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[aid] => mick
[title] => The Things I Love
[time] => 2004-05-28 11:21:23
[hometext] => OK, this was a class assignment. I got a good mark, but I'd like the opinions of others who write poetry.
[bodytext] => The slow deep-seated warmth on bones The redness of deep blood velvet red The heady smell of still-wet ink The smooth fresh whiteness of a blank page The crisp juicy bite of apple on the tongue The feel of the satiny silky skin of water The groove deep-worn in a pillow clasped tight The sound of poetry and laughter on the wind The all-encompassing embrace of often washed sheets The twinkle of a smile in a friend's eye The dizzying feeling of taking words to heart The softness of a breath upon a cheek The wind wildly sweeping down to touch and caress The comfort of a sigh released for peace The love which whirs in another's eyes The deep dark brownness of a reflected eye The shapes and patterns of letters and paragraphs The sound of words long unspoken The bittersweet taste of darkest chocolate The loneliness of the night dappled with stars The milky coolness of carefully crafted silver The taste of air after the anticipated quenching rain The living roughness of an old tree's bark The caress of sun's warmth and the kiss of waves The undoubting unconditional love of a child The steady pressure of a dozing head upon a shoulder The sudden surprise of strangers' smiles The long rows of the spines of books The way they open to a favored page and crack there The soft edges of dreams fading to waking The warm comfort of sleep's embrace For all these I am thankful For all these I have loved [comments] => 1 [counter] => 148 [topic] => 30 [informant] => Dragynkyn [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 14 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => PoemsonBeauty )
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