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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2007-08-28 05:55 PM

            The Four Winds

If the Spring wind knows not kindness,
why does it bring me blossoms?

If the Summer wind knows not joy,
why does it dance with fireflies and
  Jasmine memories?

If the Autumn wind knows not empathy,
why does it so gently lay the final flaming
  leaves on lake and forest floors?

If the Winter wind knows not pathos,
why does it wail such plaintive songs
  through the bare bonewood-trees?

                         ~

[In case I decide NOT to 'post' anymore 'poetry' on
the cyber-pirate sea (internet)... I want to thank
all the grand poets on this website, for having put
up with me along the way...it has been a grand
Romantic excursion across the blue sands of
'P.I.P.-land!]

              [Bruce E. Adams Jr.]

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (08-28-2007 06:47 PM).]

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

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Gaia

1 posted 2007-08-28 06:43 PM

I love this brilliant piece! To assign such profound questions to each of the four seasons...well, Bruce, you've done it again!
Another library keeper for me.

ArtSolstice
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since 2007-03-18

Posts 498

2 posted 2007-08-28 10:39 PM

This poem brings to mind Roethke’s Words for the Wind, a love poem in four parts. In it, Roethke incorporates his questions, his bonds with nature, and his belief that meaning is found through intuition and love reciprocated by another.

A fine quartet, Poet. Beautifully articulated.

Midnitesun

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Gaia

3 posted 2007-08-31 08:41 AM

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

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Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2007-08-31 03:58 PM

Nice writing...I love the wind when its blowing in the 15 to 25 mph range...it makes me feel alive...and the trees love it too as they dance in the wind...James

TomMark
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since 2007-07-27

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5 posted 2007-09-01 03:31 AM

beautiful always. The answer is ..love, no matter what.
enjoyed the read.
keep writing, sir!!!
Tomtoo

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