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<span style="font-size: large;">it was an ancient dream<br />borne in dark primal screams<br />of bones wrapped tight <br />in purest white <br />a thousand moons ago<br />last night<br />and the elders sat <br />in long black braids<br />neatly wrapped in wisdom’s ways</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">silent tongues speak<br />teaching me <br />the messenger comes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">walls of snow<br />times four<br />then he walked tall<br />through the door<br />white on white on red<br />he was the one<br />the wise ones said<br />who came to me<br />to set me free<br />to take me home<br />no more my soul<br />to roam<br />and in his sight<br />i saw the light<br />it was an ancient dream<br />borne in dark primal screams<br />as spirits took flight<br />in cosmic rite<br />a thousand moons ago<br />last night<br />.</span></div>
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-19102775511349096612013-10-28T12:20:00.001-04:002013-10-28T12:20:39.487-04:00the bleeding...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><br />i have lost my voice<br />in lands long gone <br />tongue of red<br />skin of white<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>o beloved deer</i></span><br />forgive me my sins<br />my skin bleeds white<br />my heart beats red<br /><br />i have lost my hearing<br />in sounds of death<br />ears of stone<br />cast to the winds<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>o beloved bison</i></span><br />forgive me my sins<br />my skin bleeds white<br />my heart beats red</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>i have lost my sight<br />in warriors slain<br />eyes of love<br />turned to fright</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>o beloved child</i></span><br />forgive me my sins<br />my skin bleeds white<br />my heart beats red<br /><br />i have lost my touch<br />in muskets drawn<br />hands of gore<br />take their toll<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>o beloved land</i></span><br />forgive me my sins<br />my skin bleeds white <br />my heart beats red<br /><br />i have lost my soul<br />in skin of white<br />bleeds red<br />through the black night<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>o beloved tribe</i></span></b></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-27993664348268568112013-10-19T18:22:00.000-04:002013-10-19T18:22:01.106-04:00cries of the jungle...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>clandestine love in the night</i><br /><br />heated whispers brush my face<br />you become me in black and white<br />and love becomes more in this dark dark place<br />as flames are lit in this sacred rite</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">reality blurs in shades of grey<br />o’ glorious love i do thee pray<br />as silent breaths hush the chanting choir<br />grey becomes red in the midnight fire<br /><br /><i>clandestine love in the night</i><br />elephants roar as gazelles take flight<br />all becomes quiet in the hot jungle night<br />and dreams become our singular plight<br /><br /><i>clandestine love till the mornin’ light</i></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-49270647650661109562013-10-04T15:19:00.000-04:002013-10-04T15:19:08.600-04:00dancers of the lavender...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>we dance into<br />the lavender light<br />as the night moves<br />between our fevered hips<br />and cries of the jungle<br />weave our dream<br /><br />o dancers<br />of the lavender night</b></span></span></div>
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-69666141457192853142013-09-27T17:56:00.002-04:002013-09-27T17:56:35.925-04:00red sun setting...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the screaming storms</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and the deer ran wild<br /> and the buffalo roamed<br />it was the time<br />of the <i>red sun setting</i><br />the summer of all hell bent<br />when sorrow sprang up<br />through the orange trumpet vine<br />and the bleeding clouds<br />filled the rivers red<br /> and the deer ran wild<br /> and the buffalo roamed<br />it was the time<br />of <i>red leaves falling</i><br />the autumn of anguish<br />when agony rolled in<br />like a cancer’s sick slime<br />and the blistering hail<br />filled the white devils’ pail<br /> and the deer ran wild<br /> and the buffalo roamed<br />it was the time<br />of the <i>pale moon rising</i><br />the winter of discontent<br />when grief reigned down<br />on the green mountain pine<br />and the howling winds<br />filled the barren skies<br /> and the deer ran wild<br /> and the buffalo roamed<br />it was the time<br />the time of white stars shining<br /> pale moon rising<br /> red leaves falling<br /> red sun setting<br />it was the time<br />the time when white on red maliciously tread<br /> red on red no longer bred<br /> red and red no longer red<br />and the<br />red son met the spring of the deep forest dent<br /> the summer all hell bent<br /> the autumn of anguish<br /> the winter of discontent</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />it was the time<br />the red sun set and the deer no longer ran wild<br /> and the buffalo roamed no more<br />it was the time <br />of the red son<br /> <i>no more</i><br />and the red sun<br />set</span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-77817158251480523172013-09-16T09:39:00.000-04:002013-09-16T09:39:31.321-04:00i will forget you...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #45818e;">i will forget you<br /><br />i will forget you<br />every morning as the sun forgets to shine<br />i will forget you<br />every night as the stars forget to sparkle<br />and i will forget you<br />as the moon forgets to rise in blue velvet<br />i will forget you</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>and cranes took flight<br />to the morning light<br /><br />and the red sun shone<br />o’er the mountains steep<br />strands of love</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This first book of Ms. Pelrine-Bacon, The Blue Jar, a young adult novel, is scheduled for release by <a href="http://www.plumtreebooks.co/#!home|mainPage">Plum Tree Books</a> in October 2013.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marta-Pelrine-Bacon-author/105634872913136">Marta Pelrine-Bacon</a> writes modern fairy tales and makes art from the printed pages of those tales. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where Marta grew up - on a long stretch of road in central Florida - her father told her a witch lived in the abandoned house under a cluster of punk trees, and moss and hot air balloons carried Santa's elves overhead. Their own house faced a lake big enough for an island in the middle where blackbirds settled for the sunset. For her, Florida was a perfect place to develop an interest in sharp objects and shadowy places. She says that is why she writes stories with odd twists, turns and edges.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She was born in the Sunshine State. Her maternal grandmother moved there in the 1920s. Her father moved there in 1959. That's hardly any history at all. Except in Florida, that's a lot! But she left home at 17 to study English and writing in Indiana, and she followed that with her Master's Degree from Kent State University. To see something else of the world, she joined the Peace Corps and taught English in Bulgaria for two years. One way or another, she has always written and made art.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">According to Marta, she writes because stories well up in her brain. She would go mad if she didn't let them out. While her past inspires her stories, her stories are not her past, and she is not her characters. Characters come to her in images, and she writes to discover why they are doing what they do.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you take a look at her art, all the words in the pictures you see are from her novels and stories. The images are not representational of the writing but are images she likes and finds compelling, and perhaps the images capture the mood of the words.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">The author/artist also works with other people's words. She created a CD cover and insert art for John Zainea and the Mania's album, Summer of One-Thousand Seeds, using the lyrics and notes. She has also used favorite poems or words in other made-to-order pieces and pieces for fundraisers. Her work has been shown three times over three years at Genuine Joe's Coffee House in Austin and two years at Art City Austin. It has appeared in Onomatopoeia Mazagine and has been featured over at 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfast. NPR's series "In Character" selected a short piece on her love of Dorothy Gale, and a fairy tale she wrote appeared in the May 2011 issue of Scheherezade's Bequest. One of her flash fiction pieces appeared in the online journal 50 to 1. Currently, Ms. Pelrine-Bacon is the graphics artist/illustrator for Plum Tree Books.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Art, Marta believes, can be made anywhere by anyone. Make something. She also believes in writing whether or not anyone is reading. But if you are reading, she thanks you!</span></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-24745350123056071592013-08-24T14:14:00.001-04:002013-08-24T14:14:14.656-04:00lost at sea...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-13881130457960205342013-08-24T13:51:00.000-04:002013-08-24T13:51:48.911-04:00and the band plays on...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">elephant tusks rip<br />through the dark blue night<br /><br />as your fingers part<br />my red red seas<br />lifting up the me of me<br />love flows up<br />and love flows down<br />washin’ away<br />those sacred sounds<br /><br />throughout this holy<br />of holy nights<br />my crimson plight<br />too late to shut<br />the gilded gate<br />my fatal fate<br /><i>as the band plays on</i></span></b></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-59534536997794310082013-07-31T12:13:00.001-04:002013-07-31T12:13:06.042-04:00reigning grief...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-11181780695069173782013-07-25T16:35:00.000-04:002013-07-25T16:35:42.192-04:00seasons...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and the skies spread wide</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and the rains came</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and the earth</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>danced</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>on that hot summer day</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>when first</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>i knew</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>you</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>when your eyes</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>traced</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>your fingers</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>shouted</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>your mouth</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>devoured</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>me</b></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-88800409633724600252013-07-22T20:29:00.000-04:002013-07-22T20:29:04.904-04:00o holy holy...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>unholy days of mine</i><br /><br />when i found you<br />my spirit hungered<br />chewed to the core of <br />my soul’s bones<br />my thirst rampant<br />raged through<br />rusted tunnels<br />of wasted yesterdays<br />my life dark<br />under blackened sun<br />obliterated moon<br />sawdust stars<br /><br /><i>unholy days of time</i><br /> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-cu-UVuG3NHKCrgROGMw49Hqn0x6UVPB6gMDJU7Ri_5322prglGVP_ENyXihZGfViT8CfFwj1_qoKVdoYbv2cyL7dNkJlB6M6rOVvchDYqpOrdFyWEuPjSpot52uOaVhf5k_oDPqi6U/s1600/alexander+brook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-cu-UVuG3NHKCrgROGMw49Hqn0x6UVPB6gMDJU7Ri_5322prglGVP_ENyXihZGfViT8CfFwj1_qoKVdoYbv2cyL7dNkJlB6M6rOVvchDYqpOrdFyWEuPjSpot52uOaVhf5k_oDPqi6U/s640/alexander+brook.jpg" width="377" /></a><b>when i found you<br />my eyes blinded<br />belied reality<br />my lips parched<br />by love’s skeleton<br />held no succor<br />my ears deaf<br />silenced by sin<br />my voice mute<br />lost in searing screams<br /><br /><i>unholy days of then</i><br /><br />when i found you<br />hands no longer held<br />arms no longer reached<br />feet no longer climbed<br />self no longer sang<br />when i found you<br /><br /><i>unholy days<br />unholy time<br />unholy then</i><br /><br />when i found you<br />i was found<br /><br /><i>o holy love<br />o holy</i></b></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-15345686729394816172013-07-07T19:47:00.000-04:002013-07-07T19:47:17.843-04:00o heart of mine...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>o aching heart<br />that found you once<br />tied as you were<br />in a web of woe<br />and loved you more<br />than life could bear<br />and out of love<br />set you free<br />to live in dignity<br /><br />love divine</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>o breaking heart<br />that loved you so<br />and loves you still<br />and always will<br />to find you cut <br />those ties that bind<br />and walked away<br />had i but known<br />i would have stayed<br /><br />love of mine<br /><br />o broken heart<br />rigid with regret<br />how can i now<br />e’re forget<br />what i had<br />and what i did<br />had i known then<br />what i know now<br />i would have<br /><br />yes<br />i would have<br /><br /> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>o heart<br />of mine<br /><br />broken<br />twice</b></span></span></div>
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-76121527906941263422013-07-07T19:39:00.000-04:002013-07-07T19:39:04.351-04:00cobwebs and shadows...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">cobwebs woven<br />in strands of time<br />wonderin’ when<br />you’ll ever be mine<br /><br />and egrets soar<br />from my ocean’s dry floor<br /><br />shadows spilled<br />from bodies’ drawn blood<br />dripping down<br />from love’s fiery flood<br /><br />and flamingos fly<br />from the curves of my thighs</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">and lightening strikes<br />to the earth below<br />setting fire in <br />a crimson glow<br /><br />and lions roar<br />from the depths of my core<br /><br />then moonlight moans<br />its song so sad<br />in sweet sweet rays<br />all golden clad<br /><br />and egrets soar<br />and flamingos fly<br />and lions roar<br /><br />through cobwebs woven<br />in strands of time<br />knowin’ now <br />you’re already mine</span></b></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-24163552283992664462013-07-05T11:26:00.001-04:002013-07-10T09:23:31.481-04:00oh orchid lace...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">from<br />tarnished memories<br />in three quarter time<br />faceless bodies<br />in black and white<br />days dredged<br />with dreams undreamed</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />and nights beset<br />with crusted lies<br />oh love<br />denied<br />where demons dress<br />on golden shores<br />and angels taunt<br />forevermore<br />where love <br />had breathed<br />its last<br />and life<br />was lived<br />far too fast<br />oh acts<br />regret<br />all led <br />to but one place<br />dance my feet<br />oh feet of clay<br />dance my way<br />to your <br />smiling <br />face<br />and <br />wrap<br />me<br />now<br />in<br /> </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">your<br />orchid<br />lace</span></span></b><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-5320345380558857622013-06-30T13:34:00.001-04:002013-06-30T13:34:28.269-04:00purple passion...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">nights</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">edged</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">in lilac seams</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">where</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">loveless</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">love</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">lies</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">passim</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>o holy grail</i></span> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">dreams</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">float</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">quiet</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">into</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">waters</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">purple passion</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">ship</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">wrecked</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">souls</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">take</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">flight</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">spirits</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">scream</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">to</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">be</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">redeemed</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i>o holy grail</i></span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">spewing</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">forth</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">words</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">unheard</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">the</span></b></span></span></div>
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-13095656044261798682013-04-20T19:09:00.001-04:002013-04-20T19:09:27.396-04:00the drowning...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>leavin’ behind all that glistenin’ glass</b></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>relics of dreams from the past<br />then those rollin’ waves wash on in<br />lappin’ up my life-long sins<br />lettin’ me free to begin ag’in<br />but love don’t come easy to this broken heart<br />wantin’ nobody but you right from the start<br /><br /> </b></span></span></span></div>
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-27484408432693845232013-04-12T11:47:00.001-04:002013-04-12T11:47:48.341-04:00empty arms...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-33577792646846792132013-04-04T18:24:00.001-04:002013-04-04T18:24:33.633-04:00wastelands...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ridin’ those highways of time<br />through my everlovin’ mind<br />lookin’ for some little ole sign<br />that says he’s all mine<br /><br />but wastelands unkind <br />are all that i find</b></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-48459234246001873872013-03-12T13:31:00.001-04:002013-03-12T13:31:52.575-04:00the dream...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: magenta;"><br />i can’t seem to find<br />what it is i’m lookin’ for<br />all my hopes now resigned<br />to love behind closed doors<br />all my dreams now swept from shore<br /><br />i can’t seem<br />i can’t seem<br />to keep<br /><br />i can’t seem to keep<br />what it is i found<br />it all washed away in the ocean deep<br />makin’ its way all hell-bent bound<br />like ever’ thing else just gave up and drowned<br /><br />i can’t seem<br />i can’t seem<br />to find<br />to keep<br /><br />what was only a dream<br />in my dark dark mind<br />did it all float downstream<br />like vanilla cream<br /><br />did i leave it somewhere behind<br />all laid out for your lecherous kind<br /><br />i can’t see<br />i can’t see<br /><br />didn’t nobody hear me scream</span></b></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-1305861073033016832013-03-05T17:25:00.000-05:002013-03-05T17:26:10.769-05:00river of desire...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>that ole river of desire<br />that molten flow of burnin’ fire<br />washed away all them words<br />you’d vowed to keep<br />an’ black an’ white got all blurred<br />slippin’ us both into the darkness deep<br />one glance at a time one touch at a time<br />knowin’ you were gonna be mine<br />no matter ever how brief<br />knowin’ it was gonna end in all that grief<br />an’ that ole river of desire<br />just kept on makin’ you a sinnin’ liar<br />but rivers run rapid down them hills<br />sweepin’ us both along for the kill<br />it wasn’t one but two that desired<br />two hearts of burnin’ fire</b></span></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-21333037079051191282013-02-10T16:44:00.000-05:002013-02-10T16:44:14.090-05:00BOOK RELEASE...words unspoken...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">and extra special thanks to <a href="http://www.synchrosecrets.com/synchrosecrets/">TRISH MACGREGOR</a> for her ongoing <span style="font-size: large;">inspiration<span style="font-size: large;">, <span style="font-size: large;">encouragement/support and friendship - and <span style="font-size: large;">to her magnificent creation, NICA<span style="font-size: large;"> [<span style="font-size: large;">in Esperanza and Ghost Key], who emanates love and lust<span style="font-size: large;"> - live o<span style="font-size: large;">n, Nica, live on!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br />
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GYPSYWOMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8192546280809331581.post-45966235883987747342013-01-21T18:09:00.000-05:002013-01-21T18:09:27.473-05:00shadow dance...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b>night winds etched your face<br />into the far side of the moon<br />and shadow birds danced<br />on waters of broken promises<br />last chances and<br />what could<br />have been</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><br /><br />as the sun singed your heart<br />into the star-filled skies<br />and shadow birds danced<br />on clouds of discontent<br />dysphoria and<br />what could<br />have been<br /><br />and the storm spun your soul<br />into the deep dark abyss<br />as shadow birds danced<br />on the edge of the cliff<br /><br />and the winds etched<br />and the sun singed<br />and the storm spun<br /><br />you<br />away<br /><br />as<br /><br />shadow birds<br />danced<br /><br />on my</b></span></span></span><br />
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