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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2014-11-01 11:31 PM


      A Dream of Joy and Sorrow

The delicious taste of wood smoke
and distant evening bells dances
in the cold-clear air to the music of
   a billion, billions  stars
above this Autumn evening scene
painted in silver frost and perfect
   moonlight,
where only ‘shadows’ walk the empty
   streets
like floating clouds … no resting place
they are my brethren
the lost ones … the lonely ones
for whom love remains only the
greatest dream of joy and sorrow.

                   --- b. e. adams (11/1/2014)



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BluesSerenade
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1 posted 2014-11-03 09:35 PM


You paint the most beautiful poetry.

Truly a fine work of art...

secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2014-11-03 10:41 PM


Thank you ! ... I'm deeply touched by your praise for my ever-so-humble lil' "poetic scribbling"
secondhanddreampoet
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3 posted 2014-11-03 10:46 PM


As I have likely said here before ... the 'past' is irrevocable; the 'future' as yet powerless to be born; we have only the grand-scintillating 'now' in which to paint this world in bright-delicious colors ... what better way than via 'word-paintings' as words may well be the only inexhaustible source of true 'magic' in this lovely, but sometimes oh so sad 'ol world!  I do believe that 'poetry' is a 'fine art' and that all the arts 'inform' each other.
latearrival
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4 posted 2014-11-04 11:55 PM


Bruce,You know by now how my much I love your beautiful word paintings of life outdoors. Thank you once again, Jo
secondhanddreampoet
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5 posted 2014-11-05 09:30 AM


Thank you again, Jo.  I believe 'Nature' is the greatest sensei and finest muse ... hopefully there are 3 primary themes/intents carried on the cascading (natural) imagery in my 'writes' ... they are 1. giving Nature a 'voice'/environmental stewardship; 2. the tolerance for and celebration of human diversity and that of all biospheric life forms; 3. 'Universalism' ... the infinitely nested 'connectedness' of everyone and everything across all scales of observation in this lovely world and grand-scintillating universe!
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6 posted 2014-11-05 01:20 PM


Amazing as usual, Bruce.
                     Ida

secondhanddreampoet
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7 posted 2014-11-05 01:33 PM


... and, as always, many thanks, Ms. Ida !!
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