Songs Change (from last Sept)

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Open Poetry #11

Songs Change (from last Sept)

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-01-06 11:54 PM

Songs Change
Virginia Salter

darkness has engulfed day’s passing
a chill’s overtaken its high
the clock’s meted out as with marching
the minutes and hours gone by

loneliness cries in the wilderness
a song as somber as night
the dove clings to the willow
too wise to fly without light

a wailing is borne through the treetops
above she who sits all alone
as a mournful ol’ owl hoots its calling
and the reaper’s heart becomes stone

crickets no longer sing blessings
to ears of wanderers there
for seasons change and songs as well
when autumn comes in on the air

© September 5, 2000

dragonpoe
Senior Member

since 2000-11-12

Posts 608
Palm Bay, Florida

1 posted 2001-01-06 11:57 PM

Splendid piece of poetry this is. I loved it start to finish.

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 2001-01-07 12:02 PM

Thanks, dragonpoe.

I just noticed that 'b o r n e' looks like 'home' in the 1st line of the third stanza.

Were you able to tell that or do I need to repost it in different type and non-italicized?

Goodness, I previewed this about 6 or 7 times, but was focusing on 'color' not the words. Fiddle!

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