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icequeen
Senior Member

since 2001-12-09

Posts 633
FL USA

0 posted 2002-05-30 09:39 PM

In shimmer and glory of morning
the last blink of hope’s eye
is carried away on the rolls
of staccato drumbeats
All breath held for miracles
has been heard in a sigh
sifted by spades and channeled
across the wide, wide river
Her surreal mist guards
an intense longing
for buried treasures
Heartbeats stretch with each
note of trumpeted solace
God is nigh
Tears and sweat and blood
shall make this fertile ground
for a new century
No monument will ever stand
Higher, Greater, Longer
than the humanity
that readied the garden
in which the last of the
angels will sleep

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2002-05-30 09:54 PM

No monument will ever stand
Higher, Greater, Longer
than the humanity
that readied the garden
in which the last of the
angels will sleep
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
icequeen, I too watched in tears the closing of Ground Zero today...
This is one incredible write describing the scene
and your personal thoughts as well...
Wonderful tribute, delicately,
and reverently depicted.
~Hugs for this keeper~

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2002-05-30 09:59 PM

Icequeen, a fitting Tribute...
thank you...

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2002-05-30 10:09 PM

A sad chapter closed and you expressed this well!

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2002-05-30 10:14 PM

IceQueen~
I've been touched so tenderly with today's events ... you just touched me again~

'No monument will ever stand
Higher, Greater, Longer
than the humanity
that readied the garden
in which the last of the
angels will sleep'

Such moving thoughts ... thank you~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

icequeen
Senior Member

since 2001-12-09

Posts 633
FL USA

5 posted 2002-05-30 11:19 PM

Thank you all for your kind responses. I was touched by the solemnity of the ceremony today... and thanking God that not one politician stood up to pontificate and posture over what it all means. It was respectful and dignified, as well it should be.

and then the words just kind of tumbled out

...and her crown was formed by the ice in her eyes

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

6 posted 2002-05-31 09:41 AM

This is a stunningly wonderful piece!

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write.

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