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gowerboy
4/18/2008 8:29 am |
the beginning was me me and not me the not me was dark so the me that was I made light and I was happy in light but dark was sad because it could not hide from light so to help dark hide I made earth and dark was happy then crow was born from dark and I was amazed but crow was only hungry and he stabbed earth with his beak and earth cried and water was born and crow laughed and sky was born and crow flew in sky and was happy but still very hungry so I made worm for crow to eat and crow stabbed worm with his beak cutting it into a thousand pieces and the pieces hid in the dark places of the earth and crow was angry and called water and water flowed over all the earth and crow howled and wolf was born and crow cackled and rooster was born and crow screamed and eagle was born and crow gasped and fish was born and crow hissed and snake was born and crow sighed and woman was born and crow coughed and man was born so I told crow to stop and crow stabbed me with his beak and I bled and pain was born in the beginning was me me and not me and I was happy |
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4/18/2008 10:22 am |
Lovely  
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4/18/2008 10:58 am |
You are so talented,i love this yet another great poem,thought provoking and powerful. Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow thats for your picture  have a great sunny weekend sweetness.hugs xxxxxxxxxxxx come and roll in the mud i wanna get dirty.
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4/18/2008 11:08 am |
Are you sure your not Navajo? Have you ever viewed John Trudell work? If you ever have the time, I think you will find his work interesting. btw.. I enjoyed this very much, a ringing of truth. Perfection Isn't Sexy
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 4/18/2008 11:40 am |
This reminds me of cultural studies in high school....much of what we read and researched on the Indigenous people spoke of this type of teachings of how everything came to be. Wonderful imagery gower....thank you for sharing. I especially appreciated and crow sighed and woman was born
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4/18/2008 12:17 pm |
should that be, the vampire, winked and woman was born. not bad for a english man whats it all about if you cant have a laugth and a shag every now and then
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 4/18/2008 4:08 pm |
Powerful. Resonant in many cultures. PEter
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4/18/2008 4:53 pm |
No. The beginning was all about me. Peace .. elaine67
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4/18/2008 7:01 pm |
Nice poem 
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4/18/2008 7:32 pm |
So when was marmite created? (Lovely, this) I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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4/18/2008 8:26 pm |
I was thinking of my Humanities class about the chiaroscuro. So, but at least you were the light which shines and is happy. Remain being happy and the scuro side will be happy as well Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional
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4/18/2008 9:56 pm |
I'd erect a golden idol to that.
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4/19/2008 7:12 am |
Nice happy ending Thanks for sharing It's nice to be insane when No one is looking 
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4/19/2008 3:31 pm |
So it turns out that you are not happy with all the bustle of life the not you created around you ?  Keep love in your heart ! SL
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4/20/2008 6:01 am |
Is that why in the end the crow "picked me clean" and the new "I" was born? Somehow I find "chiaroscuro" a belated prelude to your "reincarnate". Are they intertextual? Or have I misread? Agnes
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4/20/2008 3:32 pm |
I sincerely enjoy this one. Your new picture disturbs me. I was sure your eyes were escuros  It is a new you.
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4/20/2008 11:43 pm |
... beautiful Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
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4/21/2008 4:57 am |
Lovely
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4/21/2008 4:58 am |
You are so talented,i love this yet another great poem,thought provoking and powerful. Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow thats for your picture have a great sunny weekend sweetness.hugs xxxxxxxxxxxx Your comment made the weekend all the sunnier
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4/21/2008 5:01 am |
Are you sure your not Navajo? Have you ever viewed John Trudell work? If you ever have the time, I think you will find his work interesting. btw.. I enjoyed this very much, a ringing of truth. comment. Interesting, yeah. I think I need to give him another chance. This is basically a mixture of North American creation myths, Ted Hughes's "Crow" poems, and a few of my own words to bind it all together.
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4/21/2008 5:03 am |
This reminds me of cultural studies in high school....much of what we read and researched on the Indigenous people spoke of this type of teachings of how everything came to be. Wonderful imagery gower....thank you for sharing. I especially appreciated and crow sighed and woman was born It was going to be "and crow nagged and woman was born"...only joking!
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4/21/2008 6:17 am |
Oh, and nice new pic, by the way, glowerboy. I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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4/21/2008 6:41 am |
should that be, the vampire, winked and woman was born. not bad for a english man Rossetti put it this way in 1863; Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,) That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive, And her enchanted hair was the first gold. And still she sits, young while the earth is old, And, subtly of herself contemplative, Draws men to watch the bright web she can weave, Till heart and body and life are in its hold.
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4/21/2008 6:42 am |
Powerful. Resonant in many cultures. PEter
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4/21/2008 6:43 am |
No. The beginning was all about me.
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4/21/2008 6:44 am |
Nice poem
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4/21/2008 6:44 am |
So when was marmite created? (Lovely, this)
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4/21/2008 6:45 am |
I was thinking of my Humanities class about the chiaroscuro. So, but at least you were the light which shines and is happy. Remain being happy and the scuro side will be happy as well we all have a more or less of each.
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4/21/2008 6:46 am |
I'd erect a golden idol to that.
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4/21/2008 6:48 am |
Nice happy ending Thanks for sharing
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4/21/2008 6:49 am |
So it turns out that you are not happy with all the bustle of life the not you created around you ?
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4/21/2008 6:52 am |
Is that why in the end the crow "picked me clean" and the new "I" was born? Somehow I find "chiaroscuro" a belated prelude to your "reincarnate". Are they intertextual? Or have I misread? are, to differing degrees, intertextual. The chronological order of their production doesn't match the thematic progression of the poems. But I do like the idea of a "belated prelude".
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4/21/2008 6:53 am |
I sincerely enjoy this one. Your new picture disturbs me. I was sure your eyes were escuros It is a new you.Don't be disturbed by the new me...it's just like the old me.
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4/21/2008 6:54 am |
... beautiful
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4/21/2008 6:54 am |
Oh, and nice new pic, by the way, glowerboy. I can take the picture down now.
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4/21/2008 8:26 am |
Finally. I've been waiting ages for someone to make that joke. I can take the picture down now. (Youngest son loves it, kept cracking up every time he saw it) I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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4/21/2008 9:31 am |
I want the funny face pic back up, then. (Youngest son loves it, kept cracking up every time he saw it)
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4/21/2008 12:29 pm |
There is a lot of that here. Creation myths are fascinating. It was going to be "and crow nagged and woman was born"...only joking! sorry...did I just say all that out loud..... 
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4/21/2008 5:42 pm |
Oh....alright then. Gee, insidious influence you are in my household. I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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4/21/2008 11:32 pm |
Thank you. Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
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4/22/2008 7:57 am |
the crow nagged and woman was born.....then she took the crow plucked it, stuffed it, roasted it,...and served it for dinner! sorry...did I just say all that out loud.....
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4/22/2008 8:09 am |
the crow nagged and woman was born.....then she took the crow plucked it, stuffed it, roasted it,...and served it for dinner! sorry...did I just say all that out loud.....
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4/22/2008 8:12 am |
Oooo, ta! He's actually trying to make the same face as you did and insisting I do the same, too. Gee, insidious influence you are in my household. International face-pulling! It's great being a global insidious influence (hang on, that makes me sound like SHMERSH).
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4/22/2008 8:13 am |
you're welcome
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4/22/2008 8:14 am |
would that be cannibalism? One bird eating another? S'pose so, yeah.
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4/22/2008 8:30 am |
Yay! International face-pulling! It's great being a global insidious influence (hang on, that makes me sound like SHMERSH). I'm dyslexic. I scream Ho Dog instead of Oh God in the throes of passion.
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4/22/2008 8:36 am |
Excellent . Good partnership you and crow. I love myth and parable - use it a lot in my classes.
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4/22/2008 10:04 am |
"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die."
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4/22/2008 10:05 am |
Excellent . Good partnership you and crow. I love myth and parable - use it a lot in my classes. But thanks.
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4/23/2008 8:10 pm |
Note to self: Never use the word "nag" around Michelle again.  ..damn straight baby and don't you forget it!
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4/24/2008 6:39 am |
..damn straight baby and don't you forget it!ack
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4/26/2008 7:35 am |
My eyes are green and their shade varies with the seasons. Don't be disturbed by the new me...it's just like the old me. what if the new you is actually better?
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4/28/2008 6:38 am |
stick to the old one? what if the new you is actually better?
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