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Summer-flowered Wallpaper

December 7, 2010
By alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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We danced together in that light warm room,
With the summer-flowered wallpaper blooms.
Laughing, smiling, and twirling with the daisies,
Not thinking at all about the maybes.
Like Black-Eyed Susies, our eyes would meet,
And that’s when you would sweep me off my feet.
Your eyes were as bright as the sunflowers –
Soft but warmer with every hour.
But, as winter kills all summer flowers bright,
Our love was next for winter to smite.
Never again – together – will be dance in that room,
With all the summer-flowered wallpaper blooms,
Because winter came – a cold cloaked caper –
And darkened that summer-flowered wallpaper.

© Michelle B., West Covina, CA

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alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 27 2010 at 12:00 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
55 articles 15 photos 592 comments

Favorite Quote:
Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it. yeah there's just sumthin about flowers in a poem i lik!
JSchwartz GOLD said...
on Dec. 27 2010 at 12:29 am
JSchwartz GOLD, Gainesville, Florida
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The problem isn&#039;t always the 1%, but the 99% who fight each other to be the 1%.

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This is awesome alana, the imagery completely comes out. And comparing flowers to moods only increases the flow of the poem. Nice job.
Alcanno DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 25 2010 at 12:13 pm
Alcanno DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
59 articles 0 photos 670 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you love life, don&#039;t waste time, for time is what life is<br /> made up of.&quot;<br /> <br /> -- Bruce Lee

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Haha thanks Alana! Merry Christmas! :)
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 24 2010 at 1:31 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
55 articles 15 photos 592 comments

Favorite Quote:
Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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Haha! You crack me up! Yeah it took forever for like 3 or 4 of mine to get posted then all of a sudden they got posted all at the same time i was like whoa! haha but I'll keep an eye out for your new poems!!!
Alcanno DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 24 2010 at 12:53 pm
Alcanno DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
59 articles 0 photos 670 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you love life, don&#039;t waste time, for time is what life is<br /> made up of.&quot;<br /> <br /> -- Bruce Lee

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I know, theres just something about it.... :) Merry Christmas to you too!! Uhg. One I submitted forever ago is STILL pending, and I submitted like 4 yesterday.... Bleh. Its taking forever for that one though! :/
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 24 2010 at 12:35 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
55 articles 15 photos 592 comments

Favorite Quote:
Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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Haha thanks!!!!! I'm sooo happy you liked it!!! This is one of my personal favorites of mine i'm not sure why it just is! But thank you again!!!! haas anything new of yours been posted???? and a Merry Christmas to you!!!!
Alcanno DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 24 2010 at 11:46 am
Alcanno DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
59 articles 0 photos 670 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you love life, don&#039;t waste time, for time is what life is<br /> made up of.&quot;<br /> <br /> -- Bruce Lee

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Wow Alana! The imagery and comparisons you used are fantastic! I loooooove this a lot - it paints such a beautiful picture in my mind of two people dancing and twirling in love, in sync with flowers on the wall that are swaying too somehow. AMAZING!!!!