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There She Lay by bluespice(f): 12:56am On Sep 04, 2008
The Sun glinting at angles through the leaves,

birds chirping ever so softly in the trees,

the brook flowing gently and seemingly noiselessly over the stones worn smooth with age,

the air thick and heady with the smell of flowers in full bloom in the distance,

oblivious to the wonder and beauty around her,

there she lay, on the forest floor soft and springy as a persian carpet with leaves long fallen

golden sun kissed hair that lay sprawled about her head,

eyes closed as though in sleep,

and lips slightly parted as awaiting a lover's kiss,

limbs at angles that that forboded her story,

but for the dark patch on the ground by her neck,

that told stories of the gentle seeping of life away from her into the carpet that was to become her funeral pyre,

she could have been asleep.
Re: There She Lay by Nobody: 4:11pm On Sep 05, 2008
Now this is what I like. So who took her life from her?sad I need to avenge!!! angry cheesy
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 7:49pm On Sep 05, 2008
feel free ma'am smiley
plot her death
ill be most grateful to see how twised u can go
note however
no "secular" weapons
she had just one point of exit of life,
good luck wink
Re: There She Lay by Nobody: 7:50pm On Sep 05, 2008
Poetry or prose? I like it sha.
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 9:01pm On Sep 05, 2008
i rarely have a specific word for my writings,
thoughts however, seems to be the most adept description
either way, thanks
Re: There She Lay by nanaboi(m): 6:26pm On Sep 09, 2008
This inkling clicks. I halt. Like a catalyst, my 'mindful' of racing thoughts works my legs into a race 180 degrees from my halt. As I race, I try to figure out what I'm missing; I know where I'm going - I mean, I barely left there - but I can't say exactly what I'm going there to do. Through steep hills, trees and thickets I race back to the altar where a sacrifice was supposedly completed.
I hope I get there before you do, you free citizens of the celestial.
From a distance, I can see the serene "pyre" and a peaceful frame upon it, waiting to get inducted into the very roots of nature's open arms.
Like an overdue ejaculation, it comes to me - what I ought to do to punctuate a perfect 'peace offering' - I ought to (and I start doing them right away):
kneel
feel
lick
ere the first bird of prey rips a piece off a peaceful heap of sleep. How in the world did I forget to get a taste? What was I thinking?

The taste of her blood and the few, adventurous beads of sweat that made it into my gob made all the sense her life failed to make five years before she ceased to be my sister; five years before her nap - yes, nap for a few months she won't be asleep anymore; fast birds will have have fed fat.

Still kneeling, I adore the magnanimity with which she said yes to a picnic and gave a gift as generous as herself to nature.
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 9:15am On Sep 10, 2008
stillwater:

So who took her life from her?sad
nanaboi:

before she ceased to be my sister;
her brother did

a welcome sigh of relief from stillwater am guessinggrin
Re: There She Lay by olu77(m): 10:34pm On Sep 16, 2008
I love it, you are a fine, talented poet smiley smiley smiley
Re: There She Lay by nanaboi(m): 10:58am On Sep 17, 2008
Sorry I didn't seek permission b4 rushing in. It's us that I felt your work like I feel my skin and,
Re: There She Lay by oreshade(m): 12:54pm On Sep 17, 2008
The truth of life,yeah, nice smooth and on point.
I just think you should work on your lengthy lines,
a break into two rhyming lines per stanza will do smiley
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 10:36pm On Sep 17, 2008
pls dont be nanaboi,
i feel honored smiley

oreshade thanks for the compliments
but the moment i start restricting myself to rhymes,
illd stop writing
the joy i derive from writing is because i am free to do as my pen wishes wink
Re: There She Lay by nanaboi(m): 3:52pm On Sep 19, 2008
Thanx bluespice
Re: There She Lay by Nobody: 4:29am On Sep 21, 2008
. . . not a "rhymer"/poet embarassed


Angelic she,
Devilish me,
Who would have thought
the same womb brought us forth.
"We could have been good together,
this incestous love binding us forever.
But you left me no choice,
my benevolent Joyce,
than to leave of you
a pallor of bluish hue."
sad
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 8:42am On Oct 07, 2008
emm still water are u sad cos am not a "rhymer poet"?
i just dont know how to
its very stifling dont u think? undecided
Re: There She Lay by Nobody: 5:19pm On Oct 07, 2008
I'm sad because I'm not a rhymer/poet. It's difficult angry grin
Re: There She Lay by rotimy(m): 12:13pm On Oct 10, 2008
bluespice:


The Sun glinting at angles through the leaves,

birds chirping ever so softly in the trees,

the brook flowing gently and seemingly noiselessly over the stones worn smooth with age,

the air thick and heady with the smell of flowers in full bloom in the distance,

oblivious to the wonder and beauty around her,

there she lay, on the forest floor soft and springy as a persian carpet with leaves long fallen

golden sun kissed hair that lay sprawled about her head,

eyes closed as though in sleep,

and lips slightly parted as awaiting a lover's kiss,

limbs at angles that that forboded her story
,

but for the dark patch on the ground by her neck,

that told stories of the gentle seeping of life away from her into the carpet that was to become her funeral pyre,

she could have been asleep.

A very lovely creative poem.
I am the Prince Charming she is waiting for!
A kiss of life will wake her up and she will sleep and wait no more
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 11:26pm On Oct 13, 2008
ahhhh i understand u stillwater grin
errr rotimy,
she is dead
Re: There She Lay by Cayon(f): 11:29pm On Oct 13, 2008
nice!! i like wink
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 11:38pm On Oct 13, 2008
thanks smiley
Re: There She Lay by nex(m): 7:48pm On Aug 15, 2009
William Shakespear ain't got a thing on this.

I'm awed!
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 12:23am On Aug 18, 2009
lol
comparing this with a shakespearean work is pushing the limit a whole lot

but thanks all the same smiley
Re: There She Lay by hansibone(m): 5:04pm On Aug 18, 2009
@bluespice,

Nice smiley
Re: There She Lay by emekagh(m): 8:16pm On Aug 18, 2009
I love this poem, bluespice. you are very good.
and very imaginative.

I wish I could plot her death like u challenged.

hmmn, but u said 'No secular weapon' undecided
Re: There She Lay by emekagh(m): 10:42pm On Aug 18, 2009
I like this kind of challenges. How do u see this continuation @ bluespice?
No 'secular weapon' you said


The young freshly broken tree branch
perhaps unable to
Sustain her tender weight
As she sat,
Admiring nature,
Waiting, longingly for him
Beside the silent brooks
Belies any hope of sleeping death

Her head resting peacefully
On smooth white washed stone,
Dark rotting blood, trail a path
Down her head, down the rock,
To the patch
Sounded louder than any thud
Of her fatal fall!

The knowing black ugly vultures circling high above the greenery
With each cycle climbed lower and lower
Closer, and closer,
To a beautiful meal!
She could have been asleep
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 10:52pm On Aug 18, 2009
good
but she died by bleeding out of her neck. . .
fall would shatter her skull hence leaving a gory sight not the perfect beauty in death we want. . .
try again pls im loving ur thought flow cheesy
Re: There She Lay by emekagh(m): 12:07am On Aug 19, 2009
lol. Gotcha! grin
That will require a very little tweak. How about this

FATAL FALL

The freshly broken branch
Of a young tree
Perhaps unable to
Sustain her tender weight
As she sat,
Admiring nature,
Waiting, longingly for him
Beside the silent beautiful brooks
Belies any hope of sleeping death

Her head rests peacefully
On a young tender flower,
Dark rotting blood, trailing a path
Down her neck
Where a spike, had ruptured
An artery
To the patch
Sounded louder than any thud
Of her graceful, short,
Yet fatal fall!

The knowing black ugly vultures cycle
High above the lush greenery
With each cycle climbed lower and lower
Closer, and closer,
To a beautiful meal!
She could have been asleep
Re: There She Lay by Atreus(f): 1:57pm On Sep 03, 2009
Err. . How's this?
There he stood,
Far,yet as near as he possibly could.
He hid betwixt the vines and the trees,
Her blood on his breeches.

There she had betrayed him,
There he had seen fit to deem,
That she be punished,
And he fate had furnished,
A golden opportunity,
To silence her for eternity.

How his heart beat with anger,
How her betrayal had cut him like a dagger,
There she had kissed another's lips,
There she had touched another's cheeks,
Uttered words of love,
Sullied herself with another's touch.
He had protected her,
And yet she'd whored for another,
How he had loved her.

So for the first time he'd shown himself.
She looked at him in fear,
But by then he was too far gone to care.
She was beautiful . . .
So beautiful.
Her pale cherry lips parted slightly,
She gasped softly.
Straining against her bodice,her chest rose and fell.
His heart swelled.
So f
Re: There She Lay by nex(m): 7:21pm On Sep 03, 2009
This' the most beautiful thing I've read in years. Leave shakespear , e no get level on this flow.
Re: There She Lay by bluespice(f): 8:58pm On Sep 03, 2009
wowzah!
now that i absolutely like cheesy
Re: There She Lay by emekagh(m): 9:20pm On Sep 03, 2009
Nice piece, Atreus. But @Atreus, and bluespice, I see no murder 'weapon'.
Secular or not? Whence from the blood?

grin grin
Re: There She Lay by Atreus(f): 10:25pm On Sep 03, 2009
I was working on it. Back to the poem
'He pulled her close,
Let down her hair.
It tumbled down swiftly,
Cascading curls of auburn beauty.
She was pure,clean,
Or at least she used to be.
She was his,
He loved her,and yet he hated her still.
She was tainted,
Breathing in her essence,he hesitated.
But not for long,
And as fluidly as a song,
He'd thrust the crude flint knife,
And in that moment,he took her life.
He lay her on his thighs,
his ire satisfied,
And lay her on a bed of flowers,
And kissed her lips much like a lover.
She he'd saved,
And he left her on her leafy grave.
He
She was his.
Re: There She Lay by Atreus(f): 10:28pm On Sep 03, 2009
Forget about the last two lines. I ended it at 'leafy grave'.

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