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Professor Gloom
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of Depression

0 posted 2006-02-03 06:33 AM


Morning is going,
Left behind with sun's zenith,
The wind is blowing,
Catching brown leaves as it shifts,
Soon the day will go
Before I can reach shelter,
The coldness will grow
As we're deep into winter.

Raven
Fly far away
Over the horizon
Before I can climb this hilltop
You’re gone from sight
Away

Trees standing here stark,
Raped by the cold winter wind,
To its force they bend,
Yet bending is not enough
For the wind is rough
Breaking branches not giving,
Sever from living,
Hear the crack in the wind's sound,
Then crash to the ground.
Storm clouds gather with the dark.

I gather also
As I go,
Bits of trees
Felled by a strong breeze,
And carrying
Yet not long tarrying
As I walk
In the growing dark.

Soon the dark has grown too deep,
And the long journey makes me wish for sleep,
I make a ring of some stones,
Burning a cairn of the trees severed bones.
For heat releasing their warm summer day,
As falling snow and flames play.

Bundled in my cloak,
The wet fire makes much smoke,
Behind my warm scarf
I cough
And I choke
With a stick I poke
And stir
The fire
Hoping to keep welcomed warm
Beneath snowflake swarm;
But once great fire
Does expire
And chill white still fall
Until this winter blanket covers all.

No fire and no moonlight
Pierces through this dark and consuming night;
Soon all is well covered by unseen white,
Soon, very soon, all slips from sight.

Gloom


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Goldenrose
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1 posted 2006-02-03 06:37 AM


Enjoyed the scenes of nature you presented to our minds..thank you..

Goldenrose

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Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27
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2 posted 2006-02-03 08:08 AM


This seemed a bit different for you, longer than most.  

Which is a good thing.

There were so many fantastic lines..

One of my favorites from you..

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

DennisTheMenace
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3 posted 2006-02-06 07:58 AM


Got to agree, long and different for you, but still good

Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
4 posted 2006-02-06 01:42 PM


Professor,
A shovel full of snow
that will melt and not blow.
Excellent

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