To Return Again On Hallow's Eve [revised repost]

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Open Poetry #16

To Return Again On Hallow's Eve [revised repost]

Sunshine

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0 posted 2001-10-09 10:45 AM

To Return Again On Hallow's Eve

comes this night, just once, the year
her spirit awaits, for she shall hear
the voice of her love, then quits her bower
on Hallow's Eve, at the midnight hour

she's walked the halls these long years past
her cry a sob in the winds that pass
for the one night that she may again entreat
the soul for whom her spirit meets

her passage this night will take her beyond
the halls and walls of her wanting home
and as yon moon surges up t'ward heaven
to thy meadow's clearing shall she roam

shhh, you can hear her soft refrain
'tis the tune Greensleeves she sings again
her lover sang to her this ballad
and promised himself to be her true lad

to him, she was his Lady Greensleeves
she did him no wrong, but was left to grieve
for to war he went, though did not return
he was her love, all others she spurned

but on an Eve, on a Hallow'd night
in the meadow's clearing, under pale moonlight
she caught a glimpse of his spirit come 'round
and followed him, they retrieved her, drowned

so comes this night, just once, the year
her spirit awaits, as she shall hear
the voice of her love, then quits her bower
on Hallow's Eve, at the midnight hour

RMW
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1 posted 2001-10-09 11:14 AM

Dark and wispy. Shadows and memories. Wonderful. Bob

Cpat Hair

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2 posted 2001-10-09 05:33 PM

I see you are embracing the season that approaches... nice telling of a haunting tale..

I enjoyed

sunshinemist
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3 posted 2001-10-09 05:39 PM

This is great!

so comes this night, just once, the year
her spirit awaits, as she shall hear
the voice of her love, then quits her bower
on Hallow's Eve, at the midnight hour

Lovely ending. Thank you for sharing.

~hugs~

smiles ~Marie~

Keep the Faith

Interloper

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Deep in the heart

4 posted 2001-10-10 10:48 AM

Only once a year? Hmmmmm. Beautiful Piece.

Rex Allen McCoy
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5 posted 2001-10-10 08:41 PM

Wow, I guess I missed it first time
This truely wonderful writing Karilea

rwood
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Tennessee

6 posted 2001-10-10 08:55 PM

Eerie! My first learned song to play in music class was Greensleeves. A beautiful haunting melody. Had no idea of the rest of the story. Great darkness and light in this one.

Sincerely,
Regina

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