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Remains Of Summer
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Remains Of Summer |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
I gather still scatter of forgotten bones cast by turning earth from passing days And carve upon the ribs such poems as might Fit them back to cage where along the vertebrae I pause Three syllables to inscribe as bees now dance within the hollow That was once the marrow of each hour And in consecrated vowels lay to rest the soft of O With mumbled prayers I found beneath mica flakes and clay A glitter they were As was the dawn upon fresh dew Before the sun became too warm and left dry Wood sorrel where it stood along the edge of copse and in the fade of moon I had found cast off the tibia of dreams as it was left un-worded Images drawn but a fey outline of what once stood amid the shattered glass of stars Along its length I pressed glyphs as one might in wet clay with fingertips and listened to wind as it rose carrying the scatter of early leaves that fall into a rain of premature yellows and brown trying as I was to capture the ends of an in between as comes when on waking we see both moon and sun Within its narrows lay honey now abandoned but such sweetness I denied to taste letting instead the consonants hit back of teeth and swallowed what was left of warmth when in aggregate they spelled faith So little in the lines on mandible of June Did I carve runes to remember ancient spell knowing well it had no hold on time and could not stop the passing days or return heart of sly starred nights to sigh the tender comma marks on glass in rain so now the meaning's lost to all except in scry of suites when deck is raised then cut and cut again to deal a fortune told Incomplete these fine bones of hand do not span the distanced need to hold again the feel of love beneath fingertips or wear a brush of skin along the cheek turned towards now fading sun I gather still scatter of forgotten bones Knowing soon that winter comes and all will wear A gown of white that chills My own |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Especially love that last verse. Ida |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Thank you Ida.. glad you found something in this to enjoy |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Love the great imagery in your "remains of summer." Love, Margherita  |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Oh boy, your ending is a breath catcher, your poem, a beauty all it's own. Emotionally captivating, makes my heart go thud!!! |
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Sunkissed Senior Member
since 2002-12-03
Posts 610 |
Don't how I missed this one. Beautiful writing, Captain, even though penned in blue. ~Sunkissed |
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Eusta B. Mae Senior Member
since 2010-05-03
Posts 903 |
Cpat- (chuckling)You are bad to the bone on this one!ebm |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
I don't know why, but I lean toward the mystical nature of change in September. The preceding days all seem to culminate into a harvest of tea leaves, darkening in essence as the days fall away. Where did the months go? Yet, Sept. is my favorite month, and this poem is brew for my "bones." Thanks for sharing a cup of your craft with me It's so good to read you again. |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
always a pleasure to view the residue of your thoughts amigo...enjoyed it here |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
My dear friend... whether you know it or not, this has a deep and special significance to me at this time, and I appreciate the time it took for you to wring the words from you well. Thank you. |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
(: -Juju |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
~~~~no one captivates the seasons like you, Riverman <3 |
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