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Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

0 posted 2009-06-09 07:59 AM

~ Twilight reflections ~

The hills slip over each other
Until their shifting shadows die
In pink and skyward shudders
As light turns solemn in twilit sky

While of these hills the western-most
In changing waste of gold-rose brine
Rears high above the mid summer coast
And fading olive hyaline

Till all the distance overflows
And meadows recede into violet-blue
Then pink and mauve.To fuse and close
A darkling purple fringed anew

With colours that on hill tops soar
Kindling the summits as they grow
A dusky flame on tranquil shore
The pathos of the afterglow

In audience to the skies that call
Ineffable in rest and all......

WTBAKELAR

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since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

1 posted 2009-06-09 09:23 AM

Wonderful, colorful, image.
You paint this picture well.

Tracey.

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

2 posted 2009-06-09 12:04 PM

Thank you Tracey, these are mirrored reflections from a loch in Scotland.
Heart2Heart

Bloodline
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since 2009-05-23

Posts 236
Oklahoma

3 posted 2009-06-09 07:47 PM

Heart2Heart,

"A dusky flame on tranquil shore
The pathos of the afterglow"

Every word picture perfect,
beauty and color as one,

Bloodline

Gentle Spirit
Member Patricius

since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

4 posted 2009-06-09 07:49 PM

So absolutely beautiful this is! Very much enjoyed the images here.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2009-06-10 12:28 PM

Pretty scenery you've painted with your words.

Lovely poem, Heart2Heart

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

6 posted 2009-06-10 12:50 PM

Why thanks Bloodline, the air is so pure and clean on the western islands of Scotlad, that's why we get those gorgeous sunsets :-)
Heart2Heart

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

7 posted 2009-06-10 12:51 PM

So pleased you liked this poem Gentle Spirit, thank you !
Heart2Heart

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

8 posted 2009-06-10 01:32 AM

beautiful couplet in the ending, but I found this genuinely lovely as well...

"With colours that on hill tops soar
Kindling the summits as they grow
A dusky flame on tranquil shore
The pathos of the afterglow"

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

9 posted 2009-06-10 05:52 AM

Thanks Blues Serenade for your kind reply.
Heart2Heart

Heart2Heart
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Scotland/Norway

10 posted 2009-06-10 05:53 AM

I'm much obliged for your kind reply Steavenr. Thank you !
Heart2Heart

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

11 posted 2009-06-10 09:18 AM

I visited Scotland a couple of years ago and fell in love... your poem is a gift... another visit. *S* Beautiful work!!

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

12 posted 2009-06-10 03:00 PM

.. and thank you for a gem of a comment Suthern:-)
Heart2Heart

Johan
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since 2009-05-13

Posts 88
Lincolnshire, England U.K.

13 posted 2009-06-10 03:53 PM

You paint such a picture with your words I feel I'm there.

Johan

Chalmette Guy
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since 2009-03-11

Posts 1257
Louisiana

14 posted 2009-06-10 03:59 PM

This, is incredible writing:

With colours that on hill tops soar
Kindling the summits as they grow
A dusky flame on tranquil shore
The pathos of the afterglow

I especially dig the last line there.
Amazing.

Heart2Heart
Senior Member

since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

15 posted 2009-06-10 04:30 PM

Thanks ever so much Johan and Chalmette, I appreciate your very sweet and kind words so much.
Heart2Heart

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

16 posted 2009-08-10 02:05 PM

I left you a message on Carpe' Diem and who knows perhaps one day in the next few years, you can show me this view? I have always wanted to go to Scotland and find my roots there.

Lovely poem.

Mysteria

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

17 posted 2009-08-10 03:38 PM

You are the van Gogh of poetry, Heart2Heart.
Ida

jbstillwater
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since 2009-07-03

Posts 216
Albuquerque, New Mexico

18 posted 2009-08-10 05:56 PM

We are kind of seeing the same thing, today, Katriona. Not the first time...there is such a wonderful connection there with us!

Happy that I took a few minutes to stop by this site today and find your lovely poem!

Huggs
Jan

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

19 posted 2009-08-10 07:05 PM

Mysteria Macrae, dear lass, I will look at that message prompty, thank you m'dear for bringing forward this old poem, that was a most kind gesture by you dear lady.
You are welcome to visit the homeland of your roots any time, I know the people will clasp you to their breast for a more kindly people you wil not find anywhere in this world.
Katriona

Heart2Heart
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since 2009-05-15

Posts 738
Scotland/Norway

20 posted 2009-08-10 07:08 PM

Thanks ever so much Ida and Jan, I'm glad to see you back dear Jan, so sad about your loss.
Katriona

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