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Constantin Brancusi's "the Column Without End"

There once was a man who talked to the stone Calming down all its fears of being alone They spent all his life synchronized into shape At one point - both realized there was no escape "I'll turn you into a "Bird", "A Silent Muse"and a "Kiss" and so many sculptures..." - the artist promised - "I'll give you myself "... So he used all his talent Thus carving immortality - "The Column Without End" Erected in Romania - reminder of his roots The cycle of life in rhombuses salutes The Heavens from which Brancusi looks down At his "Gate", "Silent Table" and his old, native town. for Brian Strand's Contest: "EVERYMAN'S EKPHRASIS" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Endless_Column http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/sculpture/constantin-brancusi.htm http://images.google.com/images?rlz=1T4SNNT_en___US361&q=brancusi&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=F5rCS6zENoKmnQewgsH3CQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB0QsAQwAA

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Date: 4/21/2010 11:43:00 PM
Cool write- Congrats on your win Iolanda
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Date: 4/21/2010 2:25:00 PM
Wow, Iolanda...just looked this up on wikipedia...I absolutly love the last line of this poem!...Also I like how you remember and pay tribute to your own Romanian roots (never forget where you came from...how true!) Congrats on your win! - Tim
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Date: 4/21/2010 11:30:00 AM
Beautiful sculpture Iolanda, its hard to believe it was from the thirties. It looks so modern. Many congratualtions on your win in Brian's wonderful contest >> James
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Date: 4/21/2010 9:34:00 AM
Congratulations on your well-deserved win, Iolanda. It's a great tribute to a talented man called Brancusi. It's a heart-warming dedication to a man who made Romanians proud. Enjoy your glory. Smile (. .)! May you have more wins! Love and admiration, Andrew.
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Date: 4/20/2010 9:03:00 AM
Congratulations Iolanda on your most worthy poem's success, in this competition. Agape, Moses
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Date: 4/20/2010 7:50:00 AM
Congratulations. Very interesting. Joyce
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Date: 4/20/2010 7:26:00 AM
Congratulations Iolanda.....I enjoyed looking up this web-site...and you have done justice to this amazing work of art! Well done! Love, Carrie
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Date: 4/20/2010 7:01:00 AM
Congrats Iolanda on your HM in Brian's contest... I will see u at the winners circle to receive this honor for this excellent poem.. and thankxxx for those amazing contest photos for the mini contests... and for your participation in judging.. these are great fun to write poetry for the theme of the photo.. thankxxx..luv.. Linda-Marie..
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Date: 4/13/2010 7:08:00 PM
As a tribute to the young men who died in the war it is fortunate that it was not destroyed in the 1950s. These thing are the history of a country..thank you Iolanda for showing me. And thank you for viewing Bruno's Garden.... Margaret
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Date: 4/12/2010 4:00:00 PM
Interesting tale- I shall go and look it up Smiles
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Date: 4/12/2010 8:25:00 AM
Thank you for supporting my contest Iolanda.Rgds Brian
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