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Buzzygirl
Junior Member

since 1999-09-11

Posts 42
St. Paul, MN USA

0 posted 1999-09-30 12:29 PM

She melts into a purple cloud:
she silvers the hunter's moon;
her maple's burning-orange leaves
sing of a sleep coming soon.

She flowers her language in leaves ashen-red,
so shortly, clothed breathlessly;
I blink: they wave down about my head
seeking covers of snow eternally.

I drink of her flowers: still-silken, their leaves
and, for a short while, I knew
by heart, the song this coolness breathes
where once the snowdrops grew.

Crystalline frosts lie upon the grass
misted early mornings now wake cold:
the smallest of puddles are roofed with glass,
reflecting her reds and her golds.

The notes of the cricket grow soft and seek length
as does the sparrow's, aloft in some bough;
as day gives up self, the night gains its strength,
both singing still; no, not for long now.

I cannot take with me her sun and that sky:
a song I can't hear, yet it sings to my eye-
and even now, she bends her head
over rich, dark roses, still blushing red.

Autumn dies in beauty:
by color and by fire;
but her shroud will be woven
As snow-white attire.

Night lays its head upon my brow:
In sleeping I shall dream
Of her silver-pointed willow boughs
Dripping their fingers in leaden streams.
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September 29, 1999

Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

1 posted 1999-10-02 02:02 PM

Great, loved the line:
"a song I can't hear, yet it sings to my eye-"

The Unknown Poet
Junior Member

since 1999-09-25

Posts 34
Somewhere West of No-Where

2 posted 1999-10-02 02:14 PM

Breathtaking, Buzzygirl.
Sweetly done.

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Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-10-02 06:56 PM

Very lovely!

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Denise

Alwye

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Member Elite

since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

4 posted 1999-10-03 12:07 PM

Pure magic..I'm left breathless..

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*Krista Knutson*

Wise is he who faces the frailty of man with the strength of an understanding heart. -- Daniel L. Miller

caroline
Senior Member

since 1999-08-16

Posts 1218
http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm

5 posted 1999-10-03 12:19 PM

Most enchanting!! It paints a truly beautiful scene for me

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The only man worth your tears will never make you cry...

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 1999-10-03 02:12 PM

Buzzygirl,
Good paint I enjoyed the read

[This message has been edited by Seymour Tabin (edited 10-03-1999).]

Beki
Senior Member

since 1999-09-15

Posts 1569
Newport Beach, CA, USA

7 posted 1999-10-04 03:51 AM

simply beautiful

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