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wandering glider
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aloft

0 posted 2007-12-24 01:59 PM



         Conversion



         "Once upon a midnight dreary"
         the cause was desperation
         to avert the desolation
         of the blackening December

         The hard fate could be avoided
         with celebration all the night
         in beseech for return of light
         like an ember fanned by the wind

         Villagers across the landscape
         paid due homage to the solstice
         and gathered as if a poultice
         on the bleeding wound of winter

         In every pagan ritual
         was found such conversion premise
         and this had the greatest promise
         for stealing the high holy day



         ~glider~

© Copyright 2007 wandering glider - All Rights Reserved
Midnitesun
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Gaia
1 posted 2007-12-24 06:39 PM


Poe-etic justice, eh?

What a fantastic treat, to read your wit again!

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738

2 posted 2007-12-24 07:23 PM


Roses go by many names and all of them are sweet.

Thank you for wandering into the light.


secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !
3 posted 2007-12-25 10:09 AM


This is a fine 'write!'...

I am particularly fond of the ending:

        "Villagers across the landscape
         paid due homage to the solstice
         and gathered as if a poultice
         on the bleeding wound of winter

         In every pagan ritual
         was found such conversion premise
         and this had the greatest promise
         for stealing the high holy day"

serious applause!

P.S. you chose a grand UserName too!
      [I hope you are able to glide above and/or
        wander through the fine blue sands of
        "P.I.P.-land" more often?!]

Yvette
Junior Member
since 2007-12-08
Posts 19
Texas, United States
4 posted 2007-12-27 06:36 PM


With so much..."moon, june, spoon"

out there, I was very impressed with your truly impressive poetry devices.

It is refreshingly deep and a joy to read.

Your rhymes are individual and you have made them your own..soo thoughtful of you.

All the darkness in the universe cannot extinguish the light of a single, burning candle.

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural
5 posted 2007-12-29 12:14 PM


Very much Enjoyed

ARCTIC WIND

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
6 posted 2007-12-29 01:20 PM


I don't think I've met you yet, Wandering Glider, but I enjoyed this write very much.
                                      Ida

aziza
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since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995
Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
7 posted 2007-12-29 11:14 PM


Wonderful and needs to go back to the top of this page.

Thank you.
A

Just another Pete
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since 2007-12-06
Posts 74
Scotland
8 posted 2007-12-30 07:20 AM


Lovely twist on the recycling of holy days. Thanks.
Pete

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