Silver and Dust

6BladesDeep · 01-22-2007, 12:57 PM

In a world of dust and water gardens
Where the sun sets only on the death of another year
We grasp at straws and sip at empty glasses
Calling them half full
As we talk about Gods & kings, What was and will be
But dare not speak of what is for fear of knowing

In a world where we would lose our way on lighted paths
Were we not led by blind men
Let slip the sands of time through greedy hands
That grope in the desert for something new to spend

An army lies in wait of dead souls
Set ready to march by dark orders
To kill a king or shoot a star
If only someone would tell them not to
The pendulum of seasons that rise and fall
Sits still on a nation of neverafter
Where cities of silver and dust would be moved to speak, and feel, and love
If only someone would tell them not to

BLEED REBELION!!! · 01-25-2007, 03:21 PM

Its very nice.

Clockwork · 01-25-2007, 05:28 PM

I believe I get the gist of it, though I will have to think on it more. T'was an interesting read. I love the straws and empty glasses bit.

6BladesDeep · 01-26-2007, 12:36 PM

Thanks for the compliments. I don't really fancy myself a more than decent talent, so it's always good to hear anything positive.

jacquelinetm · 01-26-2007, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 6BladesDeep

Silver and Dust (...)

Beautiful.

And, I believe that this quote fits well for this thread:

“Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.”
-- Paul Engle

6BladesDeep · 01-26-2007, 12:48 PM

Thanks Jaqueline. I really like that quote.

jacquelinetm · 01-26-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Super Spright

He should be shot for saying abstract head. He should be shot so fucking hard, that his head falls off his shoulders.

I am not familiar with this jackass, but I hope he's already dead.

*grin* Quit being so damn shiny and happy!

Abstract head, as in a mind that "creates art".

jacquelinetm · 01-26-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Super Spright

He should be shot for saying abstract head. He should be shot so fucking hard, that his head falls off his shoulders.
I am not familiar with this jackass, but I hope he's already dead.

Oh, and he is dead. Died at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in 1991. He had also been a nonimated in 1976 for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the International Writing Program, which he also founded.

jacquelinetm · 01-26-2007, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Super Spright

*wank wank wank*
I never heard of him, so there is a good chance he's not über amazing.
Still, I think he didn't mean abstract necessarily as art, but as in abstractions. I hate abstractions, it's archaic to write that way.
Perhaps he meant art, I'll have to read something of his to see how he wrote.

I never heard of him until 1997. I always liked that quote, though. You could be right, but art isn't a science and has many interpretations.

jacquelinetm · 01-26-2007, 06:01 PM

[quote=Super Spright](...SNIP...)[quote]

My first impression of you was the fact that you're like a thorn in someone's arse, but the more I read your obnoxious posts, the more interesting you become.

MotherofMercies · 01-26-2007, 08:38 PM

[quote=jacquelinetm][quote=Super Spright](...SNIP...)

Quote:

My first impression of you was the fact that you're like a thorn in someone's arse, but the more I read your obnoxious posts, the more interesting you become.

Honestly, he's a comic relief.

jacquelinetm · 01-27-2007, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Super Spright

Yes I am, this is an interwebs personality. I am actually pretty friendly, and I try to avoid confrontation. If a person is confrontational with me first, then I will go for the balls.

Still, back to assholish personality.

A lot of "cancerians" are like that, as I am. I avoid confrontation. I am not a fighter, but if pushed far enough, as if cornered, I will lash out ... most likely with acerbic remarks. :}