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Rose Sestina
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Rose Sestina |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
My love gave me a summer rose, I held it close and breathed its scent, A smell of warm and lazy days. So filled with joy and song, I wept, And teardrops fell upon its deep Red velvet petals, jade green leaves. The autumn came with browning leaves. The with’ring petals of the rose No longer crimson, dark and deep, But with a stronger, sweeter scent Of life too short. Again I wept And held to mem’ry warmer days. My love went south. Long gloomy days I dreamed of summer’s glowing leaves- But when I woke, again I wept. I knew our time was lost. The rose He gave remained behind, its scent No promise that his love was deep. And now the winter snow lies deep Against the cabin walls, my days Filled with the heavy, smoky scent Of hardwood logs and burning leaves. In freezing nights I hold the rose And think back on the time I wept. A silly girl, the child who wept For easy summer love, while deep In darkest nights she thought the rose A souvenir so rare; her days Spent listless, watching dying leaves, Entranced and saddened by their scent. True love is not kept in a scent Or mem’ry. I now know I wept For season’s change, the drying leaves An ending-yes! But there is deep Within us all a clock-the days Grow warm again and bring the rose. So breathe the scent of flowers deep, And though you wept, yet know the days Of new green leaves foretell the rose. Nan |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Pilgrimage I made the pilgrimage and enjoyed. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
masterful unfolding in a form I find so confounding--I applaud in pure admiration. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Nancy~ ABSOLUTELY LOVELY~ *sighs* *Hugs* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Nan darling heart I dub you the one who drifts among stars to harvest their light. You know I utterly utterly utterly adore this one, you do these so well, actually there’s isn’t anything that you don’t do well. It matters not whether it’s rhymed, metered, free verse, haiku, senryu and etceteras until I come to the end of time. Oh this poem is sooooooo incredibly beautiful I love this utterly, I swear you’ve written in starlight This is simply perfect as always darling and I love it I love it utterly. One day darling heart you may write something that doesn’t make me dizzy with delight, but I doubt it, your writing is always wonderful. While I have breath I will always read your words and adore them.    Love and warm stuff As always Mushy Breathe through the heat of our desire |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big hugggsssssss) Oh Nancy, this is sooooo beautiful yet so sad, sweet friend, my heart goes out to you and I hope now that love dwells in both your memories and in your heart! (kiss on cheek) My heart goes out to you, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Nancy, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..." |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
This is an AWESOME poem, Nan...... I wish you would post here more often...  ~ lots of hugsLyra |
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bsquirrel
since 2000-01-03
Posts 7855 |
How did you do that?! Wow, that's good, healthy stuff for the soul.  Thanks!She said burn ... together. |
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Titia Geertman Member Ascendant
since 2001-05-07
Posts 5182Netherlands |
Truly love this poem Titia <i>Like scattered leaves...my words will flow</i> |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
Seymour, Serenity, Marge, Marsha, Noah, Lyra, bsquirrel, and Titia: Thanks guys! I truly appreciate your kindness. I know this is filled with inversion, and it's more or less pure sugar, but there's something about a sestina that brings that out in me. I can't help it, I just go overboard with these things. Nan |
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