| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 12:21:32 AM | am drained
running on empty
nothing more
to give
stop
close my eyes
mind begins to race
wish i could sleep
forever
just for a minute
dissonance
plays her melodies
in my head
looking for comfort
i find
your words | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 9:05:26 AM | Oh...dear Manly,
I had know idea you were keeping a fire burning
May I come and sit by it for the learning?
Through these pages are beautiful collections
Of deep thoughts and celebration
Much has touched me and you are the reason
For you gave these works their very own season
Lovely! | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 4:28:13 PM | expat...lovely writes you have shared here...thank you.
Hammy!...always a treat to see you hun. Come back real soon, ya hear??
Rose...I loved that piece hun!! Well done!! Thank you so much for that write sweety!
BKS!!!!....wow! What a sight for sore eyes! How wonderful for you to visit this thread hun. And, thank you for such wonderful comments. I hope you will come back soon and leave some words. It is really a pleasure to see you here.
Ahhhh Salty....you have disappeared again! But thanks for those special words, they mean a lot, and you know it. | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 6:34:08 PM | See you on the flip-side, Salty.
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Sweet magic adorns beauty’s heart
So much that even one more tiny speck
Of spell-binding beauty dust
Would be excessive
Casting glowing beams of gentleness
Capturing any who glance beauty’s way
But the curse
Who knows when it was conjured
Keeps the One she longs for at bay | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 8:38:28 PM | Mandrake's Circus Poster
Mandrake's Circus Poster
in the center I saw your pic
How'd you ever manage
to do it quite so slick
Man, it was a great trick
Made me want to run away
from this dull life of mine
If I could join the Circus
and had an act to perform
I'd have a better time
Your Circus Poster is gone
I'm still kinda' in shock
Did the Mods tear down
your only Circus Poster?
Threaten your existence?
Was your head on the
proverbial chopping block?
I hope not. | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 8:51:23 PM | (I asked my friend to give me a topic to write about. She said, "paint. painting." So, this is what I doodled...)
Paint
I touch it hesitantly, at first.
with sable brush and a sigh,
turn my head sideways at the canvas,
the canvas that is you.
The color is a pale blue sky
wrapped around the edge of tomorrow
with promise, like horizons at sun-up
beckoning a new day to spread his
image across the easel of morning,
posing with a beginner's mind because
I will never see this moment again,
not in this light the
light of potential willing to
lay itself on the smooth cotton paper
arms reaching back for the paint-tipped brush
asking for expression
of paint. Imagination serving the
vision by imprinting color
across linear thinking
in swirls like a weather front
gathering winds in the butterfly's
dress, to splash a rainbow in
cobalt and crimson on the page
that is titled "hello." | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 8:55:34 PM | eyeguy....yeah, the pic was deleted, but I have it in my files for safe keeping.
durga...love your write sweety....well done! Love the way you structured it! Thank you for visiting. You know I always love to see your words here. | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/15/2008 9:09:00 PM | Mandrake's Circus poster
I'd like to get a clue
E-mail me if you will
give me a clue how to do | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/16/2008 5:25:05 AM | sea smoke pillars,
invading the shore,
Neptunes soldiers
by the score
riding in with battle dress,
taking back the seas,
steel spray the shield,
never to appease. | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/16/2008 5:29:56 AM | Other side of the Magician's Wand
appears to be to be hitting a gong
probably jealous of "Good intentions" trick
Putting own face within a piece of history
Guess some just didn't view carefully
their always looking for something to reject
It's a pure shame that persons don't stop and think?!
What will my actions do on this day?!!!!!!!!!
It is a wonderful piece of art
Glad I was able to see that part of a wonderful "Mandrake"!!
Unjust!!!!......... | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/16/2008 5:41:06 PM | - - - - - -
Color me happy
Harken me back to the perfection
Of that long-lost era
Of laughter and love songs
Truth is in the looking glass | |
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| Mandrake's House by the Fire
Posted: 5/16/2008 6:27:34 PM | Reposting this here from debaura's thread.
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Drink in the luscious beauty
Creamy, dawn-colored blooms
Singing wordless songs of
Genteel wildness
A wonderfully oversized statement
Where each light-tipped petal
Emerges like a miracle
From a field of young grasses
Bursting with new life | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/16/2008 8:35:05 PM | Ticketing the stars
speeding through the galaxy,
lightyears over the limit,
the interplanetary highway
littered with stardust.
In the court of Neptune,
a warrant was issued
for failure to appear,
as another light shines,
hiding in the flickering
night, blending in a
crowded sky. | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/16/2008 9:12:24 PM | | Sorry....that's a piece of Shyte!! ^^^ Too late to edit | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/16/2008 9:30:07 PM | (Slipping in an edited version .. real quiet-like ..
much like the elves did for the old shoe cobbler ..
then slipping out again.)
Ticketed among the stars,
Speeding through the galaxy,
Lightyears over the limit,
The interplanetary highway,
Littered with stardust.
In the court of Neptune,
A warrant was issued
For failure to appear,
(Another light had beckoned..)
Hiding on the shining
Flickering highway,
Blending into a crowded
Temptation filled skyway. | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 7:17:30 AM | Earth's biding time
heating significantly over
decreasing the chill
overflowing the ocean's
with no where to go
but into our neighborhoods
pushing us to a higher ground!! | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 7:53:23 AM | Thankyou Hammy....always a pleasure to greet your words.
Slipping
beyond the
seventh soujourn,
weaving fabrics
left behind,
molding
from the ashes,
that which makes sense,
parallel patterns
of intricate shapes,
resembling the world
left behind. | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 8:40:14 AM | I painted blueskies
over dark matter,
and watched it bleed through,
like a silken transparency,
invisible to it's own illusion,
yet, somehow, recreating
itself, installing a new reality
on the canvas
of life. | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 10:50:09 AM | Nubian deity,
particular to the abstract
exquisite light,
like an aphrodisiac,
arousing the senses
to a primordial
orgasm. | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 1:57:40 PM | flames so inviting
warms heart and soul
comforts when weary
and jovial to behold
home is where the heart is
thanks so much for sharing
when my mind needs soothing
i know someone who's caring...
(mwah manny...mwah, mwah, mwah!!) | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 2:02:54 PM | Awwwww Rose...thanks hun
mwah...right back at ya sweety. You are always welcome here, you know that!  | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 9:09:38 PM | What madness in a full moon,
what sanity remains?
What mathematical fornication
dwells in the lepers den?
What remains are spared
from the empty crypt.?
What is left for humanity
to consider?
What is there for mankind
but to ponder his own existence?
His demise is
unavoidable. | |
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| Cosmic Trip
Posted: 5/17/2008 9:28:01 PM | Wow, Mandrake.
Your recent writes are intense.
Nubian deity .. major mind-candy.
And this last one .. sounds like it
could be posted to the Science Forums.
Always get a bit lost in your words..
but these I read again and again.
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Pounding the earth
Hard and fast
Madness spared
Under a dark moon
No veil tonight
No poetry in motion
Bare feet ponder
Heart’s existence | |
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