Angel of Passion

[ibsh...@gmail.com]

The fiery passion-angel
By cemetery side -
Romanticism's avenger -
Took us upon a ride

Through all the passion's ranges
From heartbreak to delight,
Into and through derangement
And gave us second sight -

Through rapture and through sorrow
Through beauty and through wrath
Through sunlight and through snowstorm
And through both life and death:

Leading half-way to heaven
Leading half-way to bliss
And, like a pitch-black raven,
Pitching upon the trees

From which it cawed and muttered
And, with my soul in beak,
Threw me into a gutter
Wherefrom I now speak.

It was a gorgeous journey,
It was a glorious ride,
Running in early morning
Out to the riverside,

Holding you, gently breathing,
With your head next to mine,
Tenderness endless feeling
With our hearts intertwined,

Kissing you softly sleeping
On the dock in my arms,
Feeling the passion deepen
Under the flashing stars,

Doing, in exaltation,
Pull-ups off trees and walls,
Feeling the inspiration
Reaching impassioned souls,

Learning French, and embracing
Upon a waterbed,
On a lakeside undressing
Inside a sleeping bag,

Reciting Blake and Coleridge
Hearing your brilliant speech
Acquiring truth and knowledge -
What more could I beseech:

You are like stars in heaven,
You are like wind and rain,
You are like moon and Neptune
You are both joy and pain -

I fathom all that happened
And whether I'm in rue
Or whether I am happy
I won't get over you.

In beauty that we shared,
Passion that through us coursed
Is end to all despair
And end to every curse:

Taking to divine splendor
Taking to the truths sublime
Where I can't sit, lie or stand or
See, but feel space and time

Before this passion melting,
Turning soft in my glove,
As from it I am smelting
The sculpture to our love -

From truth that you've awakened
Comes knowledge of the whole
And, if I'm not mistaken,
Keys to the human soul.

I'll take what you have given
And use it as a key
To place where all's forgiven
And all the paths are free -

To reach higher and deeper
Uniting sky and earth
And in my heart to keep her -
Love to which we gave birth.

The passion's flaming angel
Broke through the clouds to forge
Upon the divine anvil
A burning blowtorch

Melding the pearls and iron
Into a wedding ring
And into its environs
Bringing eternal spring,

Puncturing through the seeming
There to avail of light -
Angel of passion, dreaming
From day into the night.

The messenger of passion
Took me into the sky
And I took a concussion
While learning there to fly -

And, as I was still dreaming
Of living in the sky,
The angel turned a demon
And screamed at me to die.

https://sites.google.com/site/ibshambatpoetry

[ME]

Do you still jack off in public libraries?

[Rex Entwhistle]

Stay classy, ME.....

[ME]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 8:33:46 PM UTC-4, Rex Entwhistle wrote:
> Stay classy, ME.....

BWAHAHAHAHA
BWAHAHAHAHA
BWAHAHAHAHA

Pack up all your cares and woe....

[Rex Entwhistle]

Enjoy your masturbation fantasy troll...

[ME]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 8:43:37 PM UTC-4, Rex Entwhistle wrote:
> Enjoy your masturbation fantasy troll...

You’re confused again zid. (Big surprise)
I’ve never masturbated in a library nor have I ever arrested for doing such a vile, nasty thing like ibish has.

You must be tired of the hobo camp and your friends there.
Keep talking hobo.
I have unlimited call and text on my phones.

[Will Dockery]

"ME" wrote in message
news:fbfa1543-c708-41e9...@googlegroups.com...

Do you post fake news much?

[Will Dockery]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 8:30:04 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:
>

Good poem, by the way, Ilya.

;)

[ibsh...@gmail.com]

This is why some questions do not have a yes-or-no answer.

If I am asked whether I'm still doing something I've never done, there is not a yes or no answer to that question. If I say yes then I say that I did it and stopped doing it; if I say no then I say that I did it and stopped doing it. Neither would be correct.

In such situations the question itself is malformed. The correct solution is flushing it down the toilet and demanding an honest question.

[Will Dockery]

Just another malicious troll, Ilya... this is Usenet, they come with the territory.

😉

[ME]

So you were never arrested for that?
And is that your final answer ibish?
Heh, heh, heh.....

[Rex Entwhistle]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:44:00 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:

The troll called ME is a silly one, someone probably told it to write that....!

[ibsh...@gmail.com]

No, I was never arrested for that. The only thing that I was convicted of was trespassing, which is more minor than speeding. My response is that, if we live in a world where someone is being bothered, 19 years down the road, for something that he did not even do, then I do not want to live in such a world.

[Rex Entwhistle]

The idiots here are always stalking for something I.S.

It is what trolls do...

[Me]

Is that right, pissbum?

[Will Dockery]

> > > If I am asked whether I'm still doing something I've never done, there is not a yes or no answer to that question. If I say yes then I say that I did it and stopped doing it; if I say no then I say that I did it and stopped doing it. Neither would be correct.
> > >
> > > In such situations the question itself is malformed. The correct solution is flushing it down the toilet and demanding an honest question.
> >

> No, I was never arrested for that. The only thing that I was convicted of was trespassing, which is more minor than speeding. My response is that, if we live in a world where someone is being bothered, 19 years down the road, for something that he did not even do, then I do not want to live in such a world.

I never got the details... just the one liners like the one posted earlier.

[Rex Entwhistle]

Just a bunch of the usual troll garbage I suspect....

[Rex Entwhistle]

In other words, it was a lie passed around by trolls.....

[Will Dockery]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:44:00 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:

Good response to a lie repeated by a malicious troll, which I see has been repeated yet again, by another sleazy troll... this same post works for that one, as well.

[NancyGene]

Undoubtedly:
http://web.archive.org/web/20020617195307/http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/93/159/07_1_m.html

[Will Dockery]

"Police located Shambat, who was using a computer for non-research purposes, and did not observe evidence that the man had been masturbating.

Shambat told police that he had a pain in his lower abdomen and he was massaging the area.

He added that he was looking at poetry and writing to a friend on the computer..."

Note:

"Police... did not observe evidence that the man had been masturbating."

[André Hugo]

Exactly...............

All these years the trolls have been spinning this with lies.........

[Will Dockery]

The actual police report sets the record straight for Ilya.

[Bodeen]

On Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 11:14:23 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:

That settles it.... let the trolls lie and smear but the truth is archived....\

[Ray Osburn]

And.... please wash that stinking upper lip of yours....

Ha ha ha....

[High Number]

On Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 1:12:00 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> The actual police report sets the record straight for Ilya.

The QUOTED police report....

So the anal little fuckhead will no go crazy on you...…

Pendragon is such a stupid little motherfucker......

[Bodeen]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:44:00 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:

You were correct then.............

And you are correct now Ilya S.

[High Number]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:44:00 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:

Well put I.S.

[George J. Dance]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:44:00 PM UTC-4, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:

Exactly. It's called a "compound question" or "leading question." Mini-ME is actually quite good at those, though they've claimed to not understand the concept at all when I've tried to explain it to them previously. Perhaps your explanation might succeed where mine haven't.

[George J. Dance]

Unfortunately we have that in our world, or at least in our little corner of Cyberia. I don't see it as a reason to quit either, though.

[George J. Dance]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 8:49:42 PM UTC-4, ME wrote:
> I’ve never masturbated in a library

Don't worry, little monkey. I'm sure no one will ever accuse, or even suspect, you of ever being in a library.

[George J. Dance]

On Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 1:08:50 AM UTC-4, Me wrote:
>
> Is that right, pissbum?

Notice that this poster correctly punctuated a sentence. Obviously this isn't the real mini-ME, but still another "forger."

[Victor Hugo Jr]

Ha ha ha......

[High Number]

Interesting......

[Brainiac Five]

Interesting point.....

[Michael Pendragon]

On Sunday, September 1, 2019 at 9:27:06 AM UTC-4, High Number wrote:
> Interesting......

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 3:47:31 AM UTC-4, Brainiac Five wrote:
> Interesting point.....

I feel like an anthropologist witnessing the first homo sapiens struggling to acquire speech.

[Hieronymous Corey]

FWIW, you look more like a kid poking an animal with a stick.

[Michael Pendragon]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 7:37:53 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
> FWIW, you look more like a kid poking an animal with a stick.

If God didn't want us to poke animals with sticks, He wouldn't have made so many trees.

[Hieronymous Corey]

FYI, the Amazon is burning. There aren't so many trees anymore
that we can afford sticks for kids like you to poke animals like that.

[Michael Pendragon]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 8:58:58 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
> FYI, the Amazon is burning. There aren't so many trees anymore
> that we can afford sticks for kids like you to poke animals like that.
>

Who died and made you Lorax?

[Hieronymous Corey]

Don't play stupid. You know Who.

[Michael Pendragon]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 9:14:58 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
> Don't play stupid. You know Who.

Yes... I'd heard something about that, but it barely amounted to a speck of dust.

[Hieronymous Corey]

FYI, The Phenix City Story is playing on TCM. What a scumbucket town.

[Will Dockery]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 9:51:48 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
>
> FYI, The Phenix City Story is playing on TCM. What a scumbucket town.

You can get most of that film on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phenix+city+story

[Michael Pendragon]

Why would anyone want to watch most of a film?

[Hieronymous Corey]

LOL. I was thinking the exact same thing.
If you watched five minutes of the movie,
you've seen enough, perhaps too much.

[Will Dockery]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:38:04 AM UTC-4, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:36:17 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 9:51:48 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
>
> > > FYI, The Phenix City Story is playing on TCM
> >

> > You can get most of that film on YouTube:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=phenix+city+story
>
> Why would anyone want to watch most of a film?

The best part is the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ELJRjfQMEA

Phenix City Blues by Meg Myles (HQ Audio)

[Michael Pendragon]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 9:51:48 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
> FYI, The Phenix City Story is playing on TCM. What a scumbucket town.
>

It's not showing up on my on demand list (yet).

Here are my picks from what's currently available:

"Sadie Thompson," 1928. Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore. Dir. Raoul Walsh.
Compares well with Lewis Milestone's sound remake with Joan Crawford and Walter Huston, four years later. It's missing the final reel which is reconstructed using stills and still manages to pack an emotional wallop.

"The General," 1927. Generally considered to be Buster Keaton's masterpiece as well as one of the greatest films of the silent era -- and lives up to its reputation.

"The Gold Rush," 1925. This is considered to be Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, but I much prefer "The Circus" and "City Lights." It still has a lot of classic moments and is always worth a watch.

"Broken Blossoms," 1919. Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess and Donald Crisp. I used clips from this in one of my poetry videos, so my appreciation for it goes w/o saying. It contrasts poetically sentimental passages with scenes of brutal, gut-wrenching terror. It gets my vote for being D.W. Griffith's greatest work.

"Scarface," 1932. Paul Muni, Anne Dvorak and George Raft (introducing his iconic coin flip). Dir. Howard Hawks. Forget the tacky 80s update by Brian de Palma -- this is the classic!

"Of Mice & Men," 1939. Lon Chaney, Jr. & Burgess Meredith. Dir. Lewis Milestone. Lewis Milestone was one of Hollywood's greatest directors and this screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella/play is first rate on all counts; however it's Lon Chaney, Jr.'s brilliant performance as the tragic, mentally-challenged Lennie that really stands out.

"A Star Is Born," 1937. Janet Gaynor, Fredric March. Dir. William Wellman. I haven't seen the latest remake starring Lady Gaga, but this version easily beats those starring Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.

"Blackboard Jungle," 1955. Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Poitier. Dir. Richard Brooks. This is the film that kicked off the rock 'n' roll era by playing "Rock Around the Clock" over the opening credits. A teacher takes on a class of juvenile delinquents in this violent "exposé" about the terrifying state of inner city schools.

"No Way Out," 1950. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Linda Darnell. Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Richard Widmark makes Tommy Udo seem tame in this film about inner cit race wars. His "Ray Biddle" gets my vote for being the most gloriously hateful villain to ever grace the big screen.

"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," 1948. Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston. Dir. (and cameo), John Huston. The classic tale of greed driving men (well, one man) crazy. It's the film that gave us the classic line: "We don't need no stinking badges!"

"The White Tower," 1950. Glenn Ford, Alida Valli, Claude Rains. Dir. Ted Telzlaff. It's Hitch's "Lifeboat" transported to the Alps. The narrative could have been improved, but the performances are strong and there is breathtaking color footage of two of the great natural wonders of the world: the Swiss Alps and Valli.

"Cape Fear," 1962. Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen. Dir. J. Lee Thompson. Martin Scorsese's remake plays like a campy comic book adaptation compared to the original. It's relentlessly brutal throughout -- right down to the final shot in the Darwinistic swamp.

"The Searchers," 1956. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood. Dir. John Ford. Generally cited as the greatest western ever made, I place it as a close second to "Shane." John Wayne's portrayal of Ethan Edwards should have won him an Oscar -- it's one of the cinema's greatest. My youngest son's middle name is Ethan in honor of it.

"The Picture of Dorian Gray," 1945. Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, George Sanders. Dir. Albert Lewin. Albert Lewin is one of my all-time favorite directors even though he only made six films. "Dorian" is one of his two masterpieces (the other one being "Pandora & The Flying Dutchman," which was offered until a day or two ago). It's even better than Oscar Wilde's novel.

"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," 1957. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming. Dir. John Sturges. Rhonda Fleming has little more to do than look gorgeous in this (fairly accurate) depiction of the famous showdown between the Earps and the Clantons. Douglas' "Doc Holliday" steals the show. As an added bonus Frankie Laine's title song plays as a sort of Greek chorus throughout.

"Spartacus," 1960. Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons and an all-star cast. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. In a word: Kubrick.

"Lust for Life," 1956. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn. Dir. Vincente Minelli. Visually stunning biopic on Vincent Van Gogh with the screen images fashioned to look like VVG's paintings. Douglas, as always, delivers a powerful performance.

"Downstairs," 1932. John Gilbert, Virginia Bruce (Mrs. Gilbert). Dir. Monta Bell. Written by Gilbert who plays an amoral chauffeur who sleeps with, and blackmails, robs, bullies into subservience, virtually every woman in sight. Contrary to the popular urban legend, Gilbert had a fine speaking voice (think Ronald Coleman without the accent) and a talented actor. This film is the best of his talkies ("Queen Christina" included).

Honorable Mentions go to:

"Uncertain Glory," "Little Women," "Young Man With a Horn," "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers," "The Big Sky," "Along the Great Divide," "The Bad & the Beautiful," "Meet John Doe," "Lifeboat," "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt," "Top Hat," "A Kiss Before Dying," "Charge of the Light Brigade," "The Love Bug."

Other entries that I've seen:

"The Three Musketeers," "Dodsworth," "The Prisoner of Zenda," "Street Scene," "The Private Life of Henry VIII," "Band of Angels," "One Million B.C.," "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness," "I'll Cry Tomorrow," "Watch on the Rhine," "Confessions of a Nazi Spy," "Good News," "Gambit."

On my watch list:

"Trog," "Captain Fury," "The Lusty Men," "There Was a Crooked Man."

[Brainiac Five]

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 7:37:53 AM UTC-4, Hieronymous Corey wrote:
>
> FWIW, you look more like a kid poking an animal with a stick.

Yes, Pendragon gets more childishly foolish by the day....

[Z...@none.i2p]

George J. Dance wrote on Thu, 29 August 2019 22:34

Try try again.....?

[General Zod]

Good for a revisit.....

[ibsh...@gmail.com]

[General Zod]

Hello Ilya S.

Quite outstanding poetry.....

[Zod]

Having another read, quite good....