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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2008-08-30 10:05 PM


         Transitions

Mid the settling clouds
and winnowing wind
of such a late August
   evening,
along one edge of this
grand-eternal stream
(that carries away the
   last dream of Summer),
the night remains empty
but for close talk of Autumn
   at hand…
with Winter whispering          
from the farther shore,
as the heart walks a road
of delicious discord
about the soul’s desolation,
over all that is fleeting
   and inevitable.

       --- b. e. adams (8/30/08)


© Copyright 2008 Bruce E. Adams Jr. - All Rights Reserved
Marchmadness
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1 posted 2008-08-31 12:04 PM


I am happy that fall is arriving with all it's "delicious discord" too, Bruce. What a lovely way to say it.
                                Ida

ThisDiamond
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2 posted 2008-08-31 01:56 PM


Wind chimes seemed to play among your words Bruce.  Aptly titled, an enjoyable read.
TheAnonDavid
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3 posted 2008-08-31 03:13 PM


This is a gently evocative piece - everlasting summer is, sadly, never everlasting.
Midnitesun
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4 posted 2008-09-02 07:32 PM


"with Winter whispering          
from the farther shore"

That's the shoreline I want Father Winter to stay on for another six months.

ArtSolstice
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5 posted 2008-09-03 01:20 PM


Poignant and graceful, this is well written and greatly enjoyed.
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