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JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America

0 posted 2011-01-22 08:36 PM


the moon
ice-white
the sky
throbbing
with stars
their light
frosting
the trees
beautiful
clouds
translucent
whispery
passing
between
old man
moon
and myself
it is cold
for October
the wind
flattening
the leaves
on the oak
across the
street
wood frame
houses with
heavy curtains
give them
appearance
of seclusion
and peace
as I look
into the sky
seeking
my own
freedom
and peace
I wonder
if we seek
the same
only go
about it
differently
could be
the moon
talks to me
it says
there will be
an ending
be it
walking away
or
be it death
so I
revel in the night
cold tho it is
somehow I
feel myself
brought down
with sadness
as I look at
the moon
tonight like
nights before
and
listening to the
tick-tock
of the clock.

~ Life is sexually transmitted ~

© Copyright 2011 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA
1 posted 2011-01-22 08:44 PM


hauntingly beautiful...those are the words that best dexcribe this sad and moving poem imo...expertly written, JerryPat...you know, i love your work!  It's refreshingly unique!


Faith

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
2 posted 2011-01-22 09:05 PM


I have become a ardent fan of yours also, Faith. I thank you much for you kind words.

~ Life is sexually transmitted ~

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058

3 posted 2011-01-22 10:45 PM


love your word choices and phrasing..."translucent whispery" being my personal favorite
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
4 posted 2011-01-22 10:55 PM


Appreciate your kind words, steavenr.

~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.  ~

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

5 posted 2011-01-22 11:53 PM


Built rather like my candle...

This moon has been so intense I feel her leaving.


Spiros Zafiris
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since 2002-10-20
Posts 982
Canada
6 posted 2011-01-23 01:11 AM


..hi Jerry..>enjoyed the poem;you
write/post them faster than i can read
them..bravo..!

..spiros
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OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
7 posted 2011-01-23 01:56 AM


This is quiver-magical, Jerry – encapsulating an exhilarating bond with Nature and a reaching out simultaneously to the essence of an individual and to all humanity, yet crying out with loneliness and sadness in its raw and honest beauty, but simultaneously heart-painting the human spirit’s greatest depth of awareness and hope.  Exquisite!  This is simultaneously macrocosmic and microcosmic in content – and in addition, in totality, a masterpiece yet paradoxically a tiny sparkling gem.  You have inspired me to repost my Moon Patterns, My Study at Night and My Indigenous Garden.

Owl

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
8 posted 2011-01-23 06:25 AM


I hear you on the moon, serenity. Thanks for sharing yourself with me.

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Spiros, appreciate the kind words, not all of them are recently written, although "Moontime" is. Thanks for being here.

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WoW! What can I say about your comment, but thanks for reading my effort and liking it, Owl.

~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.  ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
9 posted 2011-01-23 08:17 AM


Owl and Faith said it best for me Jerry, I can only whole heartedly agree!
Lori

JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
10 posted 2011-01-23 08:39 AM


Thank you, Lori

~ Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.  ~

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