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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Nights Like This On nights like this, too cold for sleep, I think of you. At 3am the sky is deep with stars, the moon hangs low above the roof tops. Shadows weave themselves like ghosts at play between the houses. Far away I hear the early tide approach the shore. That beach was ours on nights like this, to walk along and fashion dreams from salt and sand. Those nights, too cold to sleep alone, we played at love like children play at growing up. I was your Cinderella, you the prince who came to spirit me away to some far-off enchanted castle made of sand. On nights Like this, I think of you and how your eyes would fill my room with light as soft as fall ing snow. The shadows taught us how to touch in whispers, like the moon would touch the waves. Too cold for sleep, I think of you, and how your body's heat could make me shiver as a woman will, alone, on nights like this. © Beki (1989) ------------------ "We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.....the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" --John Keating, Dead Poets Society |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Yup! *G* Great poem!! |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Wonderful, Beki. Glad to have you here. ------------------ *Elizabeth* "Dwelt a maid belov'd and cherish'd by high and low, But with autumn leaf she perish'd, long time ago..." |
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Master Senior Member
since 1999-08-18
Posts 1867Boston, MA |
One of my favorites... Glad to see you here Beki! ------------------ I fell in love and kept on falling |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Master you sly dog! How nice to find a friend here ...:-) Thanks for the comment, it's nice to have a poem that ranks as a favorite for someone whose work I like too. ((hugs)) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is beautiful, Beki! I enjoyed this! ------------------ Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Very nicely done ------------------ "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" ~Albert Camus |
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Beki Senior Member
since 1999-09-15
Posts 1569Newport Beach, CA, USA |
Thanks Denise and Hoot..and hoot, I love your signature quote! ------------------ "We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion.....the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?" --John Keating, Dead Poets Society |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
beautiful |
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