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Take This
Body
by Alexander
Shaumyan Wednesday, October 15, 2003
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consider O woman this my body.
--e.e. cummings
Take this body, my love, my body, my love,
feel my knees and my arms, feel my fingers on your
hair, cold fingers, sad fingers, kiss my mouth, my
love, ever so gently caressing my chest and stroking
my hair, play with it--whatever is left of it-- I'm
sad, my love, and as I hear you laugh, I feel the
water around my eyes, my brown eyes, the eyes of a poet,
the eyes of a stranger-- I'm a stranger, my love,
I'm a stranger in a strange land of secret kisses and
lovelorn faces, of cold bodies huddled together,
hiding behind stiff dresses and tightly fitting jeans,
I'm a stranger to a kiss, I'm a stranger to a moist
mouth and a playful tongue, I'm a stranger to a warm
breast, I stand here bespectacled and confused,
scratching my scraggly beard, forcing a faint smile--
there is so much pain, my love, right here in the palm
of my hand, right here in the lump of my throat, right
here in the tightness of my chest, I'm strung like an
instrument with shrunken testicles and immobilized
toes-- see me tremble, my love, see me shed a tear
onto this dusty world-- I'm with you, my love, I'm
with you alone, I'm with you in embrace of tender
passion, I'm in love with you and that's why I'm
full of tears.
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Reviewed by Jeff
Mason |
10/28/2003 |
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Words from deep within your
heart. Thanks for this beautiful pouring out of your thoughts
and feelings. |
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Reviewed by Micha
Julian |
10/25/2003 |
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Alexander,
so moved by
this, it's sadness, so palpable, oh, you write with every part
of your self, I, this one, so Honest, painful and simply
stated need for love, the love...chills
Bravo, again,
Alexander, oh...this is one to keep, for me... Thank You!
(will be buying your NEW!!! Book as soon as am able,
oh, yes, yes!) |
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Reviewed by Tami
Ryan |
10/25/2003 |
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Alexander,
This is so
beautiful! (and the music fits it so well) Thanks for sharing
this one.
Tami |
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Reviewed by Richard
Vallance |
10/25/2003 |
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Yes, onc again, a very
lovely poem, and once again, a gemlet of simplicity.
These verses:
I feel the water around my eyes,
my brown eyes, the eyes of a poet, the eyes of a
stranger--
are surprisingly striking.
Woah!
Richard Vallance, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
This time the music is very compelling, and does not
distract me at all (versus the previous experience)
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Reviewed by AKA
ShyPoet1 |
10/25/2003 |
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Sounds like a person who truly
knows loneliness and longings for love. Brilliant, as I
expected. |
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Reviewed by Kate
Clifford |
10/25/2003 |
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This is absolutely beautiful in
its creation of unconditional love. Great write! |
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Reviewed by Gwendolyn
Thomas |
10/25/2003 |
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Alexander your artistry is to
be admired....I enjoyed the explorative fashion in which this
poem was presented...thank you kindly for sharing "Take This
Body" |
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Reviewed by Debra
Conklin |
10/25/2003 |
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The music combined with your
writing, is simply lovely. So honest and true. Absolutely
beautiful. Debbie |
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Reviewed by Regis
Auffray |
10/20/2003 |
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This is romantically and
lyrically lovely. Thank you. |
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Reviewed by La
Belle Rouge |
10/20/2003 |
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This is amazing, took my breath
away. |
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Reviewed by Regina
Pounds |
10/19/2003 |
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Alexander, I can't think of
anything to add to the comments already posted...perhaps only
that this is of a haunting quality.
Gina |
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Reviewed by Joseph
Armstead |
10/19/2003 |
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Sensual, dramatic and
melancholy, Alex, just awesome work! The music adds
tremendously to the mood, but not merely as an afterthought or
as an addition outside the write, it works as part of the
poem. SUPERBLY well done! |
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Reviewed by Dale
Clark |
10/16/2003 |
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An awesome piece!
Powerful! |
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Reviewed by T.
Emilie Dybevik |
10/15/2003 |
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This is sexy, this is numbness,
this is vulnerability, this is smooth, this is sad, this is
hurt, I mean HURT, this IS PAIN, this is an ache divine, this
is NEEDING, this is WANTING to need...and NEEDING TO WANT,
hot, warm & cold, this is reality day dreaming, this is
exposure, this is happy IN tears, it is even kind of sadly
funny (i.e. testicles), but this IS love.
Only you
could go to Antartica and find PURE fire! Mr. Shaumyan, the
poem is EVERYTHING "POETRY" IS and WHAT it is SUPPOSED to do!
Now, can you give me back my air...my lungs kind of need it?
;) (sigh)
Love, Teresa |
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Reviewed by Rebecca
(Becca) Henry |
10/15/2003 |
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Beautiful love ballad! Very
romantic! Friends, Becca |
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Reviewed by Marie
Wadsworth |
10/15/2003 |
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Absolutely romantic! You
certainly know how to sweep the ladies off their feet.
Exceptional love ballad. |
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Reviewed by Dana
Matthews |
10/15/2003 |
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I was just passing through the
den for a read and I found this poem. I read it and then
reread it four more times. I wasn't going to review it for
lack of reason.
But I'm AMAZED by the beauty you
created.
Some people write poems. Some people dabble
in prose.
Some people...YOU bleed in verse.
YOU ARE A POET!
Dana A. Matthews
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Reviewed by Tinka
Boukes |
10/15/2003 |
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This is so very well crafted
Alex!!
Love Tinka |
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Reviewed by Robert
Jude(Ace) Forese |
10/15/2003 |
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powerful, passionate
emotions... go for it! love should never be unrequited...i
know, it's easy to say... |
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Reviewed by E.
Richardson |
10/15/2003 |
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oh this is very good....there
is passion here, longing, desire, insecurity and a profound
tenderness...and it is wrapped in finely crafted
verse...Alexander, this is a grand poem. |
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Reviewed by Eileen
Waldron |
10/15/2003 |
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Superb! Love the music
Alex! |
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Reviewed by Kay
P Devenish |
10/15/2003 |
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Oh....this is just sssooooooooo
beautiful Alexander,such depth as only you can do,if I could
wave a magic wand and zap you to her...I would use it to do
so. As always,I wish you all the best,but mostly ,I wish
you LOVE. From you fan Kay. |
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Reviewed by Janet
Caldwell |
10/15/2003 |
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Alex, this is beautiful and
takes a very brave man to show this tenderness. You my friend
are that real man. Well written.
Love, JC
xoxoxoxo |
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Reviewed by Deborah
Russell |
10/15/2003 |
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Excellent line: ..."a stranger
to a moist mouth"... Great poem. Nice work. |
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