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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2007-08-05 08:45 PM


     Epiphonems and Epitaphs

As a most mercurial moon
dances through the lambent sky
of lucent stars and limpid dreams,
my spirit soars…
for one magnificent moment
through time’s soft shadows,
tasting the moonlit winds
along the pathways of eternity,
(over a sprawling sea of
  infinite motion)
in a grand and final epiphany,
like an ecstatic eagle…

dying in flight!


© Copyright 2007 Bruce E. Adams Jr. - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2007-08-05 09:48 PM


A transient moment that must hinge upon
a hook of light...

to have both come, at once.

I thought of the death of the young man/brother
as he swam in the sea, from The Thorn Birds

But all I can share for the moment, is
this...



Excellent work, Bruce. You awoke my imagination...

Excellent title, too!



" It matters not this distance now  " Excerpt, Yesterday's Love
~*~
KRJ

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2 posted 2007-08-06 01:26 AM


Magnificent Sadness

Good read

Tomtoo

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3 posted 2007-08-06 10:52 AM


From the ground, the aerial acrobatic mating and death spirals appear nearly identical....
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4 posted 2007-08-06 08:23 PM


Dante said in the middle year of his life, he was lost in the forest and threatened by three animals representing pride, desire and fear. Virgil (the embodiment of poetry) appeared, leading him through hell -- the place where those attached to their desires and fears can not pass on to eternity. Dante said he was carried to eternity by Virgil. Among the Pima Indians, a story mirroring Dante’s was told, and one can not help but wonder in how many cultures such a story exists.

Art has the power to do for us what nothing else can do, DreamPoet. And you practice your art so well, so very well.

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5 posted 2007-08-06 08:41 PM


Bruce this is delightful.  Much enjoyed.
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6 posted 2007-09-27 07:47 PM


I really like the way you write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to thank you again for all your comments!!!!
ArtSolstice
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7 posted 2007-09-27 09:28 PM


Oh! It's a pleasure to see this poem again!
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8 posted 2007-09-28 11:28 AM


enjoyed
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9 posted 2007-09-28 11:42 AM


I wonder what heights you reach when finding these words! Reading them definitely gives a taste. Great job,
Pops

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10 posted 2007-10-05 08:48 PM


Such a magnificent write must be savored more than once.
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11 posted 2007-10-05 10:09 PM



Great write this one Bruce, much enjoyed

Lindsay

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12 posted 2007-10-06 01:29 AM


Oh, Bruce, this was magNIFicent!  I am glad it was "like" and ecstatic eagle dying in flight and there wasn't really one!  I loved the replies as well, especially Kacy's and ArtSolstice's - and on re-reading, everyone else's too.

- Owl

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13 posted 2007-10-06 10:00 AM


I love your lush usage of the English language!
Your pen drips pure poetry!


Linda

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