Sleepwalking

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JonJonJon
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Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:28 pm

I was sleepwalking,
dream talking,
silently moving near,
to the heavenly sphere,
of forgotten thoughts and memories,
I thought were lost for an eternity
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Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:41 pm

Works pretty well, jjj. It's very short!

I like the first four lines best. They move sinuously, I thought. Some of the Great Abstracts start to creep into lines 5 and 6 ... and then you stop. Just like that. It seemed like the introduction to something, but it was actually the whole thing itself. Interesting, and slightly teasing.

Fun though.

Cheers

David
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Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:10 pm

Interesting post - I'm pretty much with David in terms of his comments

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Fri May 01, 2009 5:48 pm

I will post the rest one day.......;-) It's always good to read promising comments. Simpler style seems to be more effective, less is more.
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Sat May 09, 2009 5:24 pm

Hi jonjonjon
I liked the way this sounded. It's interesting. Summersky
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Sun May 10, 2009 1:10 am

JonJonJon wrote:I was sleepwalking,
dream talking,
silently moving near,
to the heavenly sphere,
of forgotten thoughts and memories,
I thought were lost for an eternity

Hi JJJ

Does "silently" in line 3 contradict "talking" in line 2?
And I don't get how the sphere of forgotten thoughts and memories is "heavenly" . . .

Just my thoughts. Thanks for sharing.

B.
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Sun May 10, 2009 8:41 am

Great work.
Might be :

I was sleepwalking,
dreaming,
silently moving near,
to the heavenly sphere,
of forgotten muses and memories,
I thought were lost for an eternity

Smiles. Thanks.
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Sun May 17, 2009 3:04 pm

Thank you for the feedback...

I am talking in the dream, not in RL, hence silent in RL......;-)

I like the suggested line 'muses and memories'....(arun)....maybe use that in one of the other verses.

Jon
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Sun May 17, 2009 11:00 pm

hiya

would like to see more of this

mes :)
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