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Upon the twinkling of silent twilight, tranquil thoughts set adrift, infatuated in elysian reflection. The mind wanders, observing and listening - roaming; avoiding confusing crossroads leading into chimerical phantasms. Overwhelmed by the darkness, fervent fingers tremble, yearning to bleed streams of serenity. Suppressed soul whispers, exposing sacred secrets, releasing the mind from its chains. Ink flows translating the meraki; revealing a passionate poetic soul. Empathetic emotions drain, yet the soul desires to venture further. Thirsting to dance forever in euphoric eunoia. Meraki eruptions have no fear that each drop may exhaust the pen. For invictus ink is a valiant virtuoso, calmly conquering consciousness to drift towards selcouth land. Every muse lusts to manifest in meraki, yet it is no miracle - it's a natural phenomena. The Silent One 27 November 2017 Meraki: The soul, creativity, or love put into something; the essence of yourself that is put into your work. This Greek word doesn't have an English counterpart. Chimerical: Created by unchecked inspiration; fantastically visionary or highly improbable. Elysian: Creative or beautiful; divinely inspired; peaceful and perfect. Eunoia: Beautiful thinking. Shortest English word that contains all five vowels. Selcouth: Unfamiliar, rare, strange, and yet marvellous. An Old English word and can be found in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe from 1814. Invictus is Latin for “unconquered.

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Date: 3/17/2018 4:36:00 PM
There is no page two like I thought. hahaha. I remember this one really well and the contest too!
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Silent One
Date: 3/18/2018 10:29:00 AM
I only have one so far.. but you have read most of them.. have you read the mother ones?
Date: 12/5/2017 10:05:00 AM
WONDERFUL. You are a great poet. Fantastic Idea. Too hard to express following your example, yet I will try.
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Silent One
Date: 3/18/2018 10:29:00 AM
Thank you Anisha..
Date: 12/1/2017 9:00:00 PM
Silent One, I finally took the time to see your contest and it really looks like a great challenge. I think I noticed you only want rhyme poems, right? Maybe you also allow free. I should double check that, but you know me, I love it when you give a rhyme challenge!!
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Silent One
Date: 12/2/2017 1:01:00 AM
Just rhyme... Thank you
Date: 11/30/2017 10:13:00 AM
Truths about the deep inner workings of the creative mind-heart, exquisitely expressed. Fourth stanza my favourite- stirs creative depths...Whole poem deeply appreciated- thank you for posting!
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Silent One
Date: 11/30/2017 3:08:00 PM
Thank you Aqua..
Date: 11/29/2017 2:43:00 PM
Silent One, the joyous, passionate energy of the spirit's fire burns fervently to be creatively and lovingly expressed in concrete ways and is exhilarated and satisfied when allowed to do so. Your beautiful poem is embellished with fantastic imagery that brings the concept of 'meraki' to life. I love words and you made splendid use of wonderful language in your inspired write. Excellent! Warmest wishes my friend..
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Silent One
Date: 11/30/2017 3:11:00 PM
Thank you Susan, hope it inspires you to write something for the contest..
Date: 11/29/2017 2:41:00 PM
YOu do so well with soulful poems, Silent One. One of my fave lines in here: yearning to bleed streams of serenity. Gotta check this contest out. I think I saw it was a contest? Awesome poem.
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Silent One
Date: 11/30/2017 3:11:00 PM
Thank you Andrea..
Date: 11/29/2017 11:45:00 AM
Rich in metaphors and imagery. A fine work.
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Silent One
Date: 11/30/2017 3:11:00 PM
Thank you Janis..
Date: 11/28/2017 6:23:00 PM
Silent......you hammered out a tempered tableau in your wordsmith's shop! Off the scale....FINE !!
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Silent One
Date: 11/30/2017 3:11:00 PM
Thank you Chuck..
Date: 11/28/2017 6:03:00 PM
Beautiful piece of work, Silent One! ... Fran
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Silent One
Date: 11/30/2017 3:12:00 PM
Thank you Fran..
Date: 11/28/2017 3:17:00 PM
Impressed??? Oh yah! My meraki is clicking on all cylinders today!!! Check me out!!! Cheers, my chum!!!
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:19:00 PM
Thank you Mr Meraki Limerick man.
Date: 11/28/2017 1:50:00 PM
Your poetic prowess is awesome!
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:19:00 PM
Thank you..
Date: 11/28/2017 11:52:00 AM
Creative and beautiful...Thank you Silent One for posting!
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:23:00 PM
Thank you..
Date: 11/28/2017 8:00:00 AM
Congratulations for you valiant effort to tackle "Meraki" my friend S.O. Certainly you have put a lot of "Meraki" into your poem. "Meraki" my friend is difficult to define for if evades description! For me " Meraki" is soul's yearning to do something simply for the mere joy of it without expecting anything in return. It does it only for the love of creation in the purest and most perfect form of expression one can ever achieve! You did great!
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:23:00 PM
Thank you for reading this, I knew you would understand the word as it is a Greek word... Thank you for the explanation..
Date: 11/27/2017 11:06:00 PM
An extraordinary creation Silent where in the quiet of the twilight when thoughts take flight you aptly depict a soul energy striving to naturally and freely express its creative desires unrestrained by distracting thoughts. Even when drained, it courageously enters and conquers unfamiliar land while exercising discipline, keeping wandering thoughts at bay. We all learned a new word today Meraki Your soul went into your work making it a lovely "Soulful piece" which I really enjoyed.…Maria
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:25:00 PM
You summed it up very well Maria, when you do something with love and passion, you do it regardless of the outcomes... Thank you..
Date: 11/27/2017 9:04:00 PM
Very profound and beautiful write Silent One!~Che :)
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:25:00 PM
Thank you..
Date: 11/27/2017 4:48:00 PM
In a way you speak for all poets, S-1. A lovely and expressive poem; the footnotes helped, too. Regards // paul
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:26:00 PM
Thank you Paul..
Date: 11/27/2017 4:30:00 PM
I thought you were speaking one of the dialague from my country. Lol! Meraki means, I thought :) Well I guess I just learned a new word or more. This poem is just mind blowing... super super crazy good. I'm running out of words. Lol! Hugs and smiles always :)
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Silent One
Date: 11/28/2017 3:27:00 PM
That is interesting to know that it has a different meaning in your dialect... Thank you for the feedback..
Date: 11/27/2017 3:40:00 PM
Another absolutely brilliant write that leaves me in awe of your poetic abilities Silent One!! "Overwhelmed by the darkness, fervent fingers tremble, yearning to bleed streams of serenity." "Empathetic emotions drain" Just ... wow!!! You are a "valient virtuoso" with a pen!! Loved this! ~Judy
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:45:00 PM
Thank you Judy... Glad you liked those lines..
Date: 11/27/2017 3:36:00 PM
This is very nice, and I learned a new word with that title word!!
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:41:00 PM
Thank you..
Date: 11/27/2017 3:22:00 PM
Well done SO, well done...
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:41:00 PM
Thank you..
Date: 11/27/2017 2:08:00 PM
You make the meraki with perfection every time Silent One. The words you chose for this one are wondrous combinations of the coolest words i know. Awesome write! Be strong.
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:44:00 PM
Thank you James, always strong my friend..
Date: 11/27/2017 1:54:00 PM
Fantastic...I enjoyed it...All the best SO
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:44:00 PM
Thank you Arturo..
Date: 11/27/2017 11:30:00 AM
a cosmic grandeur where the soul greets a multiverse, SO... this is oh so heavenly and deep... love your arwords!..huggs
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:45:00 PM
Thank you Nette..
Date: 11/27/2017 11:09:00 AM
The muse is a magical thing ..Great write Silent
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:45:00 PM
Thank you Joseph..
Date: 11/27/2017 9:37:00 AM
Creative, beautiful, inspiring, and perfect--- all rolled into this wonderful creation!
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Silent One
Date: 11/27/2017 3:43:00 PM
Thank you Vijay..
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