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Windhover
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0 posted 2009-04-10 11:37 AM



Poetry is a curious thing;it has a power we cannot see
but only feel... perhaps, not even that;
just sense, instinctively.
The words a poet uses, and the order in which they appear,
can mean... all things, to all people;
you read in them what you desire.

Perhaps, you can see love, or longing; tears, or laughter...
hope or fear;
some star-crossed tryst... some misty dream; it is a thing all poets share.
There are so many variations; weaving rhyme in different styles;
a golden world, so full of promise... gentle smiles; or wistful sighs?

Do you want to soar above the mountains in the endless blue?
Do you want to wander mist-wreathed lands, where, still...
the Moonflowers grow?
Do you want a tale of unrequited love, soft drenched in tears;
half-lost, but half-remembered through the shadows of
long drifting years?

Or, would you rather craft a subtle, perfect Sonnet for your sweet?
the quatrains merging elegant... the couplets rhyming, fair and neat.
A work of such sweet elegance... your lover's heart is in your hand;
these things are all here to be found; in this poetic promised land.

This is where true magic lies, within us all... no more... no less;
for, deep down... we are all Romantics; we all seek the soft caress
of fantasy...
some sweet Idyll of tragic love, now lost in time;
these whispered dreams of captive hearts all bound in gently flowing rhyme.


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Earth Angel
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1 posted 2009-04-10 11:40 AM


Saved now, lest I forget! lol

I enjoyed these thoughts on poetry, by a true poet.


Linda

Klassy Lassy
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2 posted 2009-04-10 12:35 PM


How true this is, and I found myself smiling reading this with all it's "what ifs?" and possibilities.
HopeS
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3 posted 2009-04-10 01:51 PM


A work of art , written from the heart


Hope

secondhanddreampoet
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4 posted 2009-04-10 02:22 PM




"Do you want to soar above the mountains in the endless blue?
Do you want to wander mist-wreathed lands, where, still...
the Moonflowers grow?
Do you want a tale of unrequited love, soft drenched in tears;
half-lost, but half-remembered through the shadows of
long drifting years?"



--- now THAT is especially fine!

much applause for this 'penning' !!

Chalmette Guy
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5 posted 2009-04-10 02:41 PM


Thank you, for penning poetry and what it means to me in words I always fail in the attempt to do.

suthern
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6 posted 2009-04-13 09:25 AM


these things are all here to be found; in this poetic promised land.

This is where true magic lies, within us all... no more... no less;
for, deep down... we are all Romantics; we all seek the soft caress
of fantasy...

I started to copy the same lines secondhanddreampoet did... they are magnificent. *S* But I love the above just as much... you've captured the magic we seek and find in words... Beautiful work!!

Marchmadness
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7 posted 2009-04-13 05:23 PM


"We all seek the soft caress of fantasy"
Yes, indeed.
                              Ida

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8 posted 2009-04-13 05:46 PM


nice
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