Nepenthe

Started by Gymnotide April 4th, 2009 10:03 PM
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Age 30
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Posted May 16th, 2016
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Nepenthe


A mind in wait is but waste in breath;
Suppression's sweet allure.
Cognition's grand posterity,
By idle thought, demurred.
Where has the spirit laid dormant
But trapped in the vessel of its speech?

Desire drowned and dead embraced --
The inspiration squelched --
An hour's worth of contemplation
Leaves but nothing else:

A reminder of the long-forgotten dream.
lurid/lucid

"I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away."

Khaled Hosseini

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whoever disabled my signature:
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i dont understand why it was disabled.

BHwolfgang

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To be honest, I had to use the dictionary a few times when re-reading your poem.

It's nice. :3 What is it about?

My guess is that it's about someone who is too shy to say anything until the last minute, but then he dies within the hour before speaking out loud. Now, all that there is to remember of him is his long, forgotten dream?
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It is basically about inaction (in general).
It was spurred from my refusal to flex my poetry muscle for months until just this moment.
lurid/lucid

"I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. But I am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. There will be no floating away."

Khaled Hosseini

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whoever disabled my signature:
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i dont understand why it was disabled.

kissing. raindrops

just jump, you might fly <3

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Posted August 24th, 2011
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Sweety I had no idea what all those words are, but it made your poem look fancy with all those big words!
Well, even though I have no idea what it means, I liked it, XD
Could you explain it to me?

i wanna be the wind that fills your sails,
& be the hand that lifts your veil.
& be the moon that moves your tide,
the sun coming up in your eyes.
be the wheels that never rust,
& be the spark that lights you up.
all that you've been dreaming of and more,
so much more, i wanna be your everything.. <3

paired with alternative <3

ShadowLeader

because shadows follow...

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Posted August 1st, 2009
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whoa...edgar allan jr.....i had a problem figuring out what the title means....been a while since anyone has used any words bigger than easy........but i thought it was very good...
NOTE: the edgar allan comment was a complement..just in case u took it differently..