Feeling the Beat (a Cento)

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2006 Poetry

Leading this dance

to the throb of my heart

and buried

in the joyous rapture.

Upon the thunder

and flash growling,

I don't need a sign

to be yours.



Your rays and mine

will glow far,

casting skyward

in our Lady's eyes.

Come to me,

my darling

in the light of the moon.



Thoughts dance

in the ebony spaces,

dripping through

the sieve of whys.

One of the reasons

this night was destined,

now so far beyond

our recall.



Quiet comfort

on a cold night,

feeling the beat

flooding me.





Words by:



wolfspiritshadow

Metalcove

ottermonkey

passionaterider

snapper1313

scorpfemale

Secret Desire





Arrangement by:



Philip N. Carcione

Author's Notes/Comments: 


The cento: is basically a patchwork poem created completely by using lines from different authors. This form has been around since the 2nd century or so and was used by scholarly monks and versions of the form have been used by T.S. Elliot in the eccologues and Ezra Pound in the Canto's. Though it is not thought that any prominent poetry has been written in the pure style of the form since the 15th century.

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