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Rising like a Winging Gull MAG

October 29, 2009
By NineMuses PLATINUM, Pelham, New York
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NineMuses PLATINUM, Pelham, New York
22 articles 2 photos 10 comments

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You can&#039;t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.<br /> -Jack London

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I am spiraling
in a riptide of rememberings
anchored down
by the box in my arms.
The wind snatches at my hair
changing it into one of the clouds
we used to watch
Where I now see your face
as I did that day in the sand,
cold and blue as the open water.
I wiggle my feet
down into the sand
as I whisper
Good-bye
to the laughing wind
that carries your voice.
I tip the box.
As the cards and pictures
and sketches and memories
rise up over the waltzing water
like so many winging gulls
I feel my heart break
free
from the frozen chains
it created
and all the hollow places
begin to fill
with the candy-coated rays
of the sun.

© Luz T., Berkeley, CA

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MoandBrowniegirl SILVER said...
on Apr. 20 2010 at 5:26 pm
MoandBrowniegirl SILVER, Toronto, Other
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&quot;Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul; dig deep, for every dream preceeds the goal.&quot;

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This is very prettily said. The imagery and metaphors are great. You do what few can and make a poem complete. You know, beginning to end. Not a lot of people's work has that fluidity.
NineMuses PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 14 2009 at 11:50 am
NineMuses PLATINUM, Pelham, New York
22 articles 2 photos 10 comments

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You can&#039;t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.<br /> -Jack London

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Thanks so much!
NineMuses PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 13 2009 at 8:04 pm
NineMuses PLATINUM, Pelham, New York
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Thanks so much! This is the first of only two poems I have on the site, so every comment means a lot.
-Peb! SILVER said...
on Dec. 11 2009 at 4:03 pm
-Peb! SILVER, Heber Springs, Arkansas
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Great poem! I love the imagery.
qwertyqwerty123 PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 16 2009 at 11:30 pm
qwertyqwerty123 PLATINUM, Concord, California
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&quot;prey on the old and your a coward<br /> prey on the young and your pathetic<br /> prey on the weak and your even weaker<br /> prey on my friends and your history&quot;<br /> - fearless: payback (book 6) by francine pascal

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this touched my heart and i knew exactly what the speaker was feeling. i can only hope my writing will ever be as good as this