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Severn
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since 1999-07-17
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0 posted 2000-09-14 08:14 AM


Warmed in the lamp
light I lay
curled
my pillow
rests my head and
I’m waking
in my truth
of these surroundings

should I sigh
would it find its way to you?


Perhaps it’s settled
in the deep
shadows you see
a thousand sighs away
in those nights
you and I
have stared eyes wide

I’m out again
in the here
covered by a sliver
of tomorrow-sight it’s
light enough
to provide the promise
of finding
you and

I’m not traveling far

only
across
the distance
our voices need to
resonate the other’s
hair

over only
a slice of space
  a measure of life



© Copyright 2000 Kamla Mahony - All Rights Reserved
Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
1 posted 2000-09-14 08:17 AM


Wonderful...

only
across
the distance
our voices need to
resonate the other’s
hair

WOW  

regards O Kamla,
sudhir

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
2 posted 2000-09-14 08:20 AM


This measure of life is very small no matter the distance. Sometimes the closeness is greater when you're apart, but spiritually entwined.
This is beautiful, Kamla
I miss you, dear
Liz

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

3 posted 2000-09-14 08:26 AM


I liked this much...sort of a resigned sadness to the feel of this.  You do this so well...yea, you!
Nicole
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since 1999-06-23
Posts 1835
Florida
4 posted 2000-09-14 03:00 PM



Love this!

Sigh!
N

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263

5 posted 2000-09-14 03:42 PM


This really is beautiful. The whole thing just sings to me.

Kathleen


Martie
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since 1999-09-21
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California
6 posted 2000-09-14 03:49 PM


Kamla--time and space have such great meaning or so little meaning when the heart is traveling...

This one touches my heart...but, your poetry always does....

Sven
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East Lansing, MI USA
7 posted 2000-09-15 01:10 AM


The heart will always span time. . . and make distances as small as a hair. . . and in that space. . .

Superb. . .

---------------------------------------------------

That which gives light must endure burning
--Victor Frankl


Alicat
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since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094
Coastal Texas
8 posted 2000-09-16 11:07 AM


K, I could actually hear this one being read in some dark, smoky, gin and tonic bistro on the lower east side, skewered by spotlight on stage, swaying with each elocution and emphatic swirl. Like a slap-64 inna Ghetto, Baby!  

*walks out to the snapping of fingers*

Marge Tindal
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9 posted 2000-09-17 03:41 AM


Kamla~
What a treasure ...

'should I sigh
would it find its way to you?'


You should -
and it would.
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com



Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07
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Tamarac Fla
10 posted 2000-09-17 08:24 AM


Kamla,
I can only say this poem is eloquent. *L* Sy

Jamie
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since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168
Blue Heaven
11 posted 2001-03-29 06:36 PM


Well,, I see a sigh can be used without cliche"----

Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".


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