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Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

0 posted 2009-05-31 02:38 PM

Poppies' call

Thousands of red eyes
fix their gaze on me
beckoning me with
audacious black pupils
to move into
their pristine green home.

I want to stretch out
in midst of their gently swaying
almost impalpable corollas
and let them carry me away.

I don’t need their essence
to enter the world
of imagination.
Their striking beauty
is powerful enough
to experience intoxication.

The breeze kisses
every single petal
in its swift passage.
I can hear their laughter
as they celebrate
in grateful contentment
their ephemeral existence.

Awareness dawns
while I admire the
impressionistic tableau.
I now will lie down
in midst of this
enthralling green home.
And I will call you
to share my dreams.

Just a little while
on this fleeting meadow
will do, my love, I know,
to set off into spheres of peace
upon our freshly mended wings.

* * *

Bloodline
Member

since 2009-05-23

Posts 236
Oklahoma

1 posted 2009-05-31 02:42 PM

Margherita, a dazzling delight
of images and dreamlike beauty,
may we all find our wings,

Bloodline

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2009-05-31 05:29 PM

This reminds me of the poppies that grew on the embankment in front of our house when I was a child. They were so beautiful and your poem captures that beauty so well, Margherita.

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3 posted 2009-05-31 06:31 PM

Yo dear Margherita,

This is very nice. The people next door when I was small had a big poppy bush growing in their yard.

Love Bobby

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

4 posted 2009-05-31 08:17 PM

Wonderful thoughts, beautifully put.

Rick
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since 2001-06-21

Posts 2903
Victoria, Australia

5 posted 2009-05-31 10:59 PM

Dear Margherita, a simply wonderful sharing here my friend, upon freshly mended wings, just very lovely, enjoyed it all.

Rick

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2009-05-31 11:09 PM

Ah, Margherita...

You live among the red poppies...

I grew along and among the silky golden ones...

when life was a little easier for its hardness,
a little simpler for its naïveté...

but for all of those times, a poppy will
forever mean "memorial"...

Ericc
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since 2003-01-31

Posts 4178

7 posted 2009-06-01 06:32 AM

Beautiful Margherita!

Love,
Eric

inkedgoddess
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since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

8 posted 2009-06-01 10:33 AM

What an amazing world we live in and enjoy
You look lovely amid them

unboundpoetess
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since 2008-05-24

Posts 477

9 posted 2009-06-01 02:21 PM

Margherita~

Just a little while
on this fleeting meadow
will do, my love, I know,
to set off into spheres of peace
upon our freshly mended wings.

Gorgeous as always!
Heather

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

10 posted 2009-06-01 04:01 PM

Poppies are one of my favorites.

Beautifully done, always!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

11 posted 2009-06-01 09:27 PM

This is such a colorful bend and sway,
and comes to life so clearly in my minds eye.
What a glorious poem, Margherita~

Bill Charles
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since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

12 posted 2009-06-02 12:23 PM

Margherita - beautiful graphic, beautiful write to go with it...

BC

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

13 posted 2009-06-02 02:31 AM

I love their laughter - they are such delicate beauties. Why do I hear laughter that comes from their hearts and bellies? This is captivating, dear Margherita. I love poppies and you have done them justice.

A

Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

14 posted 2009-06-02 10:36 AM

Dear Margherita, Poppies have inspired you beautifully. Gorgeous pic and words!

Hugs
Helen

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

15 posted 2009-06-02 01:25 PM

My, oh, my, Maga Margherita! I love the view of Mother Nature's gifts through your seeing eyes and feeling heart!

"Just a little while
on this fleeting meadow
will do, my love, I know,
to set off into spheres of peace
upon our freshly mended wings."

~ 'Tis a given, I would say!

Love & Poppies,

Linda

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

16 posted 2009-06-02 02:23 PM

This is beautiful, my friend. Open stanza is perfect.

j.

LindsayP
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since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

17 posted 2009-06-04 10:15 PM

Just a little while
on this fleeting meadow
will do, my love, I know,
to set off into spheres of peace
upon our freshly mended wings.

Oh Margherita it's lovely to read you again
Thanks for sharing your lovely poem. love

Lindsay

poddarku
Senior Member

since 2008-01-15

Posts 589
india

18 posted 2009-06-04 11:43 PM

A true beauty.
don’t need their essence
to enter the world
of imagination.
Their striking beauty
is powerful enough
to experience intoxication.
--- Ah, is not it true to many a things?

clever talks delay friendship!

HopeS
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since 2000-12-22

Posts 4596
Perth Western Australia

19 posted 2009-06-05 12:29 PM

Such beauty portrayed in your words

Hope

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

20 posted 2009-06-05 01:25 PM

Thank you all, my dear Poet friends, for enjoying the poppies with me.

I take a busride every day these days along the old Roman Via Cassia and the beauty of the meadows with all those red poppies is simply awe inspiring. The colors are so intense! And combined with the blue sky it takes your breath away.

Love,
Margherita

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