Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?

Mal ,'Safe'


The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...  

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deborah grabien - Nov 26, 2005 8:33:30 pm PST #4992 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Writer, Down the Years

Who are you
Long and slender, bent and broken
Who owns that smile, that face
Those words unspoken?

Is there a hand, a heart, a voice, a touch
To send my soul out dancing
Or are you held here, in my memory
Posed for memory's romancing?

I take you as you were, brown eyes and all
And put you near me
I write a history that should have been
But you can't hear me.

And if I pose you in another book
Our world of maybe
Could I retrieve you for another look?

My love
My life
My heart

My baby?


SailAweigh - Nov 27, 2005 5:12:23 am PST #4993 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Oh, Deb. That one just makes me want to cry.


deborah grabien - Nov 27, 2005 6:43:46 am PST #4994 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Then it did its job. Good. I'm not a poet, not by any stretch, but that one just seemed to want to go in form, rather than prose.


sfmarty - Nov 27, 2005 8:00:57 am PST #4995 of 10001
Who? moi??

Nice one Deb.


victor infante - Nov 28, 2005 7:47:16 am PST #4996 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

New "How To Succeed As A Failing Writer" column up:

True Tales of Workshop Terror.


erikaj - Nov 28, 2005 8:47:29 am PST #4997 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I liked it, Victor. Found it very relatable, even if I was dumb this morning.


Amy - Nov 28, 2005 10:10:27 am PST #4998 of 10001
Because books.

All of the Pose drabbles were fantastic, especially erika's and Deb's poem.

New topic, La Tep?


erikaj - Nov 28, 2005 11:17:02 am PST #4999 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Thanks, Amy Liz. I was afraid it was too "Bob doesn't want my carrots."


deborah grabien - Nov 28, 2005 1:21:50 pm PST #5000 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Sneaking one in under the wire. Porny.

There's No "i" in Pose

Pose, poise. So many different meanings, shadings, variations, ways to use them both, ways to get them confused.

Posed: me, dressed to blend with the backstage curtains, dusky velvet. Poised: Your head twisted sideways, your hands above the keyboard, waiting for the piano cue from the lead guitar.

Or posed: me, hands out, palms up and open in surrender, not moving, not breathing, the dusky velvet dress on your bedroom floor. poised: you, naked above me.

In the end? I still confuse those two words, those meanings and shadings, those imperfect memories, the two of us in time, posed, poised.


Steph L. - Nov 28, 2005 3:32:02 pm PST #5001 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

New drabble topic!

Challenge #85 (pose[s]) is now closed.

Challenge #86 is lost and found. NB: that's one topic, inclusive -- lostandfound, if you will. Not two separate topics.