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EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

0 posted 2011-04-13 08:51 PM

She sits by my side
as the mood turns nocturnal
when the woes and the
weary erase from the
jubuliant

on days bearing poetry
or on superimposed ones
long in the memory
of younger and stronger
when treetops would mimic
all that is reachable

right by my side, faithfully
purring, as the stars
take the sky, in their halo
of moonlight

when the pendulum pauses
and the soul yearns for respite

she sits by my side
as the calm overtakes
me.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-04-13 09:06 PM

Great poem! Or should I say prrrrfect! Loved it
Lori

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

2 posted 2011-04-13 09:11 PM

thanks for the smiles

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

3 posted 2011-04-13 09:27 PM

Well, at least it wasn't on a hot tin roof . . .

~ At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war. ~

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

4 posted 2011-04-13 09:51 PM

I love your ways, EmmaRose.

Dark Stranger
Member Patricius

since 2001-03-19

Posts 13631
West Coast

5 posted 2011-04-14 06:27 AM

jack dan sits by my side
and there is no purring
to keep me awake....

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2011-04-14 09:31 AM

Well done my friend...I don't much hold with cats though...

j.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

7 posted 2011-04-14 07:57 PM

Love the cozy feel and how you set the mood.

Sweet stuff!!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

8 posted 2011-04-15 04:16 PM

I love this and its perfect kittiness makes me smile from the inside out!

Just for the record, there isn't space for my left elbow because my Cleo is squashed right up against my left side, but who needs one's left elbow to be comfortable - I have a right one that is perfectly comfortable. Cleo isn't purring right now simply because she is asleep!

Owl

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

9 posted 2011-04-16 06:35 AM

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts with me

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

10 posted 2011-04-17 06:53 AM

She sits by my side
as the mood turns nocturnal
when the woes and the
weary erase from the
jubuliant

on days bearing poetry
or on superimposed ones
long in the memory
of younger and stronger
when treetops would mimic
all that is reachable

right by my side, faithfully
purring, as the stars
take the sky, in their halo
of moonlight

when the pendulum pauses
and the soul yearns for respite

she sits by my side
as the calm overtakes
me.

Here every word, every emotion, every image has found its perfect place and expression.

Simply exquisite.

I always put my head on my Zelda's tummy to align to Universal harmony ...

Wonderful!

Love,
Margherita

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

11 posted 2011-04-29 03:37 PM

I am with Margherita. There is no line that stands alone to me - each is perfection. I am so glad that I looked back at what I have been missing - would have hated to miss this poem.

Alison

Dawn Brink
Junior Member

since 2011-04-28

Posts 44
South Africa

12 posted 2011-04-29 05:26 PM

This is beautiful. Your writing somehow captures the very essence of the scene. Lovely

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

13 posted 2011-04-29 06:57 PM

Nice...James

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

14 posted 2011-04-30 11:43 PM

It's good to have a friend, EmmaRose. I have four.
Ida

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

15 posted 2011-05-01 06:46 AM

Hi Emma, exquisite, really poetic and friendly. thanks a lot

yann

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

16 posted 2011-05-01 08:25 AM

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit

ice
Member Elite

since 2003-05-17

Posts 3404
Pennsylvania

17 posted 2011-05-01 10:33 AM

Excellent poetry Emma
The words flow soft from the tongue..I mostly read poetry outloud, and this one flows, feminine and soft into the no one is listening but me, air..I too, was overtaken by calm as the poem ended.

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