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Open Poetry #40

'Voice' of Der Sturm!

secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2007-06-27 07:07 PM

     ‘Voice’ of  Der Sturm

["the wind that blows...
  is (far, FAR) more than
  any man (truly) 'knows'(!)"
    -H.D. Thoreau]

Evening thunder spoke…
(with the cacophonous cadence
    of chaos)
in ‘cumulo-nimble’ light-tongues
licking the mountains and clouds
with wanton and wild abandon,
to prove beyond any doubt
how infinitesimally small…
are  the ‘powers’ and dreams
and diaphanous schemes of man!

LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19

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1 posted 2007-06-27 07:53 PM

oh how I understand this
love the feel of this
all the way through
fabulous writing sir

secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2007-06-27 09:27 PM

Thanks for the comment, "LeeJ"...I imagine you are also sharing these PA storms this evening!?

Robert Jordan
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since 2007-02-07

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Philadelphia Pa USA

3 posted 2007-06-27 09:55 PM

Secondhanddreampoet,

Nice work on the storm poem, I enjoy learning new words like “diaphanous”. Of course, we don’t have storms like that here in Philly. We’re God’s people, and protected from such things.

Bobby

Drauntz
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since 2007-03-16

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Los Angeles California

4 posted 2007-06-27 11:01 PM

sir, this is another of my favorite of your poems. For this poem, I should find a sacred place and let you stand there so I could plan flowers around.

truly fine write in one breath.

like Mr.Jordan, I learned a new word.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

5 posted 2007-06-28 10:17 AM

lol, a thoreauly enjoyable read
now that it is calm....

ArtSolstice
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since 2007-03-18

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6 posted 2007-06-28 06:39 PM

Didn’t Thoreau say, “to get the value of a storm, we must be out a long time and travel far in it, so that it may fairly penetrate our skin…” ? He seemed pleased to be drenched by a storm, as it made him appreciate his indoor comforts. An interesting analogy to life’s duality, it’s challenges and it’s sweetness.

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2007-06-30 10:37 AM

Nice...James

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