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[title] => The Shape of Words
[time] => 2006-04-08 18:24:30
[hometext] => We use words to describe the seasons, but what about using the seasons to describe words?
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The shape of words in Autumn is different from other seasons;
Remarks are brittle and dry, turning to dust on the tongue
Deeply colourful in their death throes,
The skeletons of beautiful things picked clean by crows.
A profusion of all things said and scribed,
The verses of Spring in full flower
Over-flow the beds of mouths and bowers of diction,
But are irresistible in their composition.
Summer’s statements are bold and bright,
Shouting, posturing, declaring their sovereignty
Volatile adjectives incite consonants to riot,
To tussle with verbs for space and place on the palate.
To Winter, obliterating the landscape of dialogue
With whitewashed canopies of packed expression
No two words the same, intricate, delicate,
The last utterance on the final page of Thought’s text, inviolate.
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The Shape of Words
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spike
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Saturday, 8th April 2006 @ 06:24:30 PM in AEST
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PoemsonBeauty
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The shape of words in Autumn is different from other seasons;
Remarks are brittle and dry, turning to dust on the tongue
Deeply colourful in their death throes,
The skeletons of beautiful things picked clean by crows.
A profusion of all things said and scribed,
The verses of Spring in full flower
Over-flow the beds of mouths and bowers of diction,
But are irresistible in their composition.
Summer’s statements are bold and bright,
Shouting, posturing, declaring their sovereignty
Volatile adjectives incite consonants to riot,
To tussle with verbs for space and place on the palate.
To Winter, obliterating the landscape of dialogue
With whitewashed canopies of packed expression
No two words the same, intricate, delicate,
The last utterance on the final page of Thought’s text, inviolate.
Copyright ©
spike
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2006-04-08 18:24:30]
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 8th April 2006 @ 06:58:58 PM AEST
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S~
What a remarkable and artistic take on the division of time. To describe
words as if they had changing seasons (and why not?) is an intensely brilliant
concept. Your writes are all so independently unique and yet, they all share in
common a wonderful articulation of thought, sometimes so powerful they are
searing!!
Great work here, Spike, as always.
~B |
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Silent-No-More on
Saturday, 8th April 2006 @ 07:32:12 PM AEST
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Oh, I like this - in both concept and expression - but, mostly perhaps, in its ability to move one to thoughts of deeper meaning. I found myself reading this through more than once... reading it again after shutting off noise making things... reading it a final time, aloud, before commenting here. And I found myself pondering it... falling into the flow, taking note of its message, and considering in which season my words seem to belong and/or from which they seem to come of late (having nothing, of course, to do with the calendar).
Breezy's right... each of your pieces is unique in its own way. This piece, somehow, is unique in its parts, in its whole and in the context of your body of work. Truly enjoyable, Spike... engaging, interesting and well presented!
~Snemmy
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 8th April 2006 @ 10:25:28 PM AEST
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very nice coloring book of seasons. thank you.
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by shelby on
Sunday, 9th April 2006 @ 01:32:41 AM AEST
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incredible write, each season as life, moving through the season and life making decissions as well as our journey from infant to adult to elderly. Loved this
Michelle |
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by felicitous on
Sunday, 9th April 2006 @ 07:51:57 AM AEST
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| I enjoyed this because it was good poetry. Although I may not be able to write how I want to, I appreciate it immensely when other people do. Congratulations! |
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Former_Member on
Sunday, 9th April 2006 @ 12:34:21 PM AEST
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Bold, crisp 'n' chillin'. Just like a mountain autumn. I like to chew, taste 'n' savor (Aussie = savour) your every word. Tasty meal of SUPERB served up eloquently.
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 12th April 2006 @ 08:29:59 AM AEST
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Bloody clever stuff old chap.
Fancy sharing some of what you're smoking!?
Seriously I wish I could write like this you have surpassed yourself.
J.
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Lilly-Quill on
Monday, 17th April 2006 @ 12:02:50 AM AEST
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As Oscar Wilde said, “Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.”
Uniquely brilliant~!
~Lilly-Quill
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 22nd April 2006 @ 07:36:01 AM AEST
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What a year that was! Wonderful use of language.
'Volatile adjectives incite consonants to riot,
To tussle with verbs for space on the palate'
Great stuff,
Den |
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Merry on
Saturday, 22nd April 2006 @ 09:42:22 AM AEST
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I totally enjoyed reading this poem - your words making me think about each season and how each season has a tone and text of its own. Also turning the poem inside out and thinking how words create seasons. Well done
Yours in poetry
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Re: The Shape of Words
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by Keilantra on
Friday, 14th July 2006 @ 10:31:17 PM AEST
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This is a beautiful poem of metaphors, I loved it,
xXx
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