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Open Poetry #48

Wisdom of the Forest

secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2013-12-05 10:19 PM

        Wisdom of the Forest

Above these ‘endless’ hills
and silver, frost-tipped trees
a few ragged cloud orphans play
across a cold, bright, indifferent
Winter moon and star-dipper sky,
vanishing along the eternal event
horizon of ‘Deep-Time’ passing.
Here, I rouse my lonely evening heart
for there is so much yet to learn
along a thousand traceless paths
in this empty midnight forest;
and I would never trade a moment
of the wisdom in this luminous ‘now’
for all the riches, fame, or vain, fleeting
glories in the dark and ever-grasping world
   of men.
The future lies distant beyond all imaginings,
and from the past, I choose to remember
    only love.
                  --- b. e. adams (12/5/2013)

paderewski
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since 2011-02-04

Posts 287
Louisiana, USA

1 posted 2013-12-06 08:25 AM

Ahhh . . . Excellent poetry my friend, to remember love with all its nuances is such a wonderful feeling.

~*~ You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. ~*~

Gale
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since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

2 posted 2013-12-10 12:22 PM

Absolutely love this!
I should say that I fond of forest not less than I love mountains. Its my home.

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2013-12-10 12:45 PM

Good choice, Bruce.

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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4 posted 2013-12-10 10:20 AM

many thanks to each of you for commenting on this 'write!' ...

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

5 posted 2013-12-10 12:38 PM

It always warms my heart to read you~~

how's the weather up there...we are getting plenty of snow today!

M

secondhanddreampoet
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6 posted 2013-12-10 03:16 PM

we got nothing but 'freezing drizzle' yesterday and some snow flurries today ...

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2013-12-10 10:36 PM

nice...James

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