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Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2001-09-04 11:20 AM

In times of smooth waters,
calm before the morning,
Spiders still asleep in rafters,
their webs with dew glistening,
the warmth of summer dwells in the lake,
clouds crouching not drifting away.
With not a breeze in the first of day,
Not a breath of wind to make leaves rustle,
No airy fingers for my hair to tussle,
As I sit watching a solitary boats wake.
Some early fisherman at his first casting,
The calm is not long in it’s lasting
As skiers ripple the surface so calm,
The sun climbs and the day moves on.

Gloom

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

1 posted 2001-09-04 11:56 AM

That brief quietude so easily ripples, does it not...

well done Sir!

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

2 posted 2001-09-04 12:12 PM

Professor - I have been on a dock at a serene time such as this. Blast the skier who broke the spell!! Good work.

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

Krawdad
Member Elite

since 2001-01-03

Posts 2597

3 posted 2001-09-04 01:53 PM

The Quiet and The Calm . . .
Rare and endangered and must be sought out.
Too bad.
But thanks for the poem, and the "crouching clouds".

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

4 posted 2001-09-05 09:27 AM

I used to go camping and fishing alot befor life got so busy I no longer have time to even breath... LOL and this was my favorite time... befor anything or anyone was about, in the morn

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2001-09-06 03:56 PM

ProfGloom~
Thanks for sharing the view~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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cruz
Member

since 2000-07-18

Posts 282
Dallas,Texas USA

6 posted 2001-09-06 09:22 PM

what a gr8 picture! except of course:

"The calm is not long in it’s lasting
As skiers ripple the surface so calm,
The sun climbs and the day moves on."

which happens to be my fav part of your art.
what an awesum right!

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