{"id":60286,"date":"2011-08-30T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/60286\/wedneasday-pick-apart-poetry-featuring-poet-vic-damico-hosted-barbara-cherie\/"},"modified":"2011-08-30T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T01:00:16","slug":"wedneasday-pick-apart-poetry-featuring-poet-vic-damico-hosted-barbara-cherie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/60286\/wedneasday-pick-apart-poetry-featuring-poet-vic-damico-hosted-barbara-cherie\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedneasday Pick-Apart Poetry Featuring Poet “Vic Damico” hosted by Barbara and Cherie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome once again to another month’s Pick-Apart Poetry Challenge!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Let’s send out a BIG “Welcome and Hello!”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

To our Guest and Featured Poet<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“Vic Damico”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Please visit Vic’s profile and send him a friend request (if you have not already done so)<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/vicdamico\/<\/span><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Here are some words from Vic regarding why he likes poetry:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

“My love for writing has been with me for as long as I can remember. It has become an extension of who I am.Writing is a magical journey that takes place in your mind, and knows no limitations. Sidney Sheldon, who was known as America\u2019s greatest storyteller, once referred to writing as a way of expressing yourself with no limitations, and that has always been a very powerful statement, as it applies to my understanding of writing. You can be as rich or poor as you choose. You can be as powerful, or as weak as you choose, based on your ability to use the power of words. With my writings, whether it is emotional, or even a dark write, I try to use the concept of having no limitations, and it allows me to dig deeper within myself to take the write into a different direction, and this is where those little twists that you may sometimes see in my writes originate.”<\/font> <\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

“If you have a love for writing, whether you share it with others, or you keep it to yourself, <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

I make the following suggestion to you. Just write. You do not have to follow any rules that may<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

apply to others. Just write. You do not have to rhyme your words. Just write. Even if your words are <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

not understood by anyone, other than to you, just write. <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

If you truly love to write, don’t let that part of yourself become idle.” <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


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“Words are a bridge that connects our minds to our hearts. They allow us to have a better understanding of ourselves, and allow us to share what we find on the other side of that bridge, with those who do the same\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

~Vic Damico<\/strong><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n


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Below is our Featured Challenge Poem:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

(Use This Poem For Our Challenge)<\/font>
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“I Still Hold You”<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

By Vic Damico<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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At times when I think of you
\nMy heart slows to a crawl
\nAn immense tingling flows through me
\nClinging to my blood as it travels<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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The Fight Begins<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Emotions engulf me with your endearing vision
\nComing to me as a light in the darkness
\nI can see your face vividly everywhere I look
\nAlthough with a lack of orderly comprehension<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Memory agents try to organize the vision before me
\nComfort and confusion seem to be immersed in a battle
\nMy soul is fighting to hold on to what is forever gone
\nThrown quickly into a state of total unexplainable disarray<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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I Must Focus<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Reaching deeply within my heart for that which is real
\nMy weapon that is strongly opposed by my mind\u2019s illusions
\nIn a yearning manner my mind is trying to erase you
\nAs a reactionary impulse my heart becomes defensive<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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You are no longer with me; I clearly understand that
\nYet, I must fight to maintain all that made you a part of me
\nMy cerebral entity is pushing you slowly away from existence
\nAll that is within me anticipates that it will not succeed<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Clarity Verses Confusion<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Thoughts loudly bang against each other in a feverish emotional battle
\nStrongly trying to remember what time is wishing to permanently erase
\nHolding onto what is no longer here, but planted deeply within me
\nKnowing it is all I have remaining and unwilling to let it disappear<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Just Slow Down<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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I take a deep breath and look deeply within my heart
\nThinking only of you when you were willingly by my side
\nYour hand in mine, the softness of your simple touch
\nCalmness now caresses me as I mentally hold onto you<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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I find myself in a comfortable existence locked mentally upon you
\nFor maybe only a moment but I hold on so tightly to that moment
\nTime becomes transparent and impossible to accurately measure
\nWith my eyes tightly closed your vision is again clearly before me<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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I feel a tear as it knowingly tracks its way from my eye to my lips
\nMaybe that is your way of moving from my mind as if to kiss me
\nThe very thought transforms into an array of emotional confirmation
\nJustification for the ongoing fight that remains such a part of me<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Resolve<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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My mind is at peace again; this day\u2019s battle has finally ended
\nAgain all is clear as it pertains to a persistent attempt to maintain
\nI hold onto you still and fight to remember all you were to me
\nYou are no longer with me but you will never be gone<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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I hold onto you with my heart and my mind<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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~Vic c2011~<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Below is some more words to the wise from Vic:
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We thank you for stopping by and sharing your time and poetry<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

With us! We hope you found our presentation here inspiring!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

We hope to see you again next month for another<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Pick-Apart Poetry Challenge!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Please send us your heart if you enjoyed your time here!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

All our regards,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Barbara and Cherie!
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Welcome once again to another month’s Pick-Apart Poetry Challenge! Let’s send out a BIG “Welcome and Hello!” To our Guest and Featured Poet “Vic Damico” Please visit Vic’s profile and send him a friend request (if you have not already done so) http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/vicdamico\/ Here are some words from Vic regarding why he likes poetry: “My […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}