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Young poem seeking refuge

  When the words comeMy body softens.I touch finger to lipsTo feel I am real,A sensuous beingLike sap risen willowDrawn by the fingered Promise of spring. The words push through My turgid skin,Bursting to be discovered.They lay sweating on the surfaceBeading into groups of discernable legionsWaging war on the world of sound. They shout from stained page“Hear me” My voice says“Hear me” They caress me with theirBeguiling singular simplicityThen domino lined They take shape.Columns all moving in unison. A poem is bornFrom the womb of my creativity.The placenta is dark and brooding,Aftermath of stimulation.As surrogate mother I disconnectAnd push it into the world of words Here it lies. Awaiting discovery from one who wishesTo make it their own
— seabhac, Mar 09, 2010

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sempervirens

16 years 3 months ago

“A poem is born from the

"A poem is born from the womb of my creativity ... Aftermath of stimulation." I couldn't agree with this more. You have an "intimate" relationship with your subject matter and this is the "offspring" resulting from it. I've always believed that sexual and artistic energy are closely related; they are two forms of a universal creative energy if you will. And I too feel "pregnant" before I write a poem. It is something that must come out sooner or later. A very nice poem that I can relate to personally, but can never express as eloquently as you. Thanks for sharing.
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 3 months ago

like the new avitar Kal

Ah! now the subject of truths ...there are many truths and many viewpoints but yes the truth will out, poems will birth themselves and we are but puppets in it all. Seabhac
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 3 months ago

Thanks sempervirens

It is so good to hear you echo my belief about sexual and artistic energy and how we are all linked to a universal thought link no matter where we are on our tiny planet. The linking as poets is therefore much stronger and the empathic feeling defineatly part of a much larger picture. I'm glad my 'baby' found a home in your heart Seabhac
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 3 months ago

“In the beginning was the

"In the beginning was the word." "And the word was made flesh." And the flesh was made poetry. ~A "A poem is never finished, only abandoned." ~ Paul Valery
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 3 months ago

Ah question ....again

Was the speaking of that word or the writing of it that which made it flesh. To be spoken it had to be formed...hmmm 'answers on a post card please' Seabhac
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 3 months ago

Dear Seabhac

My favorite lines: A poem is born From the womb of my creativity. The placenta is dark and brooding, Aftermath of stimulation. As surrogate mother I disconnect And push it into the world of words You have done it again, made the world a better place with your well chosen words. "You dwell in beauty, like the night." Always, Cat
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ziggy

16 years 3 months ago

hello

hi this i like this ," then domino lined they take shape " good good line , you indeed make your words your own as you wish in this, great word usage nicely woven ,,,,,ziggy
seabhac

seabhac

16 years 3 months ago

Hi Ziggy

Strangly enough you came to my mind when writing this and your short time of poetic quietness ( which I am glad to say has now passed)There are poems we work on a poems that birth themselves from somewhere deep within us, I haven't an answer to the 'how' but I am just very content to be the 'who' when it does happen Seabhac
judyanne

judyanne

16 years 3 months ago

magnificent

what a description of creativity seabhac. 'As surrogate mother I disconnect And push it into the world of words' i'm wonderstruck. lol judy