Topic: They Like It When I Bleed
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Sun 12/16/12 01:42 PM
Edited by kc0003 on Sun 12/16/12 01:43 PM
everyone wants a poem
exes want love letters
written in blood
lovers want to be made to feel special
friends need to know if I think of them
as more
it’s ironic really, because none of mine
have ever made a bit of difference

that one still left
this one never came back
her, she didn’t even acknowledge hers (or me)
my wrist pours out
soaking the pages
with deep cherry sincerity,
arterial-letting openness,
but it’s never enough
is it?

no, I lost her
because she thought they were all
about her
I gained the wrong one
by allowing her to believe a certain one
was about her

sometimes they mean nothing,
but oh how dangerous that can be
sometimes they mean everything
and pass by without
a ripple
and still they ask...

I don’t have the heart to tell them
most often, you don’t get to
choose the poem
most often
it’s the poem
that does
the choosing


kc `12



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Sun 12/16/12 01:44 PM
KC magic gracing the pages...Yes "it's the poem that does the choosing..."

kc0003's photo
Sun 12/16/12 01:53 PM
speaking of gracing the pages...flowers

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Sun 12/16/12 02:28 PM
Get out of my head this minute KC!laugh

You have captured the angst of a poet with your bare hands!...flowerforyou

Don't know if you are familiar, but this is a favorite quote...

"I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering."
Robert Frost

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Sun 12/16/12 02:46 PM
Edited by AthenaRose2 on Sun 12/16/12 02:48 PM
This is so clever, kc... you explained a poet's life to a T... tho our experiences are different they are still so similar... and it's only the poet that knows when the poem chooses us to do the telling... flowerforyou

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Sun 12/16/12 02:51 PM
Edited by kc0003 on Sun 12/16/12 03:14 PM
Leigh,

Iv’e not heard/read this, but I could have written it.

I cannot tell you how many poems I have started with a short stanza, a sentence, a word. all I know of how it will end is the poem will tell me.

thank you for sharing that and I will try to stay out of your head from here on...

no promises

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Sun 12/16/12 03:18 PM
AR2

more similar than we realize, I imagine
but I do think it’s the same for the reader too

thanks for stopping by...flowerforyou


DaySinner's photo
Sun 12/16/12 09:30 PM
thank you for your insights

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Mon 12/17/12 08:48 AM
Edited by s1owhand on Mon 12/17/12 08:59 AM
inspiring as it often is...
"Go"
http://mingle2.com/topic/show/342472

drinker

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Mon 12/17/12 03:56 PM
Awww, man. You already know I love this.

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Mon 12/17/12 05:12 PM
Yes the silence of the pen, choose's and thru your soul
you touch, lift, guide and delight..

Much love to you (((Kevin))..

wishing you all that you need this Holiday season:heart:

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Mon 12/17/12 09:35 PM
Ok KC . . . yeah, you know this is nice.

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Wed 12/19/12 01:14 AM
Dayuuuuuum my friend. Love this ...and the poet! :heart:

kc0003's photo
Wed 12/19/12 07:18 PM
day sinner
s1ow
p_p
mom
mig
a-girl

thank you all for your comments. bigsmile

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Tue 12/25/12 12:20 PM
my wrist pours out
soaking the pages
with deep cherry sincerity,
arterial-letting openness,
but it’s never enough
is it?


Along with the Ending flowers