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Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

0 posted 2002-10-24 12:17 PM

Song of the Polar Sea

Come with me to the Polar Sea,
Where the ice wind's blowing
Gem crystals high, against the sky
And a pale sun's glowing.

Hold me tight in the Polar night,
In the earth's far reaches.
The land bleached white with Arctic light
And the great whale breaches.

Ice caverns green and never seen,
Where the dark sea's rolling.
The sounds you hear are crisp and clear,
Like a cold bell, tolling.

Come, if you dare, to hunt the bear
Where the sea-ice grinding,
Hides the beat of his furry feet
And the light is blinding!

Would love endure in air so pure,
The wind a biting knife,
Or would it quail and finally fail
In man's fierce quest for life?

Betty Lou Hebert

Published 1988, New American Poetry Anthology
and Senior Review. Moose Bound Press, 1998

[This message has been edited by Trillium (10-24-2002 04:00 PM).]

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2002-10-24 12:49 PM

This is wonderful Trillium. You have such a broad grasp of the wonders of nature and geographical treasures. And can describe them so we see them. Joyce

CHILI
Member

since 2002-09-08

Posts 244

2 posted 2002-10-24 03:29 PM

I enjoyed this piece and I have to say that I like the way you are able to write about things outside of personal emotion, I have trouble with that.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2002-10-24 03:44 PM

BettyLou~
Such a beautifully serene write~
Lovely imagery makes it come to life~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

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

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

4 posted 2002-10-24 04:29 PM

Joyce: What a nice remark and I deeply appreciate it.

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

5 posted 2002-10-24 04:31 PM

CHILI: Thanks for your kind remarks. I write more about nature, etc. than about personal emotions. The world needs both!

Betty Lou Hebert

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

6 posted 2002-10-24 04:32 PM

Dear Marge: Thank you for reading and your remarks are always so much appreciated.

Betty Lou Hebert

aries_luv_ppl
Senior Member

since 2001-09-20

Posts 1448
Universal Mind

7 posted 2002-10-24 06:16 PM

Your imaginary and analogy is so great! I need to learn from you. I just know the wind, the sky, the flower, the sea and nothing more. I need to get out and feel the nature.

Eliza Simmons
~Sometimes when I look back at what I wrote, I don't recognize the 'Me' in the past anymore.

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

8 posted 2002-10-24 10:19 PM

Eliza: Thank you for all your kind words. I have actually learned a lot about nature from reading although I do get out into the countryside and explore whenever I can. I live in the country too, so much of what I write about is right at my doorstep.

Betty Lou Hebert

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