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On Evenings Like This (#5) |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! 
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On Evenings Like This (#5) On evenings like this… when the moon is finely dressed in sad beauty, and our lives… seem as silver sand slipping from a broken hour glass, or spindle-sunbeams in a darkened room, spinning only dreams within dreams’ and we… seem as snowflakes falling on a flame, or nameless trees huddling in the mountain mists and winter winds of time, our thoughts and words far too easily lost… like the murmurings of a midnight forest, or grand and lovely poems etched in the dust. Covet only the peace that lies beyond ambition; be like the clouds and attach to nothing… but a sense of enlightened awe and wonder of all we have learned, and so much more… that we shall never truly ‘know!’ ~ |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
Dear Bruce, Evening like this indeed is very sad and day time will be sadder. It is tooooooo sad. What a broken hour-glass could tell? time simply stopped forever in memory. And now it was the dream that was measuring our life. I indeed have passed many day-dreams and nightmares. so very wonderful poem. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Dear Bruce, you truly are a poet extraordinaire. I can veritably say that virtually every line was exquisite and conjured up vivid imagery and emotion.  Love to you and a hug, Linda |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
And I read it as a blunt knife cutting my heart. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
"Seem as snowflakes falling on a flame." Love this. Ida |
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Bobby Jordan Member
since 2007-08-13
Posts 491Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Secondhanddreampoet, This is very deep, and it's also well written. I like it a lot--well done. Bobby |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Bruce, The way you've held the lost aspect of all that is good and fine, and winsomely delightful...is a film noir of light...you speak to it, of it, but you don't point, saying "look, there it is!" You hint, you suggest, you incline towards, you flee from...you allow the reader to recline into your poem, without placing a mirror before one's eyes, but only in one's mind... but I would have to disagree on one point. Sometimes, we do, and very well... "know". |
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ArtSolstice Member
since 2007-03-18
Posts 498 |
Oh, wait -- now THIS one is my new favorite. How do you do this magic, Poet? It is truly exquisite! |
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