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[aid] => mick
[title] => Finding Poe
[time] => 2006-05-17 23:21:05
[hometext] => ...an ode to Poe - and NOT to Harold Bloom...
[bodytext] =>
You were dead long before I stumbled
upon the life that was in your poetry..
upending generations to come,
offering needful miracles
to the ones who came
limping or thundering after;
dead, but you would not lie safely down
and only in a dozen or so years
did I see your face
born out of human context,
alien to any other medium..
a vast barren moore,
creviced with living thoughts
and tangled latitudes of honest pain..
blest with healing power, lying always
down, your unambiguous suffering.
Speaking your verse in a dark impassioned voice-
always having wanted to close the door and be gone
to where you might, at last capture peace..
drink unending amber and converse with friends
till all the sacred cows came home-
at least the ones you had not so ungainly slaughtered
on that mazed journey into truth
I yet know only half of your mind,
half of the world you made so uniquley your own
and the other half beckons like some unexplored country
wherein I shall falter early, often and late,
becoming confused and at times befuddled
by so many trials..
lured by signs that lead apparently nowhere-
save that nowhere you inhabited teemed with such life
so as to leave me panting and many times lost
in my belated crusade to find you
WK 2006
[comments] => 14
[counter] => 296
[topic] => 76
[informant] => Man_On_High
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[acomm] => 0
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[pollID] => 0
[score] => 35
[ratings] => 7
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => obsession
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Finding Poe
Contributed by
Man_On_High
on
Wednesday, 17th May 2006 @ 11:21:05 PM in AEST
Topic:
obsession
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You were dead long before I stumbled
upon the life that was in your poetry..
upending generations to come,
offering needful miracles
to the ones who came
limping or thundering after;
dead, but you would not lie safely down
and only in a dozen or so years
did I see your face
born out of human context,
alien to any other medium..
a vast barren moore,
creviced with living thoughts
and tangled latitudes of honest pain..
blest with healing power, lying always
down, your unambiguous suffering.
Speaking your verse in a dark impassioned voice-
always having wanted to close the door and be gone
to where you might, at last capture peace..
drink unending amber and converse with friends
till all the sacred cows came home-
at least the ones you had not so ungainly slaughtered
on that mazed journey into truth
I yet know only half of your mind,
half of the world you made so uniquley your own
and the other half beckons like some unexplored country
wherein I shall falter early, often and late,
becoming confused and at times befuddled
by so many trials..
lured by signs that lead apparently nowhere-
save that nowhere you inhabited teemed with such life
so as to leave me panting and many times lost
in my belated crusade to find you
WK 2006
Copyright ©
Man_On_High
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2006-05-17 23:21:05]
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Re: Finding Poe
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by emystar on
Wednesday, 17th May 2006 @ 11:49:01 PM AEST
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Wwwwwwwwooooooooooo!
this one just blew me away. Very creative writing and thinking. A person certainly can't sleeep and keep up with your amazing writes.
huggs, big smiles,
emy |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Vampirequeen on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 12:01:53 AM AEST
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I agree with Emy there.
very creative i am very impress. |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Avarice_Riot on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 12:26:47 AM AEST
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That was breathtaking...absolutely breathtaking. I love Poe's poetry - this is a brilliant ode to him. Kudos!
~Ave |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Jenni_K on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 06:16:24 AM AEST
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Wonderfully written, Billy.... Who knows, maybe some day, the same will be said about you..
Hugs
Jenni |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by wizard on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 06:20:43 AM AEST
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a very fitting ode indeed...i love your word choices!!
Poe (and probably Bloom) would be proud and impessed.
wiz |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by brew on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 07:16:32 AM AEST
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WOW....what a ode to words,and it fit perfectly. Nver finds a bad write of yours.
Brew~ |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 07:57:34 AM AEST
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So often are there tributes to poets yet so few are truely honorable as is this.
Well done sir!!! |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by ButchHoward on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 09:15:18 AM AEST
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Brilliant dedication to an awesome poet! I think Edgar would have blushed at reading this. You have honored him and his achievements here in terms he would recognize and appreciate. I love the line: "dead, but you would not lie safely down." Totally Poesque! He has always been one of my favorites! Thank you for honoring him in this way. *****
Butch
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 02:45:23 PM AEST
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A noble and most deserved tribute 2 an icon
of the macarbre. well done bill.
Ben |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 06:24:50 PM AEST
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Unbelievable Billy! Poe would be astonished and quite flattered, I'm
thinking to read this. [It would have most assuredly graced the
pages of the Messenger wherein POE would have given it a
glowing review -- no doubt!]
I don't know what the heck Bloom was talking about or where he
obtained his narrow opinion, (and I'm being kind), but let's just agree
that he obviously does not always recognize greatness when he sees it.
Let's also agree that this is a tender and most genuine ode to a great
master of words and poetry. Excellent work, Billy. I could NOT have done
him greater justice. [nor would I try, after this masterpiece. : ) ]
~Breezy |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by jyssvw22 on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 06:25:24 PM AEST
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This was a fantastic tribute
I have always been a fan of his
And yours as well….
Nice as usual
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Eternal_Dreamer on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 06:36:07 PM AEST
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Billy~
What an awesome tribute to such a brilliant and legendary poet. Poe would be so honoured to have this written about him.
You too my dear friend are a rising star shining brightly next to ur mentor Poe. You one day will also be remembered in the way that he is. You are in a league of ur own Billy~ A brilliant and extraordinary poet .
Hats off to two great and remarkable poets Poe and Keefe.
Shine on guys.
love always ur fan/friend,
~*suzie Q*~
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 18th May 2006 @ 07:18:55 PM AEST
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Brilliant dedication to a master of verse! You have amazed me again with your talent , I am waiting to hear you have a book coming out!! I am sure Poe would be honored , to have this tribute, Well done!!!
LG |
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Re: Finding Poe
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by Seans_Girl on
Friday, 19th May 2006 @ 07:23:20 PM AEST
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| Very nice poem. I am also a big fan of Poe. |
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