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Monday, August 18, 2008

TOP Edgar Allen Poe

PROPHET

The kid
Showed me
Some pictures
He’d painted

His use
Of form
And colour
Were naïve

But something
Made me look,
And look again
The simplicity
Of the images
Inspired
Subliminal
Stimulation
For the
Complexity
Of the message
He was attempting
To convey in oils

From the palette
Of an innocent babe
A vision
Of a world,
No eyes had seen
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15 comments:

  1. paisleyAugust 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM

    i wanna see,,,,,, this certainly makes me curious.....

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  2. Stan SkiAugust 19, 2008 at 7:39 AM

    Thanks paisley; Sorry, no photo - it may cause widespread panic. Think (or daydream) about a worst-case-scenario for the world, and you might be close.

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  3. anthonynorthAugust 21, 2008 at 4:46 PM

    An intriguing poem. Like Paisley, I wanna see, too.
    You make us think, which is good.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 21, 2008 at 9:27 PM

    Hmmm...
    I don't know about you guys, but I'm thinkin I might be too scared to look.

    Stan, you scared me! I guess that's the point. :-)

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  5. Tumblewords:August 22, 2008 at 4:52 AM

    Oh, no. I don't wanna go there! Do I? Fine job!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 22, 2008 at 5:52 AM

    I get the feeling it's not just a photo no eyes have seen, but one that no eyes will be there to see either. Creepy.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 22, 2008 at 10:06 AM

    This takes us to so many places. Scary but so very true!

    Writing style meme

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  8. gautami tripathyAugust 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM

    Oops! This is the right link!

    powdered charcoal

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  9. Stan SkiAugust 22, 2008 at 1:34 PM

    Thanks to:
    anthonynorth; great comment - mission accomplished!
    karen crne; true - it doesn't pay to be too optimistic; but hey! it's only fiction - isn't it?
    tumblewords; play your cards right (you as in everyone), and you (personally) may never have to.
    lirone; it certainly sounds that way - but it must be a million years hence...no?
    gautami tripathy; it possibly takes us to our destiny - but we may never know for sure.

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  10. Stan SkiAugust 22, 2008 at 4:10 PM

    my apologies for the typo
    karen crone

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  11. OdessaAugust 23, 2008 at 7:55 AM

    i really like the form and line breaks of this poem. and as with everyone, i'm curious about the painting but at the same time i don't think i want to see it.

    BTW, how old is the kid?

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  12. Crafty Green PoetAugust 23, 2008 at 3:54 PM

    I'm certainly curious, but also aprehensive. Sometimes only the young have the true insight and its too often lost before they can articulate it

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  13. Stan SkiAugust 24, 2008 at 2:16 PM

    Thanks to:
    odessa; Well it's a product of my imagination - so I'm afraid, you'll have to use your own to try to picture it.
    The kid could be anyone younger than me.
    crafty green poet; I believe you've hit the nail on the head.

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  14. MarjaSeptember 9, 2008 at 4:35 AM

    This speaks to me. I work with children and I strongly believe that even if their expression through words and drawings is simple their understanding is much more sophisticated than everybody thinks

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  15. Stan SkiSeptember 9, 2008 at 8:29 AM

    Thanks marja; You've picked up my point exactly - some people who work with children don't see it. Perhaps they 'grew up' too soon.

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