Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Expression

Blood moves
by the beating drum.

Breath flows
from the inner wings.

Words drift
through air to ear.

Language vibrates
in the shadows.

© 2004 Joanne Elliott

Thank you all for your comments both last week and this week. I didn't mean to post this again. I didn't have a poem to post this week and when posting Charles' poem I accidently posted mine from last week. So many of you saw this...if you didn't I'm glad you came by this week. :-)
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34 comments:

  1. BeachannyNovember 8, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    And poetry lies in your words. Well done!

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  2. Brian MillerNovember 8, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    nice...love the minimalist but still very evocative...there is a difference between words and language...

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  3. TashtooNovember 8, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Really took to this one, Joanne...couldn't have said it any better than Gay! :)

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  4. FireblossomNovember 8, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    The brevity just makes this better. It says enough, no more. Nicely done.

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  5. hedgewitchNovember 8, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Delicate phrasing, yet direct and descriptive, and almost oriental in simplicity. Very nice indeed.

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  6. DaydreamerNovember 8, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    So much said, in so few words. Lovely!

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  7. Pat HattNovember 8, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Sure captured an expression with your verse, nicely done!

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  8. ClaudiaNovember 8, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    smiles...your husband's poem was so long this week and yours is so short...much enjoyed..the heart, the lung, the hearing and the talking..language vibrating in the shadow..nice

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  9. ayalaNovember 8, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    So much expressed in a few words..nicely done!

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  10. UnknownNovember 8, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    So much said here. I love it when someone can write in such a way that captures a myriad of expression without the need to carry on at length, the way I tend to do:) Thanks

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  11. AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    It is a wonder to see the power of language captured, and embodied, in such a minimalist expression. Yet you tell it true...it vibrates, it resonates - it is the humming foundation of the world.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    I love how fewer words can say so much.

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  13. ScarletNovember 8, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    Terse yet powerful words of expression...wonderful share today ~

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  14. Shashidhar SharmaNovember 8, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    Dear Joanne

    Yes, the words do take the meaning of what we actually feel the reality ... but some how I feel that within so limited scope of the words, we tend to loose reality... I enjoyed your last line... yes, the language than lurks in the shadow... as words do take the center stage...
    thanks for sharing...

    Shashi
    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/11/whispers-tears-in-rain.html

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  15. kelvin s.m.November 8, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    ..shortly evocative.. i was stunned by how many i could get in such a few words.. great job!

    Good day!

    ~Kelvin

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  16. AnonymousNovember 9, 2011 at 4:39 AM

    A gem of a poem Joanne, I enjoyed its expansiveness.

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  17. AnonymousNovember 9, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Beautifully evocative.....lovely, lovely.
    Enough words to relay the concepts, and not any to spare.

    Beautiful.

    Lady Nyo

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  18. joannaNovember 10, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    this is one of those poems where i can't really explain why, but i just really like it. there's a simplicity and a profundity to each couplet.

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  19. James RainsfordNovember 10, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    Clear, concise and totally captivating.

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  20. UnknownNovember 12, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    composed as if carried on a breeze, lovely. ~Rose

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  21. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Super ending!!

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  22. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    joanne, you have a soft way with your words and i love that. this was a beautiful piece of expression in itself. thank you for sharing it.

    kellie

    http://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/the-widow/

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  23. Joanne Young ElliottNovember 15, 2011 at 1:33 PM

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  24. ClaudiaNovember 15, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    smiles..remember this..enjoyed the re-read..smiles

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  25. steveroniNovember 15, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    ...and your heart beats with poetic love! This is my first time--to read "EXPRESSION"...glad I got here in time!!! Whew! (Fast heart-beat--grin!)

    You 'express' SO GOOD!

    PEACE!

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  26. Brian MillerNovember 15, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    i thought i read this one before...smiles...good to see you...

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  27. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    You may not have intended to post it again - but it certainly was a lovely little treat to engage again. Cheers! Hope all's well.

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  28. RavenblackNovember 15, 2011 at 8:50 PM

    I'm glad I came by this week. Such subtle expressions yet they pack a punch, feeling the hum of each line. Language vibrates through the emotiveness of the speakers, the breaking and the spaces, the style of which is spoken or written, transcends merely understanding words used.

    Really like this poem.

    -Ravenblack
    http://theotherdayplace.blogspot.com

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  29. Shashidhar SharmaNovember 16, 2011 at 1:42 AM

    Enjoyed it again... my friend

    Shashi
    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/11/whispers-where-you-will-go.html

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  30. TashtooNovember 16, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    A wonderful revisit Joanne! Still loved as much as last week...and perhaps now, even more so. It's a potent write!

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  31. James RainsfordNovember 17, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    Perfectly balanced and impressively economic. The perfect example of: 'Less is More.'

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  32. ClaudiaNovember 30, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    just thought i'd say hi... great to see that charles is better - wishing you a lovely day joanne

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  33. AnonymousDecember 1, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    This is physical and lovely!!

    short poem that rings true to life and heart.

    Lady Nyo

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  34. Brian MillerDecember 1, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    i am glad that charles is doing better....and hope that his progress continues...smiles.

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