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[aid] => mick
[title] => Words of Nothing
[time] => 2006-04-28 21:32:23
[hometext] => You know they are angry, but not talking about it only makes it worse..............
[bodytext] =>
Words of nothing leak from pores
Are cast by the eyes, every muscle
Yet are mute, formless
And in their mixed expression
Ultimately worthless
Tight-lipped, sound and cadence,
Made small between
Furrowed brow and fixed jaw
But what it is all for?
Simmering silence,
Ready to explode, held in check
A volcanic plug beyond the tongue,
Halfway down your neck
Hands balled into fists
Do not beckon but threaten,
Are not articulates of calm
Stony silence no soothing balm
To the wounded heart
I speak, I feel, I love, I am real
Real enough for words, phatic or otherwise
Is this the true you, or a gender disguise?
I reached out - you pulled back
I extend a hand, you retract
So I am left, an empty gesturing of the air
Like a bird stilled in flight
Or a plaintive cry,
Lost and unreturned in the night.
[comments] => 9
[counter] => 281
[topic] => 75
[informant] => spike
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[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 59
[ratings] => 12
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => anguished
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Words of Nothing
Contributed by
spike
on
Friday, 28th April 2006 @ 09:32:23 PM in AEST
Topic:
anguished
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Words of nothing leak from pores
Are cast by the eyes, every muscle
Yet are mute, formless
And in their mixed expression
Ultimately worthless
Tight-lipped, sound and cadence,
Made small between
Furrowed brow and fixed jaw
But what it is all for?
Simmering silence,
Ready to explode, held in check
A volcanic plug beyond the tongue,
Halfway down your neck
Hands balled into fists
Do not beckon but threaten,
Are not articulates of calm
Stony silence no soothing balm
To the wounded heart
I speak, I feel, I love, I am real
Real enough for words, phatic or otherwise
Is this the true you, or a gender disguise?
I reached out - you pulled back
I extend a hand, you retract
So I am left, an empty gesturing of the air
Like a bird stilled in flight
Or a plaintive cry,
Lost and unreturned in the night.
Copyright ©
spike
... [
2006-04-28 21:32:23]
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by brew on
Friday, 28th April 2006 @ 09:37:19 PM AEST
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What words of wisdom spoken so to truth...Yet if this was simple it wouldnt be worth the fuss. great work in this post. Really liked it.!
Brew~ |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 28th April 2006 @ 11:02:32 PM AEST
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S~
I can not tell you in mere words what this piece meant to me.
I am muchly impressed by your "words of nothing". So much so, that in them I find a
kind of inspiration. You seem to have a gift for taking a subject and extracting the
emotion from it and so cleverly convey said emotion unto paper as if it were second
nature to you. In fact, I believe that to be true. A talent to be envied and admired.
I adore the last stanza. It not only speaks to me, but screams [seems
to be a lot of that going on here tonight . . .lol]
Great work from a master of words.
~Breezy
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 29th April 2006 @ 03:22:04 PM AEST
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Wow an astonishing write you have there Mr. Spike! I must say this was most inspiring and brilliant in detail. I can not express how much this write moved me. Your work is magnificent!
SCM |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 1st May 2006 @ 11:06:17 AM AEST
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Deep frustration,that's what I felt on reading this Spike.Delivered ,perfectly,in your own inimitable way,
Den
ps:Thanks for the tip about the peanut butter sarnies.The weird dreams have ceased.(lol) |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by inoc on
Friday, 5th May 2006 @ 04:23:15 AM AEST
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A powerful write Impressive!
coni |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 5th May 2006 @ 05:53:20 PM AEST
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Words of nothing related so masterfully the futility of unbit tongue phatically spewed in withdrawl and anger. I love it when the master reintroduces a word into my vocabulary while I'm enjoying his masterpiece. My ol' cowboy hat's off to ya with a bow to, what else, SUPERB, Spike.
wabl
KenMoore
cowboy |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Former_Member on
Thursday, 11th May 2006 @ 12:06:38 PM AEST
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Great work again spike...
Why with all that talent we deported your great,great,great grandfather i'll never know!
I'm only having a dig 'cause I'm jealous!
You are up there with the best of them.
J. |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Eternal_Dreamer on
Wednesday, 17th May 2006 @ 07:33:11 AM AEST
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Hey Spike,
A very moving piece of poetry penned by the brilliant Spike. I have missed reading ur wonderful work. I have alot of catching up to do. A remarkable poem filled with alot of deep emotions.Beautiful, yet so sad. A true master of poetic verse you sure are. Well done Spike.
*warm hugs*
~*suzie Q*~ |
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Re: Words of Nothing
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by Merry on
Wednesday, 17th May 2006 @ 12:19:32 PM AEST
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The silent fight - oh yes I can relate to this one. I love the descriptive phrases you've used throughout the poem and how they paint the picture of anger, silence and dejection. Well done.
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