I finally write something!

who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
edited April 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I got inspired to write this by Buru on a thread next door at AET then a bunch of people pm'd and told me to put it over here, So
Here:D

Titled:

What I know about the Andes , or
Bob finally gets around to writing something after all these years


The Andes are a cold blizzard at 12000 feet in Ecuador
Snow blowing so hard that you can only feel your partner
Knowing that it’s a mile down the cliff only feet away, but huddled together for warmth
With the woman I was hiking with, waiting out the night, alone in the wilderness.
Nervous laughter in the howling wind.

The Andes are also a natural sulphur spring the very next night
next to an honor lodge. Leave a little money in the box for some shelter.

The stars so plentiful that constellations are indistiguishable
The stars so bright that they reflect off her eyes while sitting in the hot pool,
thick steam rolling off the water across the snow and down the mountain.
Orange beams of light in the sky,dancing together with the plumes of steam out of the simmering volcano across the valley

Drinking some stale wine that never tasted so good, no one for miles around
In each others arms, smiling at the sound of the gentle mountain breeze
Be kind, man
Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • That was descriptive, informative, tender and coherent writing that is poetic enough to be put into a prose format and not lose its powers. Have you kept a journal? You could describe some of the day to day experience and crown them with these moments of beauty for maximum effect. I'd be interested in reading more of your work.

    A welcome, life-affirming change from some of the unnecessary miserablism that's been creeping into these here parts of late. Thank you!

    By the way, I like Buru's writings too! :D

    Finsbury
    :)
  • SquirrelSquirrel Posts: 337
    heyyyyy...great you put it on here too!!!!

    can only repeat...what a beautiful piece of writing!!!! *sigh*

    ...you should really put more of that on here!!!!!

    mmwah!
  • anOmisanOmis Posts: 223
    thanx for sharing
    was indeed an interesting reading..

    BEYTIFUL!
    ~~dont mind yer make up, just make up yer mind~~

    ~~its better to be hated for who you are than be loved for who you are not~~

    F.ZAPPA
  • *bump*
    Rarghstarfarian.
  • BuruBuru Posts: 8,473
    Originally posted by FinsburyParkCarrots
    That was descriptive, informative, tender and coherent writing that is poetic enough to be put into a prose format and not lose its powers. Have you kept a journal? You could describe some of the day to day experience and crown them with these moments of beauty for maximum effect. I'd be interested in reading more of your work.

    A welcome, life-affirming change from some of the unnecessary miserablism that's been creeping into these here parts of late. Thank you!

    By the way, I like Buru's writings too! :D

    Finsbury
    :)

    you do? ?!! thank you :D:)
    I like yours too
    and I adore Bob - his writing about the Andes was beautiful

    Beautiful, Bob!! You hear me? Beautiful....
    :D
    y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?
  • *bumpedness*
    Rarghstarfarian.
  • Thanks Finsbury
    Thanks anOmis
    Thanks Squirrel
    Thanks Ruby
    Thanks Buru, for inspiring me. I am loving your poems!
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • *bump*
    for our sweety
    :)
    Rarghstarfarian.
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