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threadbear
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since 2008-07-10

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0 posted 2010-05-19 12:17 PM

In Her Honor

It was a parade in her honor
where confetti blew like milkweed
people huddled in buffalo masses
and doves dove at her tiny feet.

a stick with an apple impaled upon it
waved bravely in her young hands.
She smiled into the blue sky canvas
that was just an opening into heaven.

In clothes too old for her age
she instantly was her own aspiration
wanting to be the beauty
with parade wave hand cupped
smiling to people she did not know.

God always seems to appear
when dreams become wishes
and wishes become the willing.

This was the :
if

If she was
she still could be

the first girl
on the moon.

Eusta B. Mae
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since 2010-05-03

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1 posted 2010-05-19 12:26 PM

This is wonderful! you capture the essence of imaginaton. ebm

threadbear
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2 posted 2010-05-19 12:43 PM

oh my grandchildren again
providing a muse for musing.
I always pester them about what is in their dreams. Always wondered what little girls dreamed about, not ever being one myself.
Thank you, Eusta B
for what eusta b.
Jeff

Earl Brinkman
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since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

3 posted 2010-05-25 10:23 PM

What begins as a very good description of a parade turns inward to the dreams of a little girl. And what dreams they are! Thanks for sharing this gem.

threadbear
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4 posted 2010-05-25 11:54 PM

Hey and Hi, Earl, and thank you, always for your be the star for just a day. That ain't a bad thing to aspire to.
Hope you are doing well, and thanx again
Jeff

Bastet
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since 2010-05-07

Posts 246

5 posted 2010-05-26 02:44 AM

This poem has a mysterious, oneiric quality which seems to me to be a new element in your poetry. I love it. Dare I compare it to a Chagall painting? Some really wonderful phrases like: "buffalo masses" and blue sky canvas." Bravo!

Sunshine

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6 posted 2010-05-26 03:53 PM

Bastet is spot on with the kudos on imagery. Although what I think I like best about this poem is your response about your grandchildren being muses.

Aren't they just the best?

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