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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 2000-08-04 11:42 PM

'Tis midnight's hour,
...as moonbeams rest,
Long past the sun's
...heat incandesced.

Not yet morn's dew,
...on graveyard lawn,
As angels sleep,
...no hint of dawn.

Evening's air,
...sans whispered breath,
Lays still the night,
...in hush of death.

Specter cometh,
...on noiseless feet,
Ebon cloaked,
...dark night's afreet.

Upon cold grave,
...lays roses three,
Cognac rare,
...bouquet's garni.

Dark silent grave,
...in Baltimore,
"Quoth the Raven,
...Nevermore."

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2000-08-04 11:46 PM

very very cool Mike..
loved the feel of this..
excellent and unique vocab choices...
perfect rhyme
great read..you honor him well
take care
jm

Meadowmuse
Member Elite

since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

2 posted 2000-08-04 11:48 PM

Dark, hushed, masterfully executed...I'm glad I was still here when you posted this, my friend. Thank you.

~ Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2000-08-04 11:52 PM

I light an extra candle t'nite...this tribute captured the mood, m'friend.

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

4 posted 2000-08-05 12:07 PM

Wonderful the way you can set the mood with such perfect rhyme and word...exceptional writing, Mike my friend.

Eloise
Senior Member

since 1999-11-27

Posts 1096
Wyoming

5 posted 2000-08-05 12:16 PM

Standing and applauding. Wonderful writing and excellent flow of words.

Mike
Member Elite

since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

6 posted 2000-08-05 12:53 PM

Thank you kindly for the replies... glad you all enjoyed.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2000-08-05 07:36 PM

Fabulous, Mike! Great poem! See, I learned something else new today...I didn't know he was buried in Baltimore...I thought he was buried in Philadelphia since he lived here for some years....I got to visit his house once many years ago...I think it was the house where he wrote that famous poem...I could be mistaken about that though, it's been quite a few years since that visit. Well, anyway, great poem!

Denise

Mike
Member Elite

since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

8 posted 2000-08-06 09:54 PM

Think he was raised in Baltimore... moved around to Philadelphia, New York... went back to Baltimore and died and is buried there...

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