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Windows of Desire (For WhiteDove's Nature's Majesty Challenge)
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Windows of Desire (For WhiteDove's Nature's Majesty Challenge) |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Windows of Desire The cold snappy wind keeps a soul by the fire Just watching through windows of longing desire Envisioning spring through the ice on the pane When crystals of flaky white melt into rain A mantle of white gleaming bright in my eye Is the mirror that etches a change drawing nigh From the bright glazy icing on meadow and field To the thawing that earth will reluctantly yield The icicles chiming in cold gusty breeze Echoing sharp stinging wintry freeze Will melt in the sunlight in little cold tears Enriching the soil with passing of years The seedlings of April will push through the sod Opening blooms that were sculptured by God And colored in pastels of lavender blues And the sizzling reds and the heathery hues How the heart flutters with joy at the scene Of white and pink dogwood surrounded by green And cherry and apple trees ready to burst Into pink and white cotton balls fully immersed Each flower of springtime will quickly appear Flaunting its velvety petals so dear They’ll shine like a spectrum of colorful light Just as ice on my window in prism’s delight The snowflakes are falling in crystal white stars Each pattern of white is so perfectly carved My eye is observing the joy winters bring Through the glaze on my window imagining spring Elizabeth Santos |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Elizabeth~ the flow of this is perfect! Beautiful! I am having the Spring weather for now, and am outside most of the day.......  I enjoyed this very much! SEA |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
A lovely, lovely read....thank you for this, Lady Santos.... |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Liz a perfect description! I await it too, but through the drizzle of rain, and I'll have those drizzles of rain turning into flaky white crystals instead, sometime tonight. Thank you for your beautiful words! <*\\\>< I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. I don't question YOUR existance - GOD |
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Cerenity Member Elite
since 2000-02-16
Posts 2637Escondido-California |
Hi Liz, Simply beautiful girl, challenge so very well met, my heart jumped in delight, Love, Cerenity "God doesn't have to be reminded that we exist. We have to be reminded that He exist!" (Writer Unknown) |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz--my window is so different from yours, but I sure know what you mean...this is lovely! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
How the heart flutters with joy at the scene Of white and pink dogwood surrounded by green And cherry and apple trees ready to burst Into pink and white cotton balls fully immersed Each flower of springtime will quickly appear Flaunting its velvety petals so dear They’ll shine like a spectrum of colorful light Just as ice on my window in prism’s delight The snowflakes are falling in crystal white stars Each pattern of white is so perfectly carved My eye is observing the joy winters bring Through the glaze on my window imagining spring ================ I knew you would do this challenge justice with your gift of imagery and pen of nature lovely transition of winter to spring here Liz ... beautiful images. take care gifted poetess jm Sprayed across my heart and hers Danced butterflies in the wild This angel, this woman , who loves me with the innocence of a child. ~DeVante~ |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Wonderful answer to the challenge Elizabeth......love the phrasing and all the different scenes ......the feeling of the whole work is so fresh and beautiful.....but I've come to realize that's what I am going to read when you post.....simply marvelous work!! "How the heart flutters with joy at the scene Of white and pink dogwood surrounded by green And cherry and apple trees ready to burst Into pink and white cotton balls fully immersed" So true! "The snowflakes are falling in crystal white stars Each pattern of white is so perfectly carved My eye is observing the joy winters bring Through the glaze on my window imagining spring " Right now that's exactly what I'm doing! Great writing!! The poet is like a cocoon; in him the caterpillar of the past finds rest, and from him the butterfly of the future emerges. |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
What wonderful thought, accepting today with hope for tomorrow while appreciating the beauty of each. Really enjoyed this, as I do all of yours. |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Very lovely Elizabeth! Betty Lou Hebert |
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