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Post by laughter on Nov 12, 2012 20:17:09 GMT -5
tonight tonight I'm a mid-tempo song tonight I'm the moon on the rise tonight I will sit here and smile as tears fall like jewels from my eyes tonight in the deep of my heart where love shines in darkness revealed where shadows retreat from the light and nothing is ever concealed tonight love's guitars on the strum welcome the entry of day where words come to die in the silence and joy comes to meet you halfway tonight with stars on the wane and sad songs are all that you hear where pleasure and pain come to merge to show that there's nothing to fear charlie giardino 11/11/12 Really really nice man. |
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Post by charliegee on Nov 13, 2012 0:17:41 GMT -5
thanks so much Laughter...
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Post by glimmer on Nov 13, 2012 4:04:49 GMT -5
Just jammin' a little to CG's guitar  where is the love now there is the love where is the love now where is this love love is where love is there now love is where love is where, now here is the love now here is the love here is the love now here is this love |
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Post by charliegee on Nov 13, 2012 7:53:38 GMT -5
it's easy to cry in public (nobody notices)
riding the subway down
to a poetry group in Lincoln Center
looking through some poems in an effort
to decide which to read...
as the content of the pieces
concerned my wife and her battle with cancer
a tear escaped from the corner of my right eye
could have been a flood of anguished weeping
for all the attention I received
so engrossed were they in their electronics
their iPads, their iPods, their iSelves
I watched them as they watched themselves
nary a head raised to look around them
nary an eye scanning other faces
I disembarked and walked the two long blocks
to the parish hall of the church
where the meeting was held
it went well, a nice-sized crowd
mostly my age or older...
and we read in the dark air
of a side altar of a church
I read my pieces to a decent response
and when it ended...
I walked back to the subway
thinking, now I know
where to come to cry
so as not to be noticed...
charlie giardino 11/13/12
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Post by charliegee on Nov 13, 2012 22:58:24 GMT -5
now we're cookin'
the humble beef stew
has many ingredients
it's namesake, beef
provides the dominant flavor
though the potatoes, onions
carrots and mushrooms
are vital and necessary additions
add peas to top it off
thicken with flour or cornstarch
season to taste...
the possibilities are endless
but it would be good to stop right there
but the noodles...
oh the noodles...
provide a base, a foundation
for all that has gone before
with the least distinguishable flavor
they tend to bring it all back home
add a couple of hand made biscuits
and heaven is yours...
charlie giardino 11/13/12
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Post by laughter on Nov 14, 2012 22:36:02 GMT -5
Hey, Universe! If I ask you, universe not to lose me, you say that you will lose me. You will, because that has always been the cycle: what is found in life is taken again. So I ask you, universe, is there more? When you take me will you find me? For something so vast you can be so incredibly silent. March 2012 home to love we mostly deal in imaginary things thoughts, projections, conjecture dreams and hopes... and as valuable as they may be they are not always truth a good reason, I suppose... that the obvious is well hidden tucked away in plain sight in the center of our blind spot a good reason, I'd say... when an epiphany or revelation is reached it seems like something we have always known not strange or unfamiliar second nature if you will after our first nature has gone through a certain shift a change in perspective a prime reason I'd propose that when we come home to love it's like settling into an old easy chair he said his yoke was easy maybe there's something to that... charlie giardino 11/5/12 ;D (several other muses here but as they were not in verse they SHALL NOT be quoted!!!) ;D ----- lost and found with the silent sound that drowns out all tomorrows there is no room for misplaced mittens here we need it for the orchestra it takes a stew of instruments true to sound the depths of infinity lost and found go round and round? ha ha! always room for some hope at this desk always a spare cubby for a lost dream no worries though they fade away ... a thin reedy cry lost and found check that baggage here with us lay it down for a moment for an age if you want you can always pick it back up tommorow ... er ... oops! (lost the thread ... no tomorrows left!) ... you can pick it up *WHENEVER*  "Paging Mr. This" "Call for Mrs. That" "Please proceed to the lost and found" "We found your AM's!" lost and found I do propound our function is so true when you notice the thing you lost come here and you'll find you Open all day Open all night Though our demeanor changes Like the weather Our level of service is consistent lost and found the white rabbits behind so fluffy so round winking swiftly into the deep the mad hatters words like a dark bitter tea left in way too long to steep you must have patience here theres lot's of stuff lot's of stuff to go through it all would take forever to stop short would be such a waste! lost and found no need to hound your spouse your friend your neighbor we've got it here that thing so dear so relax, you can get it back later take your time no pressure rummage through our cardboard boxes just take a care not to tear the other's well-gored oxes lost and found no watches wound here there is just one moment ... but listen clear ... and you will hear the words that minds end foments |
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Post by silver on Nov 15, 2012 0:05:18 GMT -5
wow, lost n found I liked the sounds of that. As it continued on, I could almost hear the voice of an auctioneer in there somehow somewhere. Talk about goin' down a rabbit hole. Laughter.  |
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Post by laughter on Nov 15, 2012 0:10:38 GMT -5
.. an auctioneer ... yeah ... I like that |
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Post by glimmer on Nov 15, 2012 3:15:59 GMT -5
laughter, Can you wait whilst I get the moving truck loaded with all the 'stuff'? |
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Post by charliegee on Nov 15, 2012 10:13:30 GMT -5
broken hearts and love sublime
we are living in a beautiful time
broken hearts and love sublime
my heart never approached fullness
until it was broken, shattered
the shards shone a brilliance
I never could have imagined
the crevices were filled with light
and love poured in unimpeded
blessings, blessings everywhere
when you've been blessed
what can you do but bless?
my tears sparkle like diamonds
on cold, crystal nights
god is here with me
I know this now...
the question remains
how did I miss this for so long?
we are living in a beautiful time
broken hearts and love sublime
charlie giardino 11/15/12
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Post by laughter on Nov 18, 2012 8:32:43 GMT -5
laughter, Can you wait whilst I get the moving truck loaded with all the 'stuff'? yes I can wait forever dear glimmer forever |
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Post by charliegee on Nov 18, 2012 8:50:41 GMT -5
Sunday
my gratitude woke before me
and prepared for me the day
to welcome all the love there is
and whatever comes my way
he went to put the coffee on
and left me sleeping here
to dream of loveliness and light
he is such a dear...
when I got up, he joined with me
and poured my favorite roast
and served up very graciously
some cranberry walnut toast
my heart was full as sun shone in
through my Venetian blinds
I got dressed and left my house
to share in god's designs
charlie giardino 11/18/12
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Post by glimmer on Nov 19, 2012 0:36:38 GMT -5
laughter, Can you wait whilst I get the moving truck loaded with all the 'stuff'? yes I can wait forever dear glimmer forever keep waiting forever dear laughter forever ** |
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Post by glimmer on Nov 19, 2012 0:42:14 GMT -5
CG ... 'Sunday' .. it was a lovely experience when I read this .. I had just woken up, this Monday morning, checked my computer for the time, had a look on the forum .. and although it was a work day, and no time for coffee, I noticed how bright the morning was, just as it was |
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Post by charliegee on Nov 19, 2012 9:30:02 GMT -5
gee thanks Glimmer... so glad you liked it...
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