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Erin Thomas


Last Updated: 11/17/2009

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July 4, 2009 - Saturday 

Category: Writing and Poetry

  If a fragment of verse sits unchanged in a poem for six months, then maybe it's time to remove it from the poem and let it become its own creature. And sure enough, soon as I cut and pasted it into its own Open Doc, my brain exploded with ideas on ways to bring it to fruition. About half way through I realized what it was about, and titled it accordingly:
Maya


From hard hidden folds where granites press
stony drops through limestone crevices
to streams that coalesce in emptiness
and pool in caverns dripping far from sight
to canyon narrows carved from monuments
heft high above a universe of waves
to stillborn depths where ancient forms of life
move like starving ghosts amid the void
she creeps through time an ever present force
birthing shapes amorphous to the mind
which rise and bubble out into the light
manifest for moments on the wind
1:26 PM
 
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TATTOOS BY MARILAN
Marilan Tinajero

 
Beautiful.
 
Posted by TATTOOS BY MARILAN on July 4, 2009 - Saturday - 2:44 PM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
And we humans, we as individuals and as a race, are similarly manifest. For but a moment, a twinkle in the depths of the Tao.

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 4, 2009 - Saturday - 2:50 PM
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♪♫♥Charly♥♫♪

 


 
Posted by ♪♫♥Charly♥♫♪ on July 5, 2009 - Sunday - 3:59 PM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
:)

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 5, 2009 - Sunday - 4:43 PM
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ari[elle]mnop♥
Arielle Minicozzi

 
beautiful
 
Posted by ari[elle]mnop♥ on July 6, 2009 - Monday - 6:38 AM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Glad you liked. :)

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 6, 2009 - Monday - 7:33 AM
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Daniela Voicu( flavia felix)
Daniela Voicu

 
wonderful poem you paint in colors of words song 

 
Posted by Daniela Voicu( flavia felix) on July 6, 2009 - Monday - 9:19 AM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Thanks, Daniela. Been working on the revision of the other poem since posting this. So far not much luck. Maybe I've overreached my capacities?

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 6, 2009 - Monday - 10:14 AM
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Michele A.

 
Zahhar, the images pull the reader in and it has a wonderful lyrical quality...

peace always,
Michele ~
 
Posted by Michele A. on July 11, 2009 - Saturday - 4:24 AM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Thanks, Michele. Hopefully I'll have more bits to post here before too long. Been biting off more than I can chew.

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 15, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:43 PM
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Kristaline
Kristaline shanon

 
Nice this is a chant in my mind, and still chanting totally cool!

Kristaline
 
Posted by Kristaline on July 14, 2009 - Tuesday - 3:59 PM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Thanks, Kristaline.

This is small bit of blank verse, so the lines are pentametric (ten feet per line). This hopefully creates a decent chant-like flow. Your feedback makes me feel that I may have been successful toward this end. :)

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 15, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:46 PM
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sociallyillchick

 
It is perfectly written. Amazing.

 
Posted by sociallyillchick on July 15, 2009 - Wednesday - 5:07 PM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Ah thanks! Hey I've tried to send you a friend request in the past, but I'm required to know your full name and/or email address. Maybe you can pop me a friend request instead?

Take care!

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 15, 2009 - Wednesday - 9:47 PM
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clarice

 
great expression of natures momument


 
Posted by clarice on July 18, 2009 - Saturday - 2:27 AM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Thanks, Clarice! :)

 
Posted by Zahhar on July 18, 2009 - Saturday - 2:39 AM
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JAQ

 
she creeps through time an ever present force
birthing shapes amorphous to the mind
which rise and bubble out into the light
manifest for moments on the wind


i kept wanting to re-read this.. this is rich.

 
Posted by JAQ on August 1, 2009 - Saturday - 9:10 AM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
This is actually the incomplete original part I for "Contrast". When I couldn't get the words to do what I wanted them to do, I took what was there, modified it a bit, added a couple of stream-line thoughts, revised to blank verse pentameter, and posted. Glad you enjoyed, JAQ. This is an area of thought (and poetry) that I'm really beginning to seriously explore.

 
Posted by Zahhar on August 1, 2009 - Saturday - 9:55 AM
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JAQ

 
P.S. your profile pic freaks me out.

 
Posted by JAQ on August 1, 2009 - Saturday - 9:11 AM
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Zahhar
Erin Thomas

 
Sorry! :D

But it's a gorgeous spider, clearly the female, since I was observing the male at the time courting her on the same web. Very interesting spidey behaviors.

 
Posted by Zahhar on August 1, 2009 - Saturday - 9:56 AM
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JAQ

 
that's alright, i have yet to muster up some spider appreciation.. perhaps one day!

 
Posted by JAQ on August 2, 2009 - Sunday - 1:00 AM
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