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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Escape (01/02/06)
Tin stars and antique fishing flies
Occupy small wooden coffins that barely
Restrain the flood of memories reserved for old men and coffee

Timeworn editorials extend vague heroics
That accumulate like bones on a dusty horizon

With life's sun setting a desperate soul battles valiantly to fill inestimable moments with purpose

Plans, hopes and dreams clutter enlightenments shore like so much frippery
"Was my life worth something?"
"Did I make a difference?"
A lithe spirit struggles against uselessness
in an old glove,

Aching to dance

Behind the Boy Scout greens and the inadequate portieres of dignity
Seduction prowls like a hungry jackal among the ruins of broken covenants
Waiting for unsuspecting generations
Reality unravels the fantasy of tortured secrets
Like a seasoned thespian performing with guiltless ease On the dark stage of depravity
The aroma of seared flesh drifts heavenward as another guiless conscience is scarred

Unconquered demons, temptations and harmless flirtations
Splinter a tree left to grow twisting in the sun
Struggling to survive

Fruitless

And I inherit the wind, forgotten promises and truths warped in a forgotten wardrobe of indignity. Clinging to an ideal scripted from an old black & white sitcom that has left me bittersweet. I stand with Age waiting for Wisdom to arrive and He is late.
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Jeffrey Snell
01/11/06
Wow. Powerful and tragic. Thanks for putting it out there. God bless.
Gabrielle Morgan
01/13/06
What a powerful piece! A pleasure to read. Such strong imagery. I particularly liked the lines - "seduction prowls like a hungry jackal among the ruins of broken covenants." You are a writer of great talent with a remarkable depth of thought. I look forward to reading more of your work.
Alexandra Wilkin
01/14/06
Such powerful, expressive, intense and layered free form verse in beginners? There is such a strength of perception here, and a maturity and discipline in the phrasing. This is excellent, beautiful, tragic, yet stimulating too. I love the aromas this invokes, the images this creates. I was drawn by the title, held fast by the writing. God bless.
Marilyn Schnepp 
01/14/06
You're in the right place, my friend, but the wrong pew! You may THINK you're a Beginner, but this proves you're ADVANCED! An awesome peek into a Father's closet! Wow! I had to read it twice to get the full value! That last line was magical..."I stand with Age waiting for wisdom and He is late"...Loved it! (As for the subject of "Escape"...I found it in that closet) Thank you.
LINDA GERMAIN 
01/16/06
I must agree, this certainly sounds like you know your way around creative language. Very nice read. Looking forward to more.