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Redstart
Senior Member

since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

0 posted 2016-07-12 04:32 PM

Too many walk the city streets
where concrete casts
a numbing chaos on the mind.
So walk with me, in mellow mood,
the paths that lead to wooded lakes.
Where swans and muted geese
swim a water's-edge ballet
on a stage of shimmering mercury,
tempered in its quilted sheen
by the shade of towering guardians.

Breathe that peaceful hour
as a failing sun daubs the trees
a mottled silver,
and the timeless cut of woodland shadow
offers a lost, childhood divinity
that soothes an orphaned memory,
like a mother's breast to the waking child.

Touch these moments
when the warriors of the mind
lay down their swords,
and a priceless peace holds court.
Then, feel the oneness of Gaia
as sailing scents of woodland lakes
shower a pulsing pleasure on the soul.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-07-12 05:01 PM

I will admit to having such wonderful thoughts within myself. Granted, not an everyday thing, but then when I had them they were intense.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Ari Squire
Member
Posts 488
In The Phallus Lane

2 posted 2016-07-13 12:13 PM

Brilliant use of words Red. The imagery they create is truly stunning. One of the most colorful pieces I've read.

Loving Linny Jean is poetry.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2016-07-13 06:53 AM

The fresh breath you offer here is a palpable pleasure. ~L

Cari
Member
Posts 411
Englnand

4 posted 2016-07-13 09:34 AM

A very good ode on the British landscape that in a way dominates our culture like few other nations; it plays a major part in our music, our painted art, in poetry, prose, fiction and nonfiction.
Sure, there is an element of romanticism and nostalgia but turn off any motorway and within a few miles you are back in the land of rolling hills and sounding waters.

Enjoyed your poem very much Red.

Cari.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2016-07-14 02:11 PM

Very nice way to spend a summer afternoon...the daydreamer in me is truly impressed.

Beautiful poem...

Constance
Member

since 2001-07-28

Posts 393
Ohio

6 posted 2016-07-14 05:00 PM

This is a brilliantly crafted poem. I can't even pick favorite lines because I loved them all.

smiles,
cee

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2016-08-01 10:33 PM

enjoyed...james

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