my scribbles (poems and fics)

[Drakkenfyre]

Marion, that was a most beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing it with us. Hope you have a lovely trip. Enjoy, relax, write..(no pressure!) I look forward to your next installment in this wonderful thread.



Laura

"In my world there are people in chains and we ride them like ponies."

[TheWhiz]

Wow! What a wonderful poem- powerful words.

Enjoy your week off!

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"

[ninjitsugrrl]

Your latest poem is very beautiful! Hope you enjoy your week off.

"What you held in your hand,/what you counted and carefully saved,/all this must go so you know/how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.." - Naomi Shihab Nye


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[mollyig]

Thanks Laura, TheWhiz and ninjitsugrrl. I had been watching Once More with Feeling again, and thinking about how Tara said she'd lived her life in shadows.



I've had to postpone my week off due to work commitments. But I'm away this Saturday to the beautiful County Kerry. Hopefully the break will inspire me to continue my story.



Thanks again.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[Drakkenfyre]

Aww, sweetie. Sorry you had to postpone your trip but you still get to go!! Yay!!! Hope you have a great one!! Thanks for all the kind words you have been giving me. Means a lot.

"In my world there are people in chains and we ride them like ponies."

[Tulipp]

Mollyig, I've just been catching up on your whole thread, and I really like what you're doing. I think my favorite is the untitled poem from the first page that ends with those lines, "a chant? a prayer." Well, I might not have gotten it quite right, but that one really moved me. You do a lot with colors as images, and I love that. Have you ever read any Amy Lowell? She also uses colors in interesting ways; you reminded me of her a little bit.



Anyway, this is really the first poetry I've read on the board, but I see that now I will have to expand my scope. Thanks.

[mollyig]

Thank you Tulipp. Yes, you're quite right I do tend to utilise colours a lot. Mainly I think because the colours I ascribe to both Willow and Tara not only describe them, but also their personalities. Willow's red hair for passion. Tara's blue eyes for serenity, etc.



Reminded you of Amy Lowell. Wow!



Thanks again. Always nice to get feedback from fellow scribes.

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Edited to add a new poem:



Just wrote this, and will forgo the usual waiting process, as I'm feeling daring (drinking Guinness at lunch time the cause!)





Heart hidden for so long,

only a fearless explorer

could have found it.



Though, in truth, I willed her to

when captivated by her smiling eyes

and her endless energy.



Now my life has been enlightened -

I know now what it means to live

and revel in how it feels to love.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

Edited by: mollyig  at: 7/25/02 8:21:13 am

[ninjitsugrrl]

Oooh... the poets are back! Good to see a new poem from you, Mollyig. Such a lovely happy poem too. I really love the lines, "Heart hidden for so long,/ only a fearless explorer/ could have found it." Something about the wording there just captured my attention. Well done!

"What you held in your hand,/what you counted and carefully saved,/all this must go so you know/how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.." - Naomi Shihab Nye


My Homepage

[thehighpriestess]

Hey, I'm back and posted three times so far today - must be a new record for me!



I LOVED your poem, especially the lines 'Though, in truth, I willed her to' I don't really know why, but there's just something in them that I get!



Glad to see another poet posting at the mo!

WILLOW: Where would you go? If you felt lost
and alone? Where would you go?

TARA: To you.

[TheWhiz]

Yay- a new poem from you!

Its beautiful, I agree with ninjitsgrrl. I loved the first stanza too, the words were very powerful.

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"

[Drakkenfyre]

Hey Sweetie. I loved your new poem. Feeling daring were you? Good on you!!! Again, it was just wonderful.

"In my world there are people in chains and we ride them like ponies."

[xita]

I just wanted to tell you, i was enjoying that wrecked story, it's nice to see something from a Willow perspective, especially during that time. I am not usually a poetry reader, but your poems are like quick glances into their minds, lovely. Thanks

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"Oooh Xita!" - Amber Benson

[mollyig]

Thanks ninjitsugrrl, thehighpriestess and TheWhiz for letting me know which lines worked for you - that's always helpful.



Laura, I don't do daring often, but thanks for the encouragement!



Xita, thanks for your comment on the fic, I'm always a bit wary of the stories as I feel more comfortable with the poems, so its nice to know when the tales are well received. Glad you liked my poems.



New poem - was thinking about the morning scene in Seeing Red, and the first line popped into my mad head.



Loving hands slide over soft, speckled skin,

mapping the contours she has come to know so well.



Eyes rove, reveling in the reflections of light upon red,

and in the golden hue glowing upon the well-loved form.



Heart bathes in the warm well of satiated contentment.

Mind muses that she is home.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[TheWhiz]

A wonderful poem!

I think you summed up what Tara was thinking extremely well-'Mind muses that she is home'. Well done!

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"

[Scout]

Oh, I just saw the two new ones. So beautiful and they really capture their emotions. I especially loved "Heart hidden for so long, only a fearless explorer could have found it." sigh

Thanks!

[Drakkenfyre]

Marion, that was absolutely beautiful. I would say more but just finished a 12 hour shift and not thinking clearly. It left me speechless. Now, that is hard to do!!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful poem with us.

Laura

"In my world there are people in chains and we ride them like ponies."

[Tulipp]

Hi Mollyig. I was just spending some time looking at the poem, two poems ago, that begins "Heart hidden for so long." I really like the imagery here, the explorer and the word "enlightened." I was left with the impression of a cave, a kind of underground discovery, and that really worked for me. Nice.

[ninjitsugrrl]

Mollyig- I love the new poem. It's very sexy!

"What you held in your hand,/what you counted and carefully saved,/all this must go so you know/how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.." - Naomi Shihab Nye


My Homepage

[mollyig]

TheWhiz - thanks so much. I'm glad you liked that line.



Scout - nice to hear, ehm, I mean read, that you thought I captured the emotions right. But you know they say a picture tells a thousand words (and yes that is a hint for another Miss Kitty cartoon!)



Drakkenfyre - Heh, I made Laura speechless . . . deadly!



Tulipp - I was happy with the word enlightened too. Can you tell I'd been watching OMWF again? When Tara sings about living her life in shadow, I just thought it natural to write about the transition from darkness to light. Happy it worked!



ninjitsugrrl - I thought so too, but then its a very sexy scene that inspired me!



I wrote this while I was commuting to work this morning at about 7:45 - amazing the things you think up when you're stuck on a bus on a grey rainy morning!







Curtain of blonde

hiding the precious treasure

of the blue-jewelled eyes

and soft ruby-velvet lips.



She curls instinctively

to ward off the world.

I whirl, so privileged

that she unfurls for me.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[ninjitsugrrl]

Wow, two brilliant poems in just a couple of days! I am impressed. I absolutely love the last stanza. Don't know what else to say... did I mention that I really liked the poem?

"What you held in your hand,/what you counted and carefully saved,/all this must go so you know/how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.." - Naomi Shihab Nye


My Homepage

[mollyig]

Kinda impressed meself! I'm not normally prolific at all, generally I just tend to write when the mood strikes me.



Thanks very much ninjitsugrrl, I love getting comments from you, for not only are you a fellow scribe, but your avatar is lovely!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[Drakkenfyre]

Marion- Ahem!! quite proud of yourself that you silenced the dragon? Well, you bloody well should be!! And my goodness, aren't we the prolific one. This poem was wonderful. I loved the last stanza especially. Good on you!!!

"In my world there are people in chains and we ride them like ponies."

[mollyig]

Thanks Laura . . . sweet dragon.



Not sure why I'm suddenly feeling so creative - maybe because I'm going to see my beloved Indigo Girls tomorrow. It's made me a tad hyper!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[Drakkenfyre]

Sweet dragon!! Oh dear lord!! I must have lost my edge. I feel a blush coming on!! No, dragon's can't blush. We would lose our reputation. Oh, Indigo Girls...jealousnow!!

"In my world there are people in chains and we ride them like ponies."

[Tulipp]

Mollyig, in your most recent poem, I really like the way the rhyme unfolds in the second stanza: curl, world, whirl, unfurl. I had the impression of this folding and unfolding, a nice contrast. Lovely.

[mollyig]

Thanks Tulipp, I thought those words worked well together, especially curl and unfurl - rhyming but opposites. Nice to know it was effective!

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New Poem. I'm sure you can tell by it that I was recently watching "Hush"!



Tentative touch to communicate intention.

Electric - emotions evoked that I thought well-cloaked.

A moment of awe-full wonder, then we turn, as one.



The moment has passed, but still hands gently clasped.

Questioning eyes regard me, meeting my querying gaze.

Then we smile in unison at what has been accomplished.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

Edited by: mollyig  at: 8/14/02 8:27:43 am

[TheWhiz]

Loved your 2 most recent poems.

Your words say so much, beautiful work

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"

[mollyig]

Thanks TheWhiz - you're very kind!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[thehighpriestess]

Wow you're poetry is so beautiful, so many emotions and yet so few words. How do you do it?

WILLOW: Where would you go? If you felt lost
and alone? Where would you go?

TARA: To you.

[mollyig]

How do I do that? Heh, magic!



Thanks oh Priestessy one!



That's what I love about poems, with just a few words and images a feeling can be described. I don't really have the patience for writing prose or stories, (unless I have something that just has to be written) as I feel I can better convey things via poetry.



Thanks again!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls