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ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
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0 posted 2010-04-09 08:52 PM



Shillings and Sunbeams

The day is poised to make blue appeal
Words muddled in spring rain seem to absorb emotional floods
And a sunny disposition becomes what is gathered in a reed basket
I breathe deeper than I can hold hoping the sand that coats my eyes will wash away
Hoping the dry salt in my throat will release its grip
There’s nothing to talk about, nothing to discuss
Clarity is stark against the light of day, and I’ve learned my lessons
We are sent to each other, to teach what is unconditional
To reach what is fathomless of our inner lives, to discover how much we can hold
The exchange rate is higher, the lines are made bolder
Now over and only just begun, and I want to wring the tears from my fabric
Let them fall until I melt into a puddle and condense into the wind
So this I finally know
How much I can love you

Copyright Kkh 4/9/10

© Copyright 2010 Kathleen Harris - All Rights Reserved
Zeigeist
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since 2009-12-09
Posts 311
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1 posted 2010-04-10 08:28 AM


oh Kathy, this is one of your most personel. The depth of one's love is mesaured by the couarge of our hearts. I am reading this poem and it comes at a moving time for me. Thank you for its beauty.

Zeitgeist.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
2 posted 2010-04-11 02:34 PM


Beautiful writing, Diamond, as always.
                                 Ida

Andrew Scott
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since 1999-06-24
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Redlands,CA,USA
3 posted 2010-04-11 07:05 PM


Wow! You can really feel this one. An excellent piece of writing. Thank you for sharing. Peace to you and yours.

"We'll chase them like rats across the tundra."

steavenr
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4 posted 2010-04-11 11:33 PM


"Let them fall until I melt into a puddle and condense into the wind"

...what an exquisite line...so enchantingly beautiful...lovely lines

Chalmette Guy
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since 2009-03-11
Posts 1257
Louisiana
5 posted 2010-04-12 08:31 AM


This is so beautiful Kathy.

Now over and only just begun, and I want to wring the tears from my fabric
Let them fall until I melt into a puddle and condense into the wind
So this I finally know
How much I can love you


In trance I am at reading you. As always.

Kahlil
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since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881

6 posted 2010-04-13 10:57 PM


I have always loved your depth of soul writing. This clutches deep inside.
Kethry D
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since 2010-04-12
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Australia
7 posted 2010-04-13 11:17 PM


I think the last line says it all, althought the rest says a lot as well.

A poet must leave traces of his passing not proof.

Rene Char

LngJhnAg
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since 1999-07-23
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Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion
8 posted 2010-04-14 11:28 AM


man, Kathy.  What a deep, deep poem.  I read it several times.  Each time I gained more insight.  This is a very beautiful poem.
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