☥ 6th. {text} she sits down to her coloured thread

[quiesquietis]

Dear City

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[trapdoor_spider]

What sort of poetry do you prefer?

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[quiesquietis]

Victorian, primarily, but I have a fondness for more contemporary poets like Pablo Neruda and Maya Angelou, and the talented young man who sprays graffiti around my neighborhood. I suppose I'm intolerably eclectic.

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[trapdoor_spider]

Personally I've a fondness for Oscar Wilde but then I'm fairly biased. He threw the most scandalous parties.

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[quiesquietis]

Oh, Mr. Wilde. And his prose and plays are so lovely as well, Dorian Gray and "The Importance of Being Earnest" being rather conventional choices, I know, but I do adore them.

[byweavinglives]

I don't have a poetic soul.

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[quiesquietis]

Oh, I wouldn't know about that, Miss Saya. You do have quite a way with cutting to the heart of things.

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[byweavinglives]

I think that is the opposite of poetic.

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[quiesquietis]

To some, I suppose. The poetry I like best is the kind that shows me a thing clearly.

[protects_her]

"Love is the star that can light up your world,
It's the sunset that sinks in your heart,
It's the storm in the skies
When you think of goodbyes
And the tempest that tears you apart."

For one thing, it's great for wooing women.

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[quiesquietis]

Yes, there is always that. I don't recognize that poem. Is it an original?

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[protects_her]

It is, yeah. It's not one of my better ones, but it did the trick when I needed it to.

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[quiesquietis]

It's good, but have you considered expanding on the images you've used? The heavens and storms are often metaphors for love for a reason, of course, but I think you could expand on the potential there by developing them further and perhaps creating a fuller integration between the stars/storms past the linking rhyme scheme.

Unless the young lady in question is fond of it as it is, it's unwise to go back and revise those poems overmuch, unless she indicates that she wouldn't take it as an insult.

Audio ][ Placeholder sob college why so early

[worksmart]

[To give him some credit, he's sounding awkward.]

Most things people put effort into have some redeeming value. With the possible exception of cosmetic surgery and reality tv.

Audio ][ Because it is a jerx :{

[quiesquietis]

[Charlotte, on the other hand, sounds perfectly normal, albeit more scratchily voiced than she usually is, and speaking in even more of a whisper. Her tone is polite and friendly, that's the important part.]

That's a very thoughtful way of looking at it, Dr. Chase, thank you.

Audio ][ It is total jerx :{

[worksmart]

You could always just go with Chase. I'm a doctor at work.

Audio ][ /commiserates

[quiesquietis]

There you are with your liberties. Chase, all right. How are you today?

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[alexis_castle]

I love poetry, and almost any kind of written word, really. It's very much an expression of the heart and soul of a person... which makes the value of each individual work unique and irreplaceable.

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[quiesquietis]

It touches off the creative spark, and sets it shining outward. Or that's the way I heard someone put it once.