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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2003-08-16 12:09 PM


Summer Feigns a Cool

August breezes
swing the feeders
summer sprinklers
refresh the way;
lazy morning’s
busy grasses
make an oxy-
moron day.

There’s a smile
deep inside me
bubbling up to
delight my play;
syncopated
rhythmic slapping
marks the seconds
held at bay.

Roses wait
aromas wafting
in a sweet
en rapt array;
dancing on
the currents waving
beneath the trees
in mellow sway.

It’s time for me
to stand and labor
purposeful,
without delay;
to give these hours
their time of blessing
while taking time
to stop and pray.

©August 16, 2003

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2003 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
Margherita
Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236
Eternity
1 posted 2003-08-16 12:15 PM


Hauntingly beautiful! And I'll take to heart your last line!
Love, Margherita

littlewing
Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655
New York
2 posted 2003-08-16 12:51 PM


Virginia - this is absolutely beautiful!

lazy morning’s
busy grasses
make an oxy-
moron day.


awesome lines
xxoo

MoniDaPoet
Member
since 2003-08-14
Posts 73
California, USA
3 posted 2003-08-16 12:53 PM


Lovely, absolutely lovely. I'm so glad I found a website that houses such great work. Most of the poems I read are from people that never seem to pick up a book much less a pen. You obviously don't have that problem.

I have only my genius to declare!

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