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Muse

Supple pearl skin

Luminous body so tight and thin

 

Midnight Rapunzel length hair 

Comfortable darkness that doesn’t scare

 

Voice setting me at ease

Coquettish tones that please

Soothing repetitive song

Bop bidi didi bop bop bopping along,

 

Mystery

 

Private walls put up to prevent tattle-taling

Betrayed by bottomless eyes telling

 

Waking up

 

Musing me forth to free fall

Childlike I haven’t a clue

 
Stripping down

Crawl inside

Getting lost

In you

 

Bare
lying there

 

Like the world before they opened Pandora’s box

 

Reckoning the past and what could be

Over flowing with unfading beauty

 

— Frost Smith, May 27, 2008

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infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

18 years ago

Frost

Just one little tiny thing that made me go eeek! Can we write out 'and' instead of using &, or does the symbol have a sort of significance? Really like the 'bop bidi didi' line, as it got a nice smile out of me. Good job! ~Jess K. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical, liberal minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
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poewriter58

18 years ago

Frost

It is good to see something from you one small question I'm not sure what does stiltskin hair Chrys
Frost Smith

Frost Smith

18 years ago

Poewriter58...

So sorry it was supposed to be "Rapunzel" to describe the very long hair, lol; got them mixed up becasue they are both in towers, thanks I will fix it:) Frost
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poewriter58

18 years ago

Frost

Lol not a problem meaning who Rumpelstiltskin? Chrys
Frost Smith

Frost Smith

18 years ago

poewriter58...

yes rumpelstiltskin; didn't bother to go back an check it out after I finished writing until you said something, guess thats what I get for being lazy :) Frost
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rider68

18 years ago

Hi Frost

Great thought and imagination, Loved the humour,.......... clever Very Best Regards Peter ~~~~~~~~~Creativity Is to think more efficiently~~~~~~~~~~
Janice Pearce

Janice Pearce

18 years ago

Frost

Every line I thought to be eloquent except: The Bop bidi maybee just me? Anyway I liked this a lot
Frost Smith

Frost Smith

18 years ago

Janice-Pearce...

The bop didi line is referencing what I have heard blues/jazz musicians do to get their creative juices flowing; think its called scat singing, thus the tie in with the muse, not so much a love poem as an inspirational one. Thank you Frost
RSScheerer

RSScheerer

18 years ago

Frost

Eloquently written using excellent imagery. Really very beautiful. Two things that stand out to me, and I hesitate to point them out only because I know they aren't important to many authors with their own styles. Still, here they are: "tattle tailing" - I think you are referring to the term "tattle tale" - "tailing" brings a bit of a different image to mind! "Bare laying there" - "lay" is a verb used with an object, as in to lay something down ... where "lying" is a verb used without an object, as in to be in a recumbant position, "lying there." This is a common cause of confusion for many people (even me)...but you can see how it changes the line. Not sure if any of this helps, but I love the poem all the same. Best, Ronda
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Megan Leeann

17 years 9 months ago

Frost

I love this poem, which is saying something -- I'm very particular in my taste. It flows nicely, and painted a vivid picture in my head. I actually found myself mouthing the words. Fabulous.