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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2009-04-21 06:59 PM

The silent hour, when all is calm,
Ensconced in womb of midnight's balm,
When mothers dream and fathers snore,
Whil'st faeries dance 'cross childrens' floor,
Taking children by their hands,
To carry them to distant lands,
Out bedroom windows to night's sky,
Faeries and small children fly,
Faster than the speed of light,
Children travel through the night
Until they reach the edge of ever,
Just this side the land of never,
Laughing, singing, all the way,
Boys and girls and faeries play,
Then in the east a distant glow,
Faeries know it's time to go,
Faster than the wink of eye,
Boys and girls and faeries fly,
Back through windows to warm beds,
Boys and girls lay down their heads,
Fast asleep as parents rise,
To greet soft glow of eastern skies,
Faeries flee into the dawn,
The silent hour is now begone.

WTBAKELAR

Senior Member

since 2008-09-09

Posts 1089
Utah, USA

1 posted 2009-04-21 09:14 PM

Tim, I really liked this. Very well played through the story,

Fun and entertaining.
Tracey.

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

2 posted 2009-04-21 09:44 PM

That is a great poem Tim,

Well written and a delight to read.

Lindsay

critical mass
Member

since 2009-03-25

Posts 275
Michigan

3 posted 2009-04-21 10:30 PM

Really nice poem. Creative and uplifting also.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2009-04-22 03:06 AM

Lovely, charming poem, Tim.
Ida

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

5 posted 2009-04-23 08:26 AM

Delightful whimsy... just what I needed to start my day! *S*

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

6 posted 2009-04-23 08:56 AM

Tim, this is really excellent! You paint an excellent canvas of that world that exists between sleeping and waking, which far surpasses the one we live in. May it's doors always be open to us....very nice work.

steavenr
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since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

7 posted 2009-04-23 10:48 AM

this was easy to read...aloud...a story with tinges of memories... of fairy tales and bed-time stories, of Tinkerbells and pirates too, of young imaginations and flying lads, who only come out to play when eyelids close...well done (you captured its essence remarkably well)

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