Monday 10 September 2007

Fantasizing Ecstacy---Writers Island

A new writing forum ,Writers Island for tuesday posts, was started by Rob Kistner. The inaugural prompt for this week is My Imaginary Life to write poetry, stories etc. Hope it fills that vacuum which has been created by closure of Poetry Thursday. This is my first offering for that Island which belongs to writers!

Fantasizing Ecstacy

through a
lopsided smirk
looped ears
dreadlocks dropping
down my back
I play the guitar.
half-closed eyes
trance-like state
unbidden passion
pours forth,
hitting a high
trouncing a low
with a flourish
I take a bow.

imagination had
triggered this fantasy.
euphoria woke me
up from ecstasy.

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41 comments:

  1. It's about waking up! Nice poetry and response on your imaginary life!

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  2. Hi Gautami! Cool image with the dreadlocks, half-closed eyes, and the smirk. I could hear the music too -- really nice. And I like the part about "euphoria woke me/ up from ecstasy" -- that's a fun line.
    :)

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  3. That was a fun poem. I felt like swaying to the music as I read it.

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  4. So you want to be a rock star Gautami... what a neat surprise! This was a very cool piece... ;)

    Thank you for becoming part of our island community. I look forward to seeing it grow.

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  5. I love the imagery too. Enjoyed this.

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  6. I've always longed for the skill to express my soul through music.

    Great poem.

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  7. Hi!- Enjoyed this take on the prompt very much, especially the connections to music, which is integral to my soul.

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  8. That sounds like fun! I like the idea of the bliss described in your poem.

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  9. Your words are so descriptive - I can almost see the guitarist, hear the music...Well done!

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  10. maybe you and rob should form a band!!!!!

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  11. Hee hee- I was gonna say the same as Paisley! Wha a fun surprise!

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  12. The last stanza was amazing. How you brought it out from the fantasy was perfect to my ears.

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  13. I could see Ravi Shankar in my minds eye. Although that would have been a sitar, not a guitar.
    Oh well, it works for me! Sounds great...
    Blue

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  14. Wow - you captured that image so wonderfully. I was THERE. Awesome!

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  15. Yes, this was a good imaginary life to have.

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  16. it's no fun to come back to reality... nice poem

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  17. words dancing... I sit entranced with the images you invoke... thank you!

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  18. I found it delightful picturing you in dreadlocks taking a bow. :)

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  19. What a wonderful poem! I especially enjoy the rhythm - quick and tumbling along each sensation. It so wonderfully expresses the single-minded enjoyment of each moment in bliss. Thank you so very much for the lovely experience that is your poem.

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  20. Ahh, to be totally immersed in the fantasy. I could totally related to that. This is very enjoyable. Wonderful. :)

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  21. gautami,
    This piece and it's comment flow with perfect melody. The poem, the song, the dream blend into one. Excellant, Bravo my friend!
    rel

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  22. Oh, well done! It's like a song in itself, with a beat and a rhythm.

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  23. Alex, I will take a trance like state for 200
    WHAT IS Jamaica

    Alex, reluctant emperor messiah for 300
    WHO IS Ras Tafari
    Will the Judges accept that?
    Yes he was also known as Hailie Selasse
    Yes OK..

    OK Alex, I'll take hitting a high note for 400
    WHO IS Bob Marley

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  24. gautami my friend,how hard hitting and powerful are your images and words.I loved this verse:

    "half-closed eyes
    trance-like state
    unbidden passion
    pours forth,"

    Beautiful work.

    love-bd

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  25. Nicely done. Your poem paints such a clear image.

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  26. I am sorry you had to awaken from that esctasy! I really enjoyed this poem.

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  27. i was right there with you, playing the guitar, at one with my music!

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  28. I do this sometimes with a violin. If I could just play the violin, I think I would be an awesome violinist!

    ALas.

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  29. Great fantasy life! I love it!

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  30. Yes! Take a bow, lovely poem.

    And thank you for your comment on my post. If you do see him around ask him what happens next!

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  31. Cool poem man, I do like da Islands.

    Peace out

    Rose

    xo

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  32. Morning Gautami, I love reggae and steel drum music. This brought me such a aural vision.

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  33. We all have to wake up sometime, I guess. Waking from such euphoria is not so bad though.
    Nice image. Well done, Gautami. Always a pleasure.

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  34. i see her. thanks for writing about one of my fantasies! i too dreamed that i can play the guitar with "unbidden passion".

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