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Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

0 posted 2009-05-12 11:54 AM

I know nostalgia...
Deep,haunting nostalgia
For treasured things of memory;
The rich brocade of slender leaves
Shadow-splashed upon a wall;
The serene rotundity
Of placid heathen gods
In ageless contemplation
Upon a teak-wood stand;
And the warm,seductive touch of velvet
Thrown in blue abandon
Against a crimson couch.
Moon-frost on lazy,lapping waters,
And the faint fragility of echoes
Born of song.
The phantom call of camel bells
Across painted wastes of sand,
And ancient,faded rugs,in supplication worn.
The deep relentlessness of turbid seas,
And spindrift,like strings of tangled pearls
Tossed high on breaking waves.
The soothing clasp of tender hands
In recompense for pain...
And,lost in the unreturnable nothingness
Of vanished years...
The far-off whisper of a dream!

AlluraD
Junior Member

since 2009-05-06

Posts 28
Florida

1 posted 2009-05-12 11:57 AM

What a sumptuously visual write...so rich with the ephemera of memory and dreams...gorgeous write....very beautiful~

Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

2 posted 2009-05-12 12:01 PM

AlluraD...

Thanks very much for your kind words, they are appreciated.

Regards.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2009-05-12 01:52 PM

Your poetry has such classic beauty and deep emotion, Rex. You have quickly become a favorite of mine.
Ida

Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

4 posted 2009-05-13 10:31 AM

Marchmadness....

Thank you Ida for your kind words. I'm certainly pleased you enjoy my poetry.

Regards.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2009-05-13 11:44 PM

Exactly what this poem produced...

a dream.

So many lines, so well contrived,
constructed, produced...

Every one of them, I wished to place here again, in tribute.

Well done, Sir!

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

6 posted 2009-05-13 11:54 PM

I loved this ending:

"lost in the unreturnable nothingness
Of vanished years...
The far-off whisper of a dream!" superb

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

7 posted 2009-05-14 12:12 PM

For treasured things of memory;
The rich brocade of slender leaves
Shadow-splashed upon a wall;

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Memories are like the backdrop of our lives, they encompass so much.

This is so colorful and captivating, however bittersweet it is.

Fabulous poetry~

Osprey
Member

since 2009-04-12

Posts 249

8 posted 2009-05-14 02:12 AM

What a pleasure to share your nostalgia. Such vivid images created by your writing, producing a real, humdinger of a poem.

Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

9 posted 2009-05-14 12:09 PM

Sunshine....

Thanks so much for your kind words, they are greatly appreciated.

Regards.

Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

10 posted 2009-05-14 12:11 PM

Stevenr....

Thank you, I'm happy that you enjoyed this piece.

Regards.

Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

11 posted 2009-05-14 12:12 PM

BluesSerenade...

Thank you for your kind comments. They are appreciated.

Regards.

Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

12 posted 2009-05-14 12:14 PM

Osprey...

Thanks so much, I do appreciate your comments. Pleased that you enjoyed.

Regards.

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