Dry Leaves Quickened by Rain by Charles Bryant

[Tsjerk]

This is beautiful. It seems to slowly gather power , from dream to appreciation, appreciation to awakening, and finally with sudden force, eruption: "Liege-Lord..."

(and it's the second poem of yours I've listened to since finding you a couple of days ago, with that new-and-novel-to-me word: susurrate)

[brychar66]

Thanks Todd. Susurrate is a useful word, if a bit literary :)

[heartbeat3]

You are a muse

Wonderful

[nicksynnz]

Beautiful..thank you Charles...this guy is Antinous..perfect photo

[brychar66]

Thanks Nikita :)

[glenfitch]

beautiful verse, beautiful voice, your fan in California, Glen

[brychar66]

cheers Glen :)

[VanguardCommunard]

I'm in love with this poem, Charles- it's your best, I have to believe.

The second stanza recalls the sublime, tickling voluptuousness of Hero and Leander, and the third, the aching, bone-crushing longing from afar of The Eve of Saint Agnes. This piece of dazzling electricity is like their perfect merger and sparkles on the screen.

The video effects were great too, by the way ;)

[brychar66]

Thanks Gray, glad you liked it. I must catch up with your French Revolution vids soon.

[superdooperstupor]

Beautifully kinetic, erotic details of a dream made flesh envisioned by a soul of limitless imagination. I thank Charles, Cernuda, and Emilio for this incandescent

dreamscape of yearning. Our fantasy lives are often more enjoyable than our earthbound existence but for once ... I want my pebbles polished and pulse quickened while awake by a three-dimensional EROS--with or without leaves--in real time.

[vonspre]

Quite the opposite dear friend:I do thank you for you awesome channel."Soave sia il vento" with Tatiana Troyanos is unsurpassable. Also,I think she is the most perfect Cherubino ever.

[xipe02]

Aca andas, putanno? No te da asco ser gay? Cochinón!

[yotuveuncoche]

Cute!

My congratulations!

[treblechoir99]

Just wonderful. Thank you for this nice moment.

[vonspre]

As for me, i recently wondered who could be so kind as to expose a man like me, to the menace of Beauty once more,and to place Beauty in my mouth like the core of an apple... the answer is clear to me now: YOU, my dear Charles...

[brychar66]

Well thank you for exposing me to the menace of Luis Cernuda dear Emilio...ist unbeschreiblich!

[vonspre]

In forth Duino Elegy, Rilke wondered who could be so cruel as to expose a child,still unconscious of life,to the menace of death,and to place death in his mouth,like the core of a fine apple...

[EROSGODOFGAYS]

Beauty from the Poet Laureate of Love Between Men!

[brychar66]

Thanks Allen, I'll have to try to live up to that title ;)

[sturdyguy]

Another "lovely." Poetry speaks to us in a voice not otherwise heard. Just lovely, thank you.

[brychar66]

Regards to you Conrad and thanks for the kind comment.

[anglicansag]

Oh, my vile Hubris.

As I puff and preen about my own small poem, I find this and am humbled.

Thank You for this elegiac Triumph.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

[brychar66]

Thank you too Piero. Your 'own small poem' is great :)

[koryargonic]

I've recently read "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and I must say, this really reminds me of Basil Hallward.

[brychar66]

yes Kory it's the same thing seen from a slightly different perspective, like the picture in the attic is in the mind. thanks for that, Chas

[koryargonic]

the expression is just through words, rather than a painting.

[5513011]

Wonderful sweet as honey .Thanks always.

[brychar66]

Glad you liked it Sam :)

[moreaudan]

beautiful.

and beautifully read.

[brychar66]

you are very kind, thank you

[1zangelique]

Lovely! Thanks so much.

[brychar66]

thank you Gary :)