of awards! Great tiles, great poets!  ~Cleo :pharoah2 ······· ·······"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 Rings
Collaboration 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. Kanter 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! "Worry looks around, Sorry looks back, Faith looks up." ~ Early detection can save your life.MM Award Winner |
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 Creative Chieftain  Posts: 2,587 Joined: 9-August 03 From: Australia Member No.: 17 Real Name: John Writer of: Poetry |
Well I'm the lucky one!
To be selected to stand at the podium beside three lovely talented ladies.  I thank you all.  :wizard: :wizard: John Thanks N & J & L :knight: :wizard: :wizard: John ······· ·······Arnfinn
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 details, click here! MM Award Winner  |
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 Ornate Oracle  Posts: 8,882 Joined: 27-August 04 From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia Member No.: 78 Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:David Ting |
Hey, thank you all for this lovely award !
And congrats to Fran, Cathy and John for their excellent pieces, as well ! Hugs, Sylvia  ······· ·······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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