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Date Received : Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:42:30

  From:  "Joseph Powell"   
Subject: Re: Suggest 2-3 poems you want featured in for Muses Review for August 
To: "muses review"          
Below please find three poems for consideration for the August edition of Muses Review. Let  me know what you think. Thanks.                                                                                        
Sincerely,                                      
                                              Joseph                                                                                                          
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Of Austin, TX, Billie Holiday, and Peter Paul Rubens
(for Krysten)      

by Joseph Powell
Source: Mofo' Risin' (2004)

It's her face 
I remember; 
The light 
of the Austin sun 
reflected in 
her smile; 
Her hair, 
a golden mane, 
crowning 
this earthly angel.    
She sang 
to me, 
"Good Morning Heartache" 
like Billie Holiday 
that made 
my heart 
ache 
with longing 
just to 
   hear it.    

And her body, 
voluptuous, 
sumptuous, 
as if 
Rubens 
had made 
one of 
his creations 
come to 
life.    

She was 
my moonlight serenade 
as we 
celebrated 
an 
April night 
in 
the Paris 
of 
our minds, 
our interlocked souls 
and 
intertwined bodies-- 
she, 
breaking me 
of  my virgin shell, 
making me 
feel 
like a 
love poem 
I could 
never write.    

She is 
the 
beautiful memory 
that 
haunts me 
even now 
five years 
hence 
upon 
my return 
to that 
city 
of music 
and poetry 
where 
heartache 
welcomes me 
home 
and 
bids me 
       sit down.       

-----------------------------------
Mofo'
Risin'

by Joseph
Powell
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