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    <updated_at>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:52:34 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:11:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Painful Wishes/Kryielle<br/><br/>I want wings like Gabriel,<br/>to fly amongst the angels.<br/>an ability of sure advantage-<br/>and I am left with language<br/><br/>Idyllic word and stagnant mime,<br/>a distant past on wings of mine.<br/>To go in seach of the North-West Passage-<br/>and I am left with language.<br/><br/>Of all the wishes ever granted,<br/>by the light of day or by the lantern,<br/>a chance to soar above my languish-<br/>and I am left with language.<br/><br/>Wingless I am left to anguish-<br/>and I am left with language.<br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:04:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Hi Stephen, quite the piece here. I can never get as earthy anymore. I may attempt to try to be grounded and personal and see what happens. Your poem however is this and more. As Bowie said &quot;The water wall is calling it lingers and then you forget...&quot;. The window device is a clever gadget and works well to give the reader a panoramic view. Alex.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:17:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Marooned<br/>held by weak forces<br/>to circumnavigate the poles <br/>of all possibility<br/> <br/>Monuments<br/>jut from sacred ground<br/>ladder to the clouds<br/>anchored by the souls<br/><br/>pilgrimage<br/>to a hollowed ray<br/>growing from the bone and root<br/>of  retreated remains<br/><br/>Inhaled <br/>like lilac's dew<br/>displayed in halo's hue<br/>that grow upon this mound ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:32:15 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[ <br/><br/>Flavoured lexicals<br/>pastel petals of all hues<br/>drying in time<br/>they need to be picked up <br/>and examined<br/>and played with<br/><br/>They are the soft bodies<br/>of phonemic workouts<br/><br/>Left out too long<br/>they  fade<br/>evaporating away<br/>to condense eleswhere<br/>forming tiny droplets<br/>which slide down the edges of the universe<br/>puddling, blending with billions<br/>sharing individuality<br/><br/>process <br/>Posted on Jul 28th, 2008 by  alexander rhubarb <br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:55:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is very dry and difficult to read. Hence the lower rating for content and applied uses I would give it five. This must have been a difficult book to write. Not necessarily a book read for pleasure. I read it because I love language, deep structure and surface structures alike. I enjoy gram...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29435856">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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