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Dawn to Dusk
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Dawn to Dusk |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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DAWN TO DUSK 1 October 2011 You were the dawning of my days; you were the walking of my ways; you were the kite that skimmed my sky; you were the twinkling of my eye. You were my horizon misty blue; you were my near of every hue; you were the freedom that let me be; you were the moon that rolled my sea. Yours were the arms that raised me up; yours was the touch that filled my cup; yours were the words I floated on; yours was the heart that birthed my song. Oh, dawn is dawn and dusk is dusk and never the d’s shall meet for in between them lies a sea that never can be breached . . . Oh, dawn is dawn and dusk is dusk and never the d’s shall meet for bright is bright and night is night and light, of foot, is fleet. Owl |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Beautifully written owl... we really should make the most of the "todays" we have. Dusk comes all too soon it seems. Michael |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Find a joy of the day and touch it before it flees |
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katahdin Senior Member
since 2010-07-01
Posts 1196ME. In the Shadow of the Mt. |
Owl, this was wonderful, enjoyed! Kat >^..^< |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Michael. Thank you Krawdad. I do. I leave people who disappoint me behind me, and wake up as I did today, to a beautiful blue sky with glorious sunshine that is adoring the foliage of my forest tree leaves and splashing branches and trunks with patches of sunshine. Thank you for your beautiful reply. Smiles. Thank you, Kat. I am glad you liked it. Owl |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
for in between them lies a sea that never can be breached . . . There is such beautiful acceptance in your words... of both what was and what can't be. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, my dear friend, Ruth for getting it so well - what was for so long and what can never be again. Smiles. Owl |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
a great poem Diana, great melody of thoughts and a breathtaking read, thanks a lot yann |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
The words of this poem remind me of the dots on the sepals of lily flowers. The trumpet had opened when I first started to read--stamens quivered in the intellectual breezes of my mind. When all words were absorbed, pollen fell on the pistal, and the seed of understanding grew in the garden of my brain. What I am saying is that I cannot remove myself, and all thought from the natural world outside of humans. And that the intelectual ingenuity that it took to put words, such as these in a poem, are my connection to the complexities of seemingly disconnected phenomena. What the words do is make me think through the argument. Thank you,Diana, for this poem, and those thoughts. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Yann, for your beautiful reply. Ford, I think you may just have got it. Thank you for reading so carefully. I love the way that you relate thought to nature. Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
There is heart touching melancholy in this captivating poem and a conclusive determination to make a bouquet of what was life nourishing for a span of time, but has lost its propelling fragrance. Beautiful, yet sad, dear Owl. M |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Margherita for understanding the joy and the sorrow in this. The fragrance may be lost, but it lives on in the memories of two. Owl |
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