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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
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Oregon

0 posted 2000-12-07 11:11 AM



SORROW
Virginia Salter

sorrow
falls like frost-bitten
daisy petals
upon my cheeks
clinging to salty tears
wrapping up the years
in sadness of profound degree

what is to be with me?
what will be the words
that will lift me
that will cling to me
with a gladness
that transcends
all that life and death would give

then reaches
reaches for the seeds
that wriggle into enriched soil
prepared for growth
readied for beauty
bringing a sprout
to rise


© November 15, 2000

© Copyright 2000 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
dragonpoe
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since 2000-11-12
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Palm Bay, Florida
1 posted 2000-12-07 11:16 AM


classic. well said and written with emotion.


With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free..
dragonpoe

VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
2 posted 2000-12-07 11:22 AM


Thank you, dragonpoe!

Irish Rose
Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263

3 posted 2000-12-24 08:41 PM


This is absolutely stunning.

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."
Joan Crawford

rascalx
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since 1999-08-25
Posts 590
Florence, SC, USA
4 posted 2000-12-25 12:07 PM


Beautifully done. I especially love the line - "frost bitten daisy petals upon my cheeks". You convey the depth of your sorrow so well. I hope you have since found the "seeds" of growth and beauty. Good write!  )
Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
5 posted 2000-12-26 11:17 AM


VAS,
absolutely brilliant, fabulously well written. Well done!
write on
Kethry


Religion is for people frightened about going to hell - Spirituality is for people who have been there. Anon.


Lana
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since 2000-12-26
Posts 68

6 posted 2000-12-26 07:27 PM


this is very poetic, very classic.
kaile
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singapore
7 posted 2000-12-26 08:48 PM


hi,
your poems also have a surreal tone to them..i always enjoyed reading them(and hopefully will learn to write like that someday) and i think this is my favourite piece that i have read from you so far...

enjoyed muchly

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