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The Delta Queen ( a villanelle?)
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The Delta Queen ( a villanelle?) |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Adrift upon the memories, of a Mississippi dream, Rememberance of times gone by, of antebellum grace, As Delta Queen forever sails, in glow of Luna's beam. Stokers shovel coal below, sweating up a steam, Heading down to Natchez, trailhead of the Trace, Adrift upon the memories, of a Mississippi dream. Off the bow, there's Huck and Jim, small raft in current's stream, Below the bluffs of Vicksburg, as from their past they race, As Delta Queen forever sails, in glow of Luna's beam. Soft rippling of the current, beneath night's welkin gleam, Captain in the pilothouse, unseen dangers soon to face, Adrift upon the memories, of a Mississippi dream. Marking twain with knotted rope, forever heads downstream, King Cotton's piled upon ship's deck, New Orleans it's resting place, As Delta Queen forever sails, in glow of Luna's beam. Sailing to tranquility, amid "Big Muddy's" stream, Beneath the beacon of Polaris, encased in past's embrace, Adrift upon the memories, of a Mississippi dream, As Delta Queen forever sails, in glow of Luna's beam. |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
WoW this was great..loved it..nicely done.  ~Victoria~ A poem is never finished, only abandoned. - Paul Valery (1871-1945) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Mike, this is fantastic! Very very nice! Cool play on words too....'Marking twain'...very cool! Denise |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Mike~ This is just fabulous ! ! So easily I was swept along ... I like it. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
My kinda poem, my friend... but you know that...  |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Very well done Mike 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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