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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2007-06-28 10:34 PM



         Evenings Like This (#2)

On evenings like this…
when ‘life’ seems so lovely…and hopeless,
(with epiphanies tapping at the windows)
the prehensile mind sparks to consciousness
in the glow of inestimable  ‘truths’:

that it likely takes a lifetime
to really ‘listen’ to the  wind,
or query a cloud
and  ‘see’ what it  ‘knows’…

that there is far more ‘meaning’
in a deserted meadow by twilight
or one  trembling blade of grass,
than in all the ‘sacred’ tomes of men…

that none of our ‘raging differences’ matter
in such a scintillating  cosmos
of ‘Deep-Time’ potentialities
and noctilucent ‘poet-dreams’!



© Copyright 2007 Bruce E. Adams Jr. - All Rights Reserved
ThisDiamond
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1 posted 2007-06-28 10:50 PM


I started to copy out the second verse, especially...but Bruce...
I loved the whole thing!

Drauntz
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2 posted 2007-06-29 12:44 PM


wonderful. marvelous again.

very imaginative as always

how true. Do we know anything at all?!



A Romantic Heart
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3 posted 2007-06-29 12:50 PM


You could hear the winds moving through those blades of grass, the frogs in their ponds, and owls hooting, summer crickets chirping. Yet all of this goes on in the bankground, there is still silence, beautiful silence and the magic of night and that we all share one common bond.

~ARH

RogueandPoet
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4 posted 2007-06-29 01:32 AM


I thought this poem exceptional, "noctilucent poet dreams"..... that's quite a line. Beautiful.
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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5 posted 2007-06-29 06:46 AM


Wow!!!   enjoyed!  RDB
I'm adding this to my libary!

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

ArtSolstice
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6 posted 2007-06-29 09:09 AM


I think you've outdone yourself with this write.
Earth Angel
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7 posted 2007-06-29 09:54 AM


The vivid imagery and verbiage, as well as your apparent intellect and talent, are factors that draw me to your poetry. I am never disappointed.

This particular one is now one of my favourites of yours.




Linda

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8 posted 2007-06-29 10:31 AM



quote:
"to query a cloud"
and
"noctilucent 'poet-dreams'"


~sigh~ My dearest poet, you capture the reader's breath and heartbeat with such magnificent phrases.

The Lady
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9 posted 2007-07-01 12:21 PM




(with epiphanies tapping at the windows)


you capture the imagination too
it took me forever to get past this line
it kept calling me back

ThisDiamond
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10 posted 2007-07-02 11:28 PM


I liked it the first time, and it called to me a second.  I saw the feeling written here tonight, and it touched me.
You done good.

Robert Jordan
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11 posted 2007-07-03 12:05 PM


It must be nice.  We have a big red firetruck up the street.  It makes me feel secure.

Bobby

Honeybunch
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12 posted 2007-07-03 05:09 AM


Amazing poem!  Enjoyed tremendously!
paullallady
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13 posted 2007-07-04 07:40 PM


this is amazing!  brilliant! My favorite line is "with epiphanies tapping at the windows".  I love your brilliant word play throughout this poem.
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14 posted 2007-07-05 04:36 PM


yes,amazing,and the flowers , trees, grass, a drop of dew, all of the beauties of this earth, speak, for their just as precious and sacred as   what we are told is sacred

My spirit will rise
above the sea~
There will be no drowning
of my soul or me~

passing shadows
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15 posted 2007-07-05 08:28 PM


I have had "evenings like this" but do not have the inspiration or energy to write them out like you do, so beautifully


BBGrrl
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16 posted 2007-07-17 06:11 PM


Nothing constructive here - only enjoyment.

I loved the image of asking a cloud.

Just wonderful!

Robert Jordan
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17 posted 2007-07-18 12:41 PM


Bruse,

Great little poem.

Bobby

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