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Sunshine

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0 posted 2002-10-10 09:18 PM

To Return Again On Hallow’s Eve

Comes this night, just once, each year
his spirit awaits, that she should hear
the voice of her love, then quit her bower
on Hallow’s Eve, at the midnight hour

She’s walked the halls these years long past
her cry a sob in the winds so vast
for the one night that she again may meet
the soul for whom her spirit entreats

Her passage this night will take her beyond
the walls of her home, t'ward the pond,
as the moon surges up t’ward dark skies
to yon meadow’s clearing she shall arrive

Shhh, you can hear her soft and sweet refrain
‘tis tune of Greensleeves she sings again
for her lover sang sweet this, their ballad
and he promised herself to be a true lad

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

But on an Eve, on a Hallowe’d night
past pond and clearing, under pale moonlight
she caught a glimpse, his spirit came ‘round
then followed him, they retrieved her, drowned

So comes this night, just once, each year,
his spirit awaits, that she should hear
the voice of her love, then quit her bower
on Hallow’s Eve, at the midnight hour

Images courtesy Passions in Poetry

Nightshade

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just out of reach

1 posted 2002-10-10 09:25 PM

Karilea - oooh this made me shiver!! Excellent story for this foggy, autumn evening. Enjoyed. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Enchantress
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2 posted 2002-10-10 09:32 PM

Ahh..so lovely dear Karilea...
As I read, I heard the lilting strains
of Greensleeves playing in my mind..
Hauntingly beautiful!
~Hugs~

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

SmartChick
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3 posted 2002-10-10 09:41 PM

Wonderful story, Karilea!

Earth Angel
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4 posted 2002-10-10 09:42 PM

I love this and I'm saving it! It is so ethereal and mystifying.

From now on, whenever I sing and play Greensleeves on my guitar, I'll think of this poem---and I'll be looking over my shoulder!

Linda

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5 posted 2002-10-10 11:38 PM

(smiles) Wow, this is sooooo hauntingly beautiful, sweet friend, I too hummed hat Greensleeves song in my head like a coyote reading this, this is exquisite, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Karilea, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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6 posted 2002-10-11 12:33 PM

I like it. Very haunting

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7 posted 2002-10-11 12:51 PM

A wonderful write Karilea and as always you have "treated" us again. Hugs.

If I have touched one heart through my words, then I have acheived my dream...

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8 posted 2002-10-11 01:22 PM

This is what happens when young ladies go skinny dipping after having too many spirits.

This is a neat story, Karilea. I see you are as great as ever.

Charisma

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9 posted 2002-10-11 02:01 PM

haunting one Karilea, enjoyed it very much

((hugs)))
Charisma

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10 posted 2002-10-11 03:12 PM

Even her spirit still waits, very sad, what torment.
This flowed perfectly Sunshine, you’ve penned a spellbinding piece.

~Sheri

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Swim out to it"

Titia Geertman
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11 posted 2002-10-11 03:35 PM

Halloween is supposed to be spooky isn't it, well this story suits it well.

great poem.

Titia

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12 posted 2002-10-11 03:43 PM

There is so much reality in this piece, it felt like I was standing there watching the whole thing. Hauntingly realistic and very intriguing.

Great writing -- Hugs and shivers, Marti

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Ivy Rose
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13 posted 2002-10-11 06:22 PM

Sunshine...What a perfect poem for Halloween. Beautiful tale of ghostly love as only you could tell it. ***Ivy Rose

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14 posted 2002-10-11 07:47 PM

Haunting, alluring with a nice rhythm to the words, I liked.

Bill Charles
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15 posted 2002-10-11 10:21 PM

Sunshine - this is so very touching. You've done well, yes you have...

BC

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16 posted 2002-10-11 11:10 PM

A sad tale...I wish the spirits of the two lovers spent eternity together...not just one night a year..on Hallow's eve...am I turning into a romantic...God forbid...all that aside...this was an intriquing tale Sunshine

...believe what your heart feels.....

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17 posted 2002-10-15 06:04 PM

Karilea~
This is a very cool write, my friend.
Had me intrigued all the way through.
I know it's been used many times already,
but 'haunting' really does describe this well.
Hugs,
~Vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

Martie

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18 posted 2002-10-15 06:20 PM

Karilea

So vivid the scene you paint and I do believe that love will find a way...even after death.

Magnus

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19 posted 2002-10-15 06:34 PM

Bowing in reverence to the Mistress of the
Midnight....Poetess Par Excellence....

OH YEAH!!!! This is a beauty KJ...

Paul Wilson

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20 posted 2002-10-15 09:31 PM

Karilea~Dear poetess you really weaved a wonderful story within this poem...Paul

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21 posted 2002-10-15 11:58 PM

Wow... what a great story teller you are, Karilea...
You really spooked me here...

~ hugs and chills

Lyra

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22 posted 2002-10-16 08:30 AM

ah woven to perfection my friend...
a few places in here brought some memories to mind... coincidence.... but gave me pause..

Nicely told... indeed!!!

Sunshine

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23 posted 2002-10-29 09:05 PM

Thanks, everyone. It was just a few weeks early for this week...

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