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Margherita
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0 posted 2004-12-27 08:50 PM



        


Furtive touch of full moon

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Giant full moon
I took in your splendour
catching my breath in wonder.
You were supposed to be hidden
behind heavy black clouds.
The rain had been King all day long.
But just for the time of a sigh
your pure white light
shone ever so bright,
pretending my attention.
Your furtive touch made
everything seem all right.

You say ”look into my eyes
and see the magic of life!”


Your lover the ocean
misbehaved, you know,
falling out of rhythm
obeying to an abrupt lurch
of its darkest depths.
You were out of control,
your soft whispers of love
were silenced by a sudden roar.

Yet, your beauty is unaffected
by death, I gaze at you in awe.


At heaven’s gate tonight
there are immense crowds
of astonished souls
waiting to be admitted to the Light.
Tears are falling from the sky
to merge with those cried
by loved ones who survived.
The world is in the grip
of sadness tonight.

Still, in the silence of this night
I am under the spell of your charm.


Speak softly and calmly now
to the blue extension of the sea
caress her surface with your glow,
soothe Mother Earth into sleep
let the vision of terror fade
ban from all the shores
the hungry tsunami waves.

Full moon, you shine so bright tonight,
so many tears glisten in your light.



*


Love, Margherita


[This message has been edited by Margherita (12-28-2004 05:18 AM).]

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1 posted 2004-12-27 08:57 PM


Ah, Margherita, a sad sigh with this beauty. Such suffering and fright.
You and I have both written of the moon this evening. It is gorgeous though isn't it?  
Hugs, Chris

~The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze~
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer

JamesMichael
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2 posted 2004-12-27 08:58 PM


Fantastic writing...James
inkedgoddess
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3 posted 2004-12-27 09:24 PM


you bring the grandeur of the night, center stage to the awe of us, your audience...
applause applause !!!

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4 posted 2004-12-27 09:39 PM


Beautiful bittersweet write m'friend.
Well done...thank you for this.
Hugs~

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

Beki
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5 posted 2004-12-28 02:20 AM


I love moon poems and this was a nice one --really really loved the pic
Honeybunch
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6 posted 2004-12-28 02:28 AM


Beautiful words to go with a stunning picture.
ice
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7 posted 2004-12-28 04:03 AM


­Nature can be both beautiful and ugly at the same time, in different places....its laws must be obeyed, without questioning it by moral implication.

..We must remember it has no plan to make people inspired or miserable...it just is

The moon and its beauty, and the wretchedness of the tsunami are one and the same, two sides of the same coin...

This poem shows both sides, that is why it is very good...

____________ice/ford
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Ericc
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8 posted 2004-12-28 07:55 AM


Wow Margherita...!!!

Beautiful!

Love,
Eric

Janet Marie
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9 posted 2004-12-28 07:58 AM


Still, in the silence of this night
I am under the spell of your charm.

=====================

how well I understand this.
Touching tribute of a tragedy that will be long felt.
Stunning photo...
well done poetess Margherita.


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10 posted 2004-12-28 09:50 AM


my mind played with moon musings last night, but those words are still in the sky
thank you for putting yours here, to share
a beautiful write, Margherita, one many will relate to, in light of this tsunami tragedy

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11 posted 2004-12-28 10:03 AM


Ah, the beauty of this heavenly moon and the touching words you have written.

A bittersweet piece with praise to LaLuna and sorrow and tears for the tragedy of the tsunami.

hugs, Marti

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
–St. Francis of Assisi

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12 posted 2004-12-28 10:12 AM


the pic is beautiful and the words?

OUTSTANDING!

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13 posted 2004-12-28 10:46 AM



Dear one...
your poem describes the awesomeness of nature
in so many ways...

and sometimes all we can do
is wonder at its forces...

and cry at its upheavals...


kayjay
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14 posted 2004-12-28 11:01 AM


You capture well the sense of eternal musings on the moon in synch with a punishing sea.  
(One of the master painters did a painting much like your picture.  Monet perhaps?  He named it Silver Bridge, I think.)  
You did a beautiful job, Margherita, it is always a pleasure to read you.  Ken

Through rubble and trouble and dark of night
The yawn of a dawn will hasten the light

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15 posted 2004-12-28 11:15 AM


~Margherita~

Such beauty contrasted with such tragedy in the heart of one so gifted to write as you has made a wonderful transition into some great poetry here my poet friend. The Graphic, the Words, the Emotion, the Beauty of the moon, the italicized lines and thoughts within the main body of the poem.... Beautiful! Beautiful! I had to read your poem several times just out of pure awe. Beautiful! -Bob

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16 posted 2004-12-28 11:34 AM


this rekindles the need for prayer for many...including a request made for a son and daughter-in-law of past church members to our congregation. The parents have not heard yet how they were affected by the tsunami.

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

Susan Caldwell
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17 posted 2004-12-28 01:15 PM




truly.

"cast me gently into the morning, for the night has been unkind"
~Sarah McLachlan~

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18 posted 2004-12-28 06:20 PM


Beautiful!

~Alli~

Happy Holidays!

Margherita
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19 posted 2004-12-28 06:24 PM


Thank you my friends.

Nearly 60000 people passed on in just a few devastating moments ... paradise transformed into hell ... tears flow incessantly and still I can see the beauty of All there is ... we are more than flesh.

Virginia, hopefully there will be good news!

Love to all,
Margherita

Martie
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20 posted 2004-12-28 09:01 PM


Margherita

It is hard to express the feelings brought on by this....but you have done it, with beauty and sensitivity...thank you!  

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