Sing to me Calliope...

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Infuse me with thy voice.
Make me feel thy sacred touch
That offers me no choice

I do not want my life to be
Deprived of everything,
So lift your Grecian stony arms
Reverberate and ring.

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[+3] - panzade - 07/23/2009It's nice that you're posting poetry again Letty[img]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/447/applausey.gif[/img]
[+3] - panzade - 07/23/2009You mean Little Lord Robert? Yeah...he's pretty special
[+3] - Rockhead - 07/23/2009thanks, miss letty for writing again. I miss it, even if I don't write one in return. mebbe tonight...
[+3] - panzade - 07/23/2009I'll repeat...I have no grudge...and I meant no snideness. You could search all the threads and never find one negative comment I have EVER made about you. I said you were special in a good...
[+3] - Robert Gentel - 07/23/2009[quote="panzade"]I never thought you would take Little Lord in a negative way...apologies for the poor word choice...and let's let it go.[/quote] Fair enough.
[+3] - High Seas - 07/23/2009Letty - if those 2 gentlemen are quite finished with their exchange, I want to say I really, really, liked your poem. I'm not sure if this Roman statue really represented Calliope or another muse,...
[+3] - Robert Gentel - 07/23/2009[quote="High Seas"]... if those 2 gentlemen are quite finished with their exchange...[/quote] Mea culpa, if panzade didn't mean it that way I'll take his word for it. I quit smoking a...
[+3] - Francis - 07/24/2009That muse is Clio indeed, HS. Here is Calliope, the [i]beautiful-voiced[/i]: [img]http://icalliope.com/Imagi/muse.calliope.jpg [/img]
[+3] - Letty - 07/24/2009lyric poetry was meant to be sung Just as the bells were meant to be rung As the raven once did fly ebony in a dark knight's sky Da Fada of the Portuguese The heart of music, sounds that...
[+2] - Letty - 07/23/2009I guess it took that kid's chastisement to invoke the muse, panz.

@Letty,

It's nice that you're posting poetry again Letty

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/447/applausey.gif

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@panzade,

I guess it took that kid's chastisement to invoke the muse, panz.

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@Letty,

You mean Little Lord Robert?

Yeah...he's pretty special

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There is not enough original writing on a2k these days. Thanks for the poem, letty.

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@panzade,

If you have something to say to me say it to my face, instead of making snide comments about me to others panzade.

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@Letty,

thanks, miss letty for writing again.

I miss it, even if I don't write one in return.

mebbe tonight...

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@Robert Gentel,

you're just amazingly totally wrong...how could you misinterpret what I wrote?

You ARE special and I have nothing but respect for you and what you do....so put away your anger-stick.

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@panzade,

I'm not angry, I have no idea what your aforementioned grudge against me is about, I just find your snide comments cowardly.

And don't play dumb, "Little Lord Robert" is hardly a compliment.

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@Robert Gentel,

I'll repeat...I have no grudge...and I meant no snideness.
You could search all the threads and never find one negative comment I have EVER made about you.
I said you were special in a good way...what don't you understand about that?

I never thought you would take Little Lord in a negative way...apologies for the poor word choice...and let's let it go.

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@panzade,

panzade wrote:

I never thought you would take Little Lord in a negative way...apologies for the poor word choice...and let's let it go.

Fair enough.

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@Letty,

Letty - if those 2 gentlemen are quite finished with their exchange, I want to say I really, really, liked your poem. I'm not sure if this Roman statue really represented Calliope or another muse, Clio, but nobody else seems to know either so this picture should do:

http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/marshall/marshall15.jpg

PS I know you said "Grecian" and I'll try to find a Greek one, Roman was the first one to come up.

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@High Seas,

I wasn't certain either, H.S. I had to search it out. Ah, how long ago we did illustrated poetry. To me, a calliope was like a steam organ

Thank you all for your input. Craven/Robert and I both love Edgar A. Poe. I still get my book the kids gave me and look back through it.

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@High Seas,

High Seas wrote:

... if those 2 gentlemen are quite finished with their exchange...

Mea culpa, if panzade didn't mean it that way I'll take his word for it. I quit smoking a few days ago and am told I'm more than a bit more irritable about things right now so I'll take the blame for this one.

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@Robert Gentel,

Expensive aren't they Craven/Robert. You should do your poetry bit, my young friend, as should the mooseman.

http://www.trains-usa.com/images/LIO%2011041.jpg

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@High Seas,

That muse is Clio indeed, HS.

Here is Calliope, the beautiful-voiced:

http://icalliope.com/Imagi/muse.calliope.jpg

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@Francis,

lyric poetry was meant to be sung
Just as the bells were meant to be rung

As the raven once did fly
ebony in a dark knight's sky

Da Fada of the Portuguese
The heart of music,
sounds that please

The ear doth listen,
The timpani drum,
A white night moon
An eclipse of the sun

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@Francis,

Literally though her name means "beautiful appearance". She was the first-born of all the 9 muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (meaning "Memory", another great name), and if you read the whole text you'll see Zeus really got around with the ladies >
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021:text=Library:book=1:chapter=3

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.....ἐκ δὲ Μνημοσύνης μούσας, πρώτην μὲν Καλλιόπην, εἶτα Κλειὼ Μελπομένην Εὐτέρπην Ἐρατὼ Τερψιχόρην Οὐρανίαν Θάλειαν Πολυμνίαν.

> if Apollodorus is to be believed. Calliope is said to be the mother of Orpheus.

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@Francis,

Saw that statue in the Vatican earlier this year.

Really a very nice poem, Letty!

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@Walter Hinteler,

Thank you, Walter. High Seas, are we talking about Calliope or Clio?

Orpheus and Euridice

Come Euridice,
Follow me.
Listen to my harp of love.

I'll guide you from this underworld
And let no serpent fangs unfurl
To take thy life
Majorca pearl

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