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Huan Yi
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0 posted 2011-03-23 10:42 AM


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Debris
Washed up
On a present shore

The soft mute glance
Over a covered shoulder

Staid demeanors
Those silent gestures
That no one important
To their absent authors
Is now left to see

At dawn or dusk
Do their images meet
In light reflections
Dwelling on moments
Their breathing knew

Horses in traces
Schooners at harbor
Houses with porches
Under wooden eaves

The flowers of summer
First loves last hours
As loss remembers

The call of bells
On Sunday afternoons


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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07
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a 'Universalist' !
1 posted 2011-03-23 01:10 PM


now THIS is TRULY fine !

superb 'write' !!

Margherita
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2 posted 2011-03-24 10:16 AM


Poignantly beautiful.

M

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