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ma miller
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0 posted 2000-07-19 10:52 PM


Inspired by Norman Rockwell's, Man Painting Flagpole

REST AGAIN EAGLE ...

golden eagle's symbolic flight
aloft a pole of whitest white
with perched wings spread so wide
as a golden ball provides the ride

posing under eternity's spell
and through summer's hottest hell
through icy winter's deepest cold
your lonely pole's left to hold

like ominous shadows on cityscape
once brilliant shine wears dull's cape
years between visits of needed relief
patina's drab is beyond belief

rescue to commence (and not too soon)
your little wish upon the moon
so up the pole with paint and brush
refreshing strokes felt in a rush

this time was better than the rest
an old man putting time to the test
no hurry was he to finish the job
rest again eagle, back on your knob


M.A. Miller
07.19.00
(Inspired by Norman Rockwell's "Man Painting Flagpole")

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My calling before me, let quill be my offering;
For to be called poet, no greater gift to receive.

M.A.





[This message has been edited by MA Miller (edited 07-19-2000).]

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Saunni
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777
West Virginia
1 posted 2000-07-19 11:09 PM


that was simply Awesome!!!

Sauni

Sauni :)

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

2 posted 2000-07-19 11:14 PM


I like this much....and I do promise to be good now.
(forgive me...think I made meself giddy t'nite...)
enjoyed, Miller man...

[This message has been edited by serenity (edited 07-19-2000).]

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

3 posted 2000-07-19 11:19 PM


posing under eternity's spell
and through summer's hottest hell
through icy winter's deepest cold
your lonely pole's left to hold

like ominous shadows on cityscape
once brilliant shine wears dull's cape
years between visits of needed relief
patina's drab is beyond belief

rescue to commence (and not too soon)
your little wish upon the moon
so up the pole with paint and brush
refreshing strokes felt in a rush

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very cool MA..
so creative and unique...
your rhyme and cadence are superb once again
very cool place to find inspiration...
the poem painted the picture as well as NR did his...
excellent work
jm

ma miller
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 806

4 posted 2000-07-20 09:06 AM


thanks so much for your comments saunni, serenity and jm ... Rockwell's work is so impressionable, its hard not to write about it ... thanks again.
Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
5 posted 2000-07-20 09:11 AM


Wonderful... I liked the nice originality in the poem and the subject, a falcon/an eagle always inspires me to try and fly higher (read as - in flights of thoughts)....

great work MA Miller... I have now got used to seeing great pieces of work from you...

I am sure you will keep it flowing...

regards,
sudhir

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song
6 posted 2000-07-20 09:52 AM


Mark-This one really hits deeper than you might have intended.  I am ex-military and also grew up in the military and that eagle you speak of means the world to me.  There is one in my front yard and always will be.  Your poem is as beautiful and the Rockwell print you posted with.
ma miller
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since 2000-07-11
Posts 806

7 posted 2000-07-20 10:00 AM


Thanks to all above ... this was kinda' whimsical at first, but like you Mark B., i am ex-military and is probably the reason for my initial impressions of this Rockwell work ... thanks for the connection ...
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