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LeeJ
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0 posted 2004-04-01 12:09 PM


Solitary inspired by Zen
Drizzle drizzle, glass of whiskey
Oceanic lectures remembered
With tactical challenges
Loosening my fee will
After midnight but…

Indeed continue to think
Like a mystical utterance
Bright mirrors of water crystal on for miles
And miles…a passage of various seasons
I am a swing containing a certain capital
After midnight….

Through the trees, wind reaches out
With hoodwink humor…scented realism
Becomes my limousine
For I must piece together the whole of things
After midnight…

Expensive people take you there
Along with middle age
…a good memory…a deeper sail
yielding the nature of true friendship
After midnight…

And a perfect summer morning
Boundless optimism
Gleaning from the intellect of my laundry
Hanging on the line to air, to explore, to pick up
Any lint along the way, in the breeze of passage
Mating thoughts becomes the lamb
After midnight…

A circus of quiet when all asleep
Sounds of rings charming and elegant
Stars brilliantly sing
Listen, their emotional level in subtlety
Painting a portrait…
Oh, how I jam these sprays into my pockets
For historical reasons only
the teacher smiles but I am unaware

After a particular sense falls gracefully
Together, like little metaphysical particles
After midnight, I come closer to the truth
Listening, listening to art, the classics of dreamland, awake in my white wicker chair

After midnight, in the quiet…lovely peace...silence
One can hear a bird dream, and green leaves in night air sing
Or...are they merely listening to, saying, yes, Lord, we will Create, we will hear you

Then, all is so unperfect, that it becomes perfect
perhaps that is the way of things
in the quiet after midnight?



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JL
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1 posted 2004-04-01 12:22 PM


So many thoughts in our past experiences going through life.  This is a marvelous example of living and learning “Graduate School.”  Beautiful write Lee J.

JL

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2004-04-01 12:59 PM


LeeJ,
You have lucid dreams. Enjoyed

Earth Angel
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3 posted 2004-04-01 01:06 PM


I love the quiet after midnight! That is when I go into my own form of Zen mode!

Enjoyed your cascading thoughts and the images!


Linda

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4 posted 2004-04-01 01:16 PM


Lovely Lee..this,
"After midnight, in the quiet…lovely peace...silence
One can hear a bird dream, and green leaves in night air sing"

and then...

"Then, all is so unperfect, that it becomes perfect
perhaps that is the way of things
in the quiet after midnight?"

Very very much enjoyed those passages especially.
Excellent write.
Hugs~

  ~Before befriending butterflies
you have to meet with midnight moths.~

Sadelite
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5 posted 2004-04-07 11:14 PM


My mind can't catch enough of your wonderful imagery quick enough!  You totally amaze me.My favorites:
  "After midnight, in the quiet…lovely peace...silence
One can hear a bird dream, and green leaves in night air sing
Or...are they merely listening to, saying, yes, Lord, we will Create, we will hear you

Then, all is so unperfect, that it becomes perfect
perhaps that is the way of things
in the quiet after midnight?"

          Sadie



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6 posted 2004-04-08 12:18 PM


I have often heard nothing good ever happens after midnight, I dont believe that anymore! lovely words Lee!

~~**~~
The sound of silence calls,
I hear your voice and suddenly
I'm falling, lost in a dream
The echo of our souls meet
~~**~~

passing shadows
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7 posted 2004-04-08 04:23 AM


I know that quiet

excellent write!

Goldenrose
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8 posted 2004-04-08 05:24 AM


Such fantastic descriptive writing Lee...you weave a picture from fine irredescent thread to complete your work...

Tahnk you..


Goldnerose.

''There is no need for temples, no need for complicated Philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness''-  Dalai Lama

iliana
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9 posted 2004-04-11 01:28 AM


LeeJ -- amazing, amazine write.  The last two stanzas are my favorite part -- the birds, yes, they create......yes, perhaps it is the imperfection that is perfect!   Loved this.   ...jo
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