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Peering through cigarette smoke

Forget
the balm of barometric exuberance.
This night
no longer young, dissipates.

Recall
a dewy welcome of sun-quaffed green.
Yesterdays
revive severed umbilical dreams.

Peruse
this present but fleeting acumen.
Today
ceases yet emerges again tomorrow.

Ignite
that kindling of autumnal reticence.
Perhaps
genial kindnesses shall spring.

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I cant believe this one wasnt commented on I really liked it, Yes its different from your normal fare but I liked the ending, I cant see anything I can offer to you content wise and I liked the single words then the next line it gave great effect

love Jayne-Chloe xxx

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

Indeed, it is slightly different, a bit experimental. I am happy that you liked it. You are much appreciated. Have a happy Australia Day!

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You have a great Australia Day its pouring down rain here so we are staying home to celebrate

Hugs Jc xxx

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

Watching Disney with the kiddies. Lol

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Lol watching a doco on deep sea life

Nothing better to do movies are next

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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

Heath Ledger is on tonight (SBS-3) "Candy." I wonder if it is any good. Off to consult IMDB. :-)

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"A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair."

Not sure about this, but because it's about poetry... We shall see...

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Not sure if its on here ... I might have to take a look ... poetry hmmm it will be really
good or appallingly bad ! Lol

Jc xxx

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats

They only featured 3 poems, or parts of 3 poems. 2 from Heath's character (the poet) and one from ee cummings which he read out to Candy and proposed after the reading:

(1) like a prologue:

When I first met candy,
those were like the days of juice.
when everything was bountiful.
birds filled the sky
(a) great kindness flowed through us.

2) the proposal poem:

Here's the deepest secret nobody knows.
here's the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life
which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart, I carry it i my heart

ee cummings

and (3) the rantings and ravings of a dope-filled mind:

we had a lot going for us
we'd found the secret glue
that held all things together
in a perfect place,
where the noise did not intrude
our world was so very complete

What do you think?

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as your smoke screen on Aussie day
being spent indoors
so now you have a solid excuse
to smoke more
go ahead...
if you will
enjoy you all still

loved

we're in for a rough one.
What a start for the year!
Bush fires & cyclones.
Primary services are also in danger of ceasing:
water, electricity, gas, telecom, and sanity.
Brace yourself, Brisbane City!

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