Forbidden Fruit (2010)
By jennifer
Poetry and scribblings for musing and abusing.
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Back of my hand
Back of my hand (9th June, 2010) I wrote your name on the back of my hand with eyeliner, so I wouldn’t forget; you know how I am; memory lane twists and turns, if only I hadn’t learnt the
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Bitter Taste
Burning to tell, but I can't let myself speak...
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Delirious
Oops! Inspired by 'simonbarget' and his title!
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Divided Ground
Divided Ground (6th July, 2010) United we sit, to observers visually sound; Divided we will fall on this unsteady ground. You’re rising up, loud and proud, to make a stand,
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Familiar Stars
Familiar Stars (3rd July, 2010) Here I am in the same small town, Staring up at familiar stars, Dreaming of all the days gone down, Wondering why they did not last.
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Figurine
Figurine (28th August, 2010) Captured in glass, I am art: timeless, wrought. They fired the sand and liquid made, then froze in place my beautiful, transparent gaze.
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I.P. The Astonishing Saint
I.P. The Astonishing Saint (31st July, 2010) Did you ever chance to see her? Saint Christina? She was a hermit with a permit from God To be quite strange; in the cottage by the lake
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I.P. White rose, Dark stain
I. P. – White rose, Dark stain (29th July, 2010) In like a bulldozer, Out like a hurricane. The path you carve, chaos in your wake, The bees you stir, the china you break.
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Increation
Increation (11th August, 2010) I cannot shape my destiny with stories or bring you to existence with a rhyme, I cannot create the perfect lead or foil,
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Keys to my heart
Keys to my heart (13th December, 2010) And her face was awash with the stars, Twinkling, twinkling on her wet cheeks Like diamond dust, how morning frost
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Scene Obscene (song lyrics)
Got the syllable counts for the rhythm on, hence the numbers!
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Speak my truth
Speak my truth (7th November, 2010) Strange, the things we learn through other people’s eyes: We reflect each new-lived moment of our lives
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Spring Fever
Spring Fever (7th April, 2010) Sun presses prying fingers in my eyes; ‘Wake, and find the winter is slain’ she cries; her voice resounds high, like a banshee wails,
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Tarantella
Tarantella (11th February, 2010, 9.28pm) Forbidden fingers trace the spider’s web; caught, wings entangled, dangling on a thread of hope in frosty air. Wave tentative legs, teeth
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The Space Between
The Space Between (20th December, 2010) Here I am, caught in the space between Sleep and awake, reality and dream, I drift, lonely snowflake, from room to room
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Whispersin
Whispersin (11th June, 2010) This is the voice that you cannot hear if you’re listening to God, isn’t that right, My dear? These are the thoughts that good girls don’t have,
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