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Pearl

The pearl in the chamber Unfurls, becoming Light through lashes Voices Faces Needs Shape and color Dreams and patterns Things and concepts Self and other Speech… The chamber grows Opening into vast complexities Bewildered, we simplify, stepwise In order to become. We stretch, spiraling open. And after The glories The epiphanies The full tapestry of chances and choices Possibilities and potentialities Emotions and alliances Word and deed The dust worn fine beneath us Embers crackling to ash Leaves curling in frost We wind inward again Memories Connections, tied off quietly Things said and unsaid Things done and undone The senses fade The chambers become smaller More distant Until the pearl sits alone Entire.

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Wayfarer

Perhaps I should offer my hand to Autumn And open the doors to the liminal wayfares that once frightened me Risk all, since limiting my risks has left me circling and failing, Circling and failing. Will I learn to rule my traveling, as I once had the courage to dream To stand with one foot in each of two worlds, and craft a life in between? To live is to question, to wonder, To wander far from where we started And I am not done asking. But this road goes nowhere; I am travel-weary and footsore Ending up back where I began with less than I once claimed. So I will seek the Crossroads, turn deosil And not look back. Behind is only ashes and bones: signposts for other travelers.

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Crone

The years were turning Like curdled hopes Dreams gone to seed and blown away My sense of womanhood rattling dry And choices borne aloft, Lost in the westering sun. In fear I dug my toes into the past But the tides of time Pulled my youth from beneath me The shores eroding fast. Then at last: My seasons changed I let go, simply and quietly Breathed into it and became. Like summer rain: Suddenly joy.

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Tinder

This dry season settles in Tearless, watch my cracking skin The fracture lines let darkness seep Along the gutters of my sleep My desiccated, silent heart A sepulcher for broken parts Regrets, resentments, breed like dust Gather mold spores, gather rust Again, the well-trod precipice I contemplate regenesis Light the fire, expunge the fault I always turn, and turn to salt© Catherine Fischer 12/3/19

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Vow by copper9lives, literature

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Vow

Talathion... Your name is signed Inked in my blood, across my mind My pulse, my air and bone and soul You sing my veins; You breathe me whole. I swear to you my strength and youth A life of sweet and bitter truth And every silver hair I earn Every secret that I learn. Upon your altar I have lain My verse and music, each refrain My joy and suffering, my art The close-writ pages of my heart. I yield my body, for to bear Our passion, love — our union's heir And every work of hand or voice Every lesson, every choice. And when at last I fail in breath I give the hallow of my death The light of every memory... And afterward, eternity. 2...

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Artist // Professional // Varied

May 7
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Fantasy and Science Fiction art fan, lover of literature, photography, travel, fine food and drink, corsetry, critters, and our wonderful world. I love exploring with a camera, making jewelry, cooking, writing poetry, and anything to do with the sea. My jewelry work is at oohshinyjewelry.deviantart.com — please check it out!

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John Singer Sargent, Claude Monet, Maxfield Parrish, Ray Troll, Hayao Miyazaki, Tony DiTerlizzi, the Cyan Miller brothers

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Love Actually, Hitch, Men in Black, The Princess Bride, many more

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The Walking Dead, anything featuring David Attenborough

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Too many! Eclectic interests. Bonobo and Floex are current faves

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Bridge of Birds, the Aubrey-Maturin series, several hundred others

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Lois McMaster Bujold, C.J. Cherryh, Barry Hughart, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, David Brin, Cherie Priest, William Blake, Bill Watterson, Erica Jong, Amy Tan, Neal Stephenson, George R.R. Martin, Ursula LeGuin, Charles DeLint, Sheri S. Tepper, others!

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Skyrim!, Myst!, Machinarium! Botanicula!, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the old Spyro the Dragon trilogy, Ziggity, Robo Rally, Bohnanza

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Macintosh, where available; PS3 otherwise

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MacBook Pro, Nikon D90, iPhone

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Travel, writing, reading, photography, veterinary medicine, cats, jewelry-making, cooking, eating, drinking!

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copper9lives

May 16, 2020

Thanks all for the birthday wishes, everyone! I’m well, had a lovely, lazy day, and hope you’re all well!

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Dec 19, 2019

Still curious that “Tinder” doesn’t seem to have been noticed... I really liked the way it turned out.

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!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

It's May 7th which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!

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!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

It's May 7th which means it's that time of year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!

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Sep 11, 2022

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