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APW Group Poem

Completed 21 January 2002


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Sorcerer's Lament


At first it was too wet

rivulets of raw umber splashing over cadmium blue
Lizzie Jankovic
Leicester, UK - Mon Aug 20 07:21:39 2001
translucent liquid, trickling, clinging, dripping.
monique buchberger
punta gorda, fl USA - Fri Aug 24 11:03:18 2001
The stagnant air absorbing the blues of the water
Illana Sroka
new york, ny USA - Mon Aug 27 14:27:15 2001
and salt stinging, lashing madly with the roar of the wind.
LeAnn M. Suggs
Oceanside, CA United States - Sat Sep 1 07:53:58 2001

Slowly the surrendering sea left sun-simmered tidepools
Laurie Pollack
Lansdowne, PA USA - Tue Sep 4 12:36:57 2001
silently slipping into the abyss.
Daniel Phelps
Bruges, BX FRANCE - Tue Sep 4 13:31:08 2001
Alive and vibrant, yet empty without form or shape,
Lyndia Fridley
Kewanee, Il USA - Wed Sep 5 17:51:51 2001
the sorcerer's watch stopped ticking until
Scott Reid
USA - Fri Sep 7 08:37:19 2001
the towers had crumbled and a single hand
andrew bradley
Philadelphia, PA USA - Wed Sep 19 11:57:36 2001
sea-splashed, reached up to sun and sky
Laurie Pollack
Lansdowne, PA USA - Thu Sep 20 11:44:00 2001
and pulled them down into the bosom of the earth.
Dan
Hants, UK - Sun Sep 23 13:34:45 2001

Breathless, battered, beaten, and finally forgiven,
c.greel
Lismore, nsw australia - Wed Sep 26 17:34:32 2001
an effervescent sigh released and gave poignant warning
N. C. Davis
Gibson City, IL USA - Fri Oct 12 21:45:43 2001
of the fast approaching terror to be wreaked by Merlin's ghost.
N.C. Davis
Gibson City, IL USA - Sat Oct 13 22:46:15 2001

The sorcerer began to create again
Laurie Pollack
Lansdowne, PA USA - Tue Oct 16 13:28:09 2001
undaunted, like evening dew,
Chris Farago
USA - Wed Oct 17 11:17:39 2001
and this time the oceanic cauldron boiled with acrid dust
hermyohnee
USA - Sun Oct 21 10:46:53 2001
mightily swirling, magnificently inhaling
N. Dymond
Bethany, PA USA - Thu Nov 8 17:43:19 2001
the breath of intoned incantations.
Elaine
Fairfax Staion, VA USA - Mon Nov 12 21:38:37 2001

But now, it was too dry.
Lyn Miner
Minneapolis, MN USA - Tue Dec 4 11:02:57 2001
A drench of raining thoughts, wringing quietly
adrian
hamilton, human new zealand - Mon Dec 10 09:25:04 2001
throughout the dawn
K.Z.
Mesquite, nv USA - Thu Dec 13 17:24:55 2001
unpredictably crumbled in a sooty chimney.
Remus Dan
Baia Mare, MM Romania - Sun Dec 16 05:05:20 2001

And as he stealthy slithered away
Jess Barbour
Newark, DE USA - Sat Dec 22 06:28:30 2001
to the golden, ethereal realm,
Steve Davis
Cleveland, TX USA - Mon Dec 24 21:02:33 2001
winter's solemn slumber slowly subsided with the arival of spring
Michael Miller
Chicago, ILL USA - Thu Jan 10 11:03:39 2002
and the subdivided territory was now one with the land.
jeff
palm beack, ca USA - Wed Jan 16 13:53:01 2002