The Passing Seasons Of Her Life (1600th post)

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Madame Chipmunk
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0 posted 2002-02-15 11:46 PM

The Passing Seasons Of Her Life

Marking the passing seasons of her life
each month, it flows red
the badge of womanhood
uniting her with all womankind
a universal sisterhood
crossing boundaries of religion and race
wealth and status

it's arrival in her springtime
heralds her blossoming adulthood
fertility, newly realized

in her summer, a signature of ripeness
bearing the burden of her precious fruit
and nurturing instincts

in her autumn, it's very disappearence
marks the end of her salad days
no longer the lithesome vixen is she
but more beautiful now than ever
like the colors of the leaves as the year matures
it is time to reap the fruits of early seeding

in her winter, her wisdom emerges with age
like the glistening snowfall, she is quietly beautiful
her heart warms us like the a flaming fireplace

seasoned by life's raging storms
weathered to perfection
she radiates wisdom and grace

though the red flow has ceased
she still proudly wears
the badge of womanhood
now burnished to a brilliant sheen
by the passing seasons of her life

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

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doreen peri
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1 posted 2002-02-16 12:06 PM

you are a very talented writer......

this is remarkable in imagery and wisdom....

i loved it!

serenity blaze
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2 posted 2002-02-16 12:07 PM

I'm keeping this one. Smiling, won't even get into how I feel about being one with the tides at times, but truly...ssshhh...it's like a woman's secret of knowing.

I love the analogies, and the graphic too, by the way is quite reminiscent of the Tarot Card, "Three of Cups"--always a good omen of self celebration!

Thanks for this one. I leave wondering why I don't stop in more often!

Victoria

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3 posted 2002-02-16 12:20 PM

this is beautiful but i think there should be some more seasons for us to look forward to.. ha ha..

nicely done sweet one hugss

~Vic

Sunshine

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4 posted 2002-02-16 10:05 AM

Thank you for writing this for me....

strbbux
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5 posted 2002-02-16 10:12 AM

Lyra, girl were you thinking of me? This is so personal and so very beautiful and what a tribute to us "autumnal women" lovely poem here, I see I must post my Woman poem for you.

lovely Lyra, floria
OH GOSH,,, HAD TO COME BACK AND SAY"" CONGRATULATIONS" ON 1600

Floria

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

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Startime
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6 posted 2002-02-16 10:21 AM

MAGNIFICENT!!!!This poem is a tribute to women the world over and you have done a stunning job of it...I love it...Absolutely perfect...Your talent amazes me...**big hugs**

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

GenXer
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7 posted 2002-02-16 11:00 AM

Lyra - I like how you captured the different stages of womanhood through the changing of the seasons. Autumn, I must say, was my favorite. Nicely done.

Dave

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8 posted 2002-02-16 01:25 PM

BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!! OH LYRA, THIS IS OUTSTANDING, YOUR WONDERFUL WORDS CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY AND LOVE OF WOMEN BEAUTIFULLY!!! (BIG HUGGGSSSSSSS) We all love you so much, sweet friend, CONGRATULATIONS ON 1600!!! We';re all so proud of you! (kiss on cheek) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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9 posted 2002-02-16 03:43 PM

Is it any wonder that King Solomon and I adore women. God's most glorious creation, shared and all to often unappreciated by man. How sad. Thank you for sharing. Lyra, I simply adore this!

((Lyra))
-newell

Sharing God's Love through perfectlovepoetry.com

Copyright: 2002 Newell Elsworth Usher

Kethry
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10 posted 2002-02-16 03:57 PM

Lyra,
you paint womanhood proud. What an absolutely splendiferous write for your 1600th. Let's go out and paint the town red

Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

sodpossom
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11 posted 2002-02-16 06:04 PM

Lyra
This one left me red faced.Very well done clever write!

Madame Chipmunk
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12 posted 2002-02-16 06:38 PM

Doreen...thanks so much for your exuberant praise...I will tell you, that I feel the same way about your poetry.

Karen...thanks so much for stopping by...and by all means, you are invited to do so, any time. I know what you mean about a secret amongst women...that is really the truth. There are things in this world that only women understand.

Karilea...I wrote this for you and me and all of the other women of the world. I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much for your reply.

Victoria...I agree with you about the seasons. Either we need more of them or each one should be longer...thanks for your reply.

Floria...Thank you and I am looking forward to reading your poem about women. Please hurry up and post it because I will be out of town for a few days, starting on Monday.

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Madame Chipmunk
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13 posted 2002-02-16 06:45 PM

Karen...thanks so much for your reply...and I am very glad that you enjoyed it as much as you did. Women are fascinating subjects, aren't we...Hugggggssss to you also.

Noah...thanks for the congratulations and for the hugggsss. I'm glad you enjoyed.

Dave...fancy meeting you here!!!!!thanks for reading and replying to my poem. Autumn is my favorite also...not only as my time of life and in this poem, but also as a season of the year. I love the colored leaves.

Newell...thank you so much and I'm glad that you and King Solomon appreciate women so much.....we deserve it. If not for women, how would men even be alive?

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Madame Chipmunk
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14 posted 2002-02-16 06:46 PM

Keth...that sounds like so much fun, I would love to go out and paint the town red with you. Can you be here tonight by 8?

Stevie...I can't believe I made you blush!
It must have been the graphic.

Karen...thanks so much for your reply...that was a nice thing for you to say, especially since you are the talanted one.

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

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