When Fairies Cried (a sonnet for Nan's Workshop)

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Mysteria

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0 posted 2002-02-04 04:30 PM

~* When Fairies Cried*~

Click link below to play music with the poem if you like.

play Shepherd's Moons by Enya

So long ago immortal fairies played
and danced in rings throughout enchanted green.
When man arrived their images would fade,
and only to believers were they seen.

The forest, then surrendered to the plough.
Large cities grew upon their sacred hills.
The fairy hearts cried for the here and now.
Their forest green now choked in sewage spills.

By grace of God, and by His holy hand
the fairies yet will play their ancient tunes,
for still enchanting, is their swirling dance
spun in the wake of man’s disgraceful ruins.

If you believe, you’ll hear the fairies’ word.
Where faith abides, their lyrics will be heard.

graphic above by Outlaw by Design
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/outlawbydesign/

~* Carpe' Diem *~

[This message has been edited by Mysteria (02-04-2002 04:57 PM).]

peppermint35
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1 posted 2002-02-04 04:34 PM

Mysteria, I confess.. I BELIEVE!!!

This is so beautiful and I have that CD!!! so I'm playing it right now

Pepper
"A poem is the very image of life expressed in its eternal truth."
Percy Bysshe Shelley

SEA

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with you

2 posted 2002-02-04 04:40 PM

my kids still build fairie houses in the back yard.....you bet I believe

Startime
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3 posted 2002-02-04 04:56 PM

Oh my gosh this is so incredible...I love it...and yes...I too believe in fairies and I believe you are one, Mysteria. **big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Mistletoe Angel

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4 posted 2002-02-04 05:05 PM

(smiles) Ooohhhhhhh...this is soooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, your lovely words always make me smile and delight my day! (kiss on cheek) I love faeries and I believe in them with all my heart, this is a gorgeous sonnet as is Enya's music always, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Titia Geertman
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5 posted 2002-02-04 06:11 PM

That, sweet lady Mysteria, is a most beautiful sonnet. Did I miss that in class or didn't you submit it there.

I think Nan will be very pleased to read this.

Titia

A rose is a rose is a rose...I guess...
Want to use the pics on my website? Just send me a mail and I'll give you the link.

Greeneyes

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6 posted 2002-02-04 06:31 PM

Sharon~

this is sooo lovely....the graphics and the words....

Lauren~

Step through the
barrier of my mind,
enter my soul,
feel my desire,
let my eyes guide you
into the shadows
of my heart

[This message has been edited by Greeneyes (02-04-2002 06:31 PM).]

strbbux
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7 posted 2002-02-04 06:40 PM

I love these little fantasy creatures, nice poem . floria

Floria

"Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Martie

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8 posted 2002-02-04 06:42 PM

Sharon--just wonderful, all!!!

Suetang
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9 posted 2002-02-04 06:43 PM

Hello Sharon

This was marvellous, and I just know that I have fairies living amongst my garden.

Take care.....Sue

Suetang

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Canada eh.

10 posted 2002-02-04 07:13 PM

Sharon...this is magical...and I believe!

You don't have to be on a spiritual path
to believe in Fairies,
you just need to have a heart that can love...
to have just once in your life wished upon a star.

~Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

Mysteria

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11 posted 2002-02-04 10:13 PM

~* Thank you one and all for your lovely comments *~

I have to tell you I have great respect for anyone who can do a sonnet now, as I found this really difficult. I just could not "get it together" and did at least 15 before one was right. I come to read Elizabeth Santos work every day and now realize how easy this comes to some as hers are smooth as honey, and also how difficult it is for others, including me! Titia sorry this is my very first time in a workshop and I just linked it to open, so I will know better next time and shash it in the workshop area.

If you believe in fairies, you believe in magic, and magic is what dreams are made of. Dreams can become goals and hence reality, so keep believing, for fairies do indeed exist.

Watch where you step in your garden. Hugs to you all.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

NewEnglandlazurlu
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12 posted 2002-02-05 08:56 AM

Such a beautiful poem. I could see them crying as I read this.
"The forest, then surrendered to the plough.
Large cities grew upon their sacred hills.
The fairy hearts cried for the here and now.
Their forest green now choked in sewage spills....."

So much of our land is being polluted and decimated by human greed. Nature is slowly disappearing and it is heartbreaking. Thank you for your wonderful writing. The music and the graphic are perfect for the words. Hugs, Marti

" My wrinkles are badges of courage and reveal that I am a Mother."

Seymour Tabin
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13 posted 2002-02-05 09:13 AM

Sharon,
A lovely sonnet and thank you for all the lovely Emails.

suthern

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14 posted 2002-02-05 10:08 AM

I knew I was going to like this from the moment I read the title... for my immediate response was "they should never have to." *S* This is lovely, Mysteria... well done!

amigo
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15 posted 2002-02-05 11:33 AM

this is a beauty, Sharon, and thanks for sharing...

Sunshine

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16 posted 2002-02-05 02:34 PM

I saw the talent quietly inside
and lo, your writings now decry
the winsome call of whippoorwill
and touches upon a fairy's thrill...

Ah, see what you do!

[This message has been edited by Sunshine (02-05-2002 02:36 PM).]

Mysteria

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17 posted 2002-02-05 02:35 PM

Thank you for reading this one as I put two of my favorite things together which are fairies and fighting city hall (truth on both accounts). I am so tired of them destroying and building on "my" mountain, I can just think what the wee folk feel!

~* Carpe' Diem *~

Mysteria

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18 posted 2002-02-05 02:38 PM

Sunshine ~ Did I do that? That was about the nicest response I think I have gotten this year!

Suthern ~ Honey I forgot, aren't the pictures pretty, and how about that music? You have a tendancy to make me smile a non-stop smile, and I hope you are feeling a bit better gal.

Munda
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19 posted 2002-02-05 03:11 PM

I love this! Great job.

Btw, did you know the assignment written for (and posted in) the Workshop can be submitted in an open forum too without being considered "double posting"?

Mysteria

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20 posted 2002-02-05 03:19 PM

No Munda I did not, thanks for the info! However, I told Nan don't ever ask me to do another one of these again, my mind is all over the place, and to focus on 10 syllables and structured lines was agony, sheer agony! I have dyslexia, so keeping my typing right without spell check is also fun sometimes, lol.

Thanks and I will tell Titia too.

~* Carpe' Diem *~

Nan

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21 posted 2002-02-07 09:54 AM

Geesh - No wonder I can't find you - You're hiding over here in Open...

Since your early version, this work had become magnificent... It's splendiferous...

Your theme is great - Your iambic pentameter is intact - Your rhyme scheme is perfect...

Overall, though - It's just a superb sonnet - Maybe it belongs on your site, eh???

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

22 posted 2002-02-07 11:42 PM

Yes Please, when we have time, but I think I used that graphic already in dark?

The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader
catch his own breath."
~Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart~

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