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Open Poetry #41

Lost Pretensions

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2007-08-19 06:07 PM

     Lost Pretensions

In rare and lucid moments
  like this…
(that herald remarkable change)
as pale ghost-horse clouds
ride the last summer wind
through the twilight-mist,
(with the soft thunder
  of scattering stars)
on this flaming cusp of
  Autumn’s splendor,
one thinks of what lies beneath
all grand facades and finely
  crafted ‘images’.
Would that we wore only
  tear-away shadows,
or could drop our rainbow-cloaks
  of vanity-paint...
for even a day,
to speak simply and clearly…
that which we truly feel and mean
  without pretension.
What and whom…do we really
  ‘know’…
not even ourselves!

                ~

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (08-19-2007 06:50 PM).]

TomMark
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since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
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1 posted 2007-08-19 06:11 PM

beautiful. and very philosophical.

very much enjoyed the read

always good poems

Tomtoo

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2007-08-19 06:16 PM

I know myself...ha, ha...not...well more than others...James

ArtSolstice
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since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

3 posted 2007-08-19 06:46 PM

Especially not ourselves. Beautifully written.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

4 posted 2007-08-19 08:41 PM

Exactly...not even ourselves.

Greeneyes

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since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

5 posted 2007-08-19 09:52 PM

In rare and lucid moments
  like this…
(that herald remarkable change)
as pale ghost-horse clouds
ride the last summer wind
through the twilight-mist,
(with the soft thunder
  of scattering stars)
on this flaming cusp of
  Autumn’s splendor,
one thinks of what lies beneath
all grand facades and finely
  crafted ‘images’.

for whatever the reason, this really jumped out at me...maybe just my mood...but wow amazing really....

~~**~~
Life is a balance
of holding on and letting go (KU)

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