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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2008-05-02 09:42 PM


             No Return

Just beyond these evening hills
and the warm Spring sunset’s
  final glow …
soft, sad moonlight
rides a gentle wind,
to bathe the xeriscaped  
  mind  
in cascading memories
and waterfall dreams,
(with shaded sound and
  image)
of all the faces, forms,
  loves and laughter
forever fading…
which we have left so far
  behind,
along our many chosen
and unexpected paths
of no return.

     ---b. e. adams (4/2/08)


© Copyright 2008 Bruce E. Adams Jr. - All Rights Reserved
Alison
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1 posted 2008-05-02 09:54 PM


Bruce,

Your poetry is so beautiful - it's sad too and my thoughts are with you.  You replied to Roniece and said that you wished you had friends like she is to me.  I think you do.  I am always here if you need an 'ear' to talk.  And, I am always here to read the beauty of your words.

Alison

Robert E. Jordan
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2 posted 2008-05-02 09:56 PM


Yo Secondhanddreampoet,

This is very good.  I really liked that kicker at the end.  Those "many chosen
and unexpected paths of no return" just about wraps up a lifetime.

Bobby

Larrysmom
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3 posted 2008-05-02 09:58 PM


Bruce, I second what Alison has said. I am always no more than an email away and I will always read and be blown away by your beautiful poetry...

Although it is so very beautifully written, this one feels very sad...

Tammy<333

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4 posted 2008-05-02 10:08 PM


"to bathe the xeriscaped  
  mind  
in cascading memories
and waterfall dreams"
Beautiful imagery, Bruce.

ThisDiamond
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5 posted 2008-05-02 10:09 PM


..."soft, sad moonlight
rides a gentle wind,
to bathe the xeriscaped  
  mind"...

excellent imagery Kiddo.  

Honeybunch
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6 posted 2008-05-03 02:32 AM


Yes, Bruce, you write it as it is but in an incredible way.  Enjoyed as usual!

Helen

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7 posted 2008-05-03 03:51 AM


Hi Bruce, unexpected paths surely drive you somewhere, wonderful poem and a path I would like to follow...
By the way could you please inform me about  the meaning of xeriscaped, I didn't find it...

  Have a nice day

    yann

shyvl
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8 posted 2008-05-03 03:59 AM


One day I hope to write with your effortless grace.  Thanks for sharing
sharyn

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9 posted 2008-05-03 05:08 PM


I feel this way too, the paths of no return, and the wonder at where they might have led, had we taken another one. Nice writing.
Sandra

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10 posted 2008-05-04 12:15 PM


Your poetry is often sad but always "soul touching" and brilliant.
                                Ida

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11 posted 2008-05-10 01:22 AM


So, so beautiful, my friend.

Alison

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12 posted 2008-05-12 07:27 PM


Enjoyed...James
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13 posted 2008-05-13 03:23 PM


Maya... it all passes so quickly, doesn't it? Beautifully written, Poet.
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