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Essorant
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since 2002-08-10
Posts 4769
Regina, Saskatchewan; Canada

0 posted 2003-01-02 12:20 PM



The Errandghost


The errandghost in livery
of nobled high divinity
wends spacious ways upon her pens
and with a persant gazement kens
the worldkind lands and citizens,
and residents of bright heavens,
in flight throughout the universe
a messanger, a knight, and nurse.
She plays the inner harp of things
and tend its tunes and mends its strings;
upon the sky will so please on
a cloud formed as an airy throne
and wake solace within a strain
over the kingdom and the plain.
She keeps a rare and layered shield
with heart and sword fixed on its field
that change and wars endured and made
sharp in defense, stout for its trade
that hangs at her back, prompt to wield
protection until dangers yeild.
And speaks a tongue without a word
but in between all things is heard
her errand in all ear she says
though clenched lots stall, all will embrace.

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arthur
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since 2001-08-14
Posts 678
england
1 posted 2003-01-02 11:40 AM


thank you for your poem
I enjoyed it
you ave asked for feed back so here it is.
Please understand that i claim not profound kn0wledge.

I would have writtin it in verse ( ie split the poem into seperate parts) form
I think that helps the reader to absorb a picture before moving to the next.Perhaps you did not wish this? That is you were seeking an accumulation of images.
I am nver quite sure how far you can take couplets before the repetition becomes a burden.It is a matter of individual taste.

the line ended in "on" jarred with me.
I feel that someone will coment on the punctuation and grammer but that is beyond me.
I liked it .
Good luck
Arthur

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