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augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

0 posted 2019-01-13 06:56 PM

Beneath the Snow~

Beneath the snow
Lie promises,
Hibernated covenants
Restless in their bed,
Seeds of faith still cling
Against north wind naysayers.

My meant-to's are there,
Just below the surface,
Thoughts of every hue
Scattered
Like the bedraggled leaves
Of Fall,
Caught and buried before they
Could scurry-fly-away,
But dormancy
Has given them a wily patience.

How the past shivers
An untrusting back,
Yet hands will soon lose themselves
In rich warm soil,
Caressing fine hope,
These tiny moments
Vine worthwhile,
And the clay pot
With saucer to catch all tears
Will hug the sill,
Rooted in determination,
Just as the heart waits
For the sun of Spring,
I will bide the deep of Winter
To see the first crocus
Expose its purple-headed secret to the sky,
Who am I to doubt miracles..
And all those promises
Beneath the snow.

© Augustsky

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2019-01-13 08:47 PM

Sky,
This is beautiful! I love poems that use nature to describe human emotion. You did this to perfection! ~L

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

2 posted 2019-01-13 09:11 PM

quote:
"Who am I to doubt miracles...
And all those promises
Beneath the snow"

Indeed...who are any of us?

I suppose I could have quoted the entire poem, Miss Sky. Well, perhaps just one more so as to leave room for the others:

quote:
"And the clay pot
With saucer to catch all tears
Will hug the sill

Thoroughly enjoyed.

...just bein' Bluesy

Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI

3 posted 2019-01-14 02:25 PM

Love all the images you have painted with your words Sky...And the message too Always love reading your poems
Hugz
Alana

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2019-01-14 05:42 PM

Lori and Bluesy and Alana said it all for me . . . eh . . . Either that or I am just becoming mentally lazy.

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

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

5 posted 2019-01-15 08:47 PM

Thank you dear Poet's..
Lori, Bluesy, Alana, & Jerrypat.

~Don't Quit Your Day Dream~

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2019-01-16 08:20 PM

this is a so generous and exquisite poem, teach us to look forward, whatever , the words and images are delicate and inspiring

yann

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

7 posted 2019-01-17 07:56 PM

Your reply made me smile, Thank you Yann.

~Don't Quit Your Day Dream~

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