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secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2008-03-06 08:07 PM

     The Reckoning

In that infinite, inviolate
  space
between our fleeting fears
and sedulous dreams,
when the chevalier moon
wears an ebony cloak
of  limpid, tremulous stars
and  wandering hours,
to deftly orchestrate
the dappling dance
of bare-oak shadows,
resplendent snow,
and opalescent moonlight,
so few shall ever truly ‘see’…
In such a winter-mountain
  forest,
one weighs with heavy heart
the nature of our ‘worth’
against 4 million years
of damage we have done!

        ---b. e. adams (3/6/08)

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2008-03-06 08:19 PM

"when the chevalier moon
wears an ebony cloak
of limpid, tremulous stars
and wandering hours"

Oh, Bruce, that is gorgeous imagery!
I love the thought of 'tremulous stars'!

LadyTom
Member

since 2008-02-29

Posts 353
LA, CA

2 posted 2008-03-06 08:34 PM

A delicate beauty.
a sigh of the size of universe.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2008-03-06 10:44 PM

Secondhanddreampoet,

This is very deftly written.

Who will be weighing "our" worth--and who is this "our"?

Bobby

ArtSolstice
Member

since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

4 posted 2008-03-08 06:29 PM

"Sedulous dreams"... I like the sound of that when it's spoken, and now that I've had the chance to look up the meaning of the word sedulous, I like it even more! Especially as you've placed it in this context:

"In that infinite, inviolate
space
between our fleeting fears
and sedulous dreams,"

The content of this write is well expressed.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2008-03-10 11:54 AM

Love the imagery and the thought behind it.
Ida

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

6 posted 2008-03-10 11:57 AM

nice

matronmedusa
Member

since 2008-03-08

Posts 89
Alabama, USA

7 posted 2008-03-10 11:59 AM

abosolutely beautiful.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

8 posted 2008-03-10 05:49 PM

wow...I became a 'member elite' in "P.I.P.-land" speaking of
'reckonings'...perhaps it is time to retire my 'scribbling?!'
(many thanks to all who read and commented on this 'write!)

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

9 posted 2008-03-10 09:04 PM

You have always been at the top of the heap of PiP poets, as far as I am concerned. Beautiful writing.

A

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