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Just A Woman
Senior Member

since 2001-03-10

Posts 507

0 posted 2001-03-28 02:01 PM

The sunlight, at noon,
shines down beautifully and highlights
for one brief moment
one delicate flower
within the field
whose bloom is not as tall
or as bright
as the others surrounding
and as if in pure delight
she stretches her petals
to captured the wind
as if dancing in the joy
of her moment

"Often the test of courage is not to die but to live"

~Vittorio Alferi~

[This message has been edited by Just A Woman (edited 03-28-2001).]

Jamie
Member Elite

since 2000-06-26

Posts 3168
Blue Heaven

1 posted 2001-03-28 02:04 PM

Lovely and well done..

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".

bslicker

Member Elite

since 2000-12-04

Posts 2321
state of mind

2 posted 2001-03-28 02:10 PM

Wow. Powerful. It is your moment..

Bernie

A

a day keeps the world

'G

Bernie Slicker

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RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

3 posted 2001-03-28 02:10 PM

A very special flower.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

4 posted 2001-03-28 02:23 PM

Her day in th sun. Lovely. Joyce

inot2B
Member Elite

since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

5 posted 2001-03-28 04:11 PM

Just one moment in the sun is all I ask.
Beautiful poem.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

6 posted 2001-03-28 04:13 PM

I have know this moment, thank you for sharing this with us.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

7 posted 2001-03-28 04:36 PM

this is very lovely and delicate itself...
wonderful imagery and mood in this gem.
well done poetess woman

oh you speak to me in riddles
and you speak to me in rhymes
my body aches to breathe your breath
your words keep me alive
~Sarah McLachlan~

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

8 posted 2001-03-28 06:18 PM

it's been a long time coming. . . dance on. . .

wonderful. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

9 posted 2001-03-28 08:46 PM

I could see it...and it was indeed a beautiful dance.

SEA

Moderator

Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

10 posted 2001-03-28 08:49 PM

absolutely beautiful!

SEA

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

11 posted 2001-03-28 09:03 PM

Very lovely thought passed through in this poem...thank you.

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

12 posted 2001-03-28 09:32 PM

delightful . . . delicate . . . dance

Meadowmuse
Member Elite

since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

13 posted 2001-03-28 09:36 PM

This is very pretty. (o:

Claire

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

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

14 posted 2001-04-07 12:50 PM

So serene, so beautiful

Maree

Love which is not always springing is always dying.

Kalil Gibran

mariee66
Senior Member

since 2000-01-30

Posts 596
Recess, OfYourMind

15 posted 2001-04-07 12:54 PM

This is wonderful! I can see that flower, feel that sun, I know that feeling!
Beautifully done!
Marie~

Auguste

Member Elite

since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

16 posted 2001-04-07 01:35 AM

Such a lovely image I see. This is pretty.

Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

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