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Palatine Hill sighs
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Palatine Hill sighs |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity 
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 * Palatine Hill sighs * Deferentially my feet touch the ancient ground on the Palatine making almost no sound. Yet like radars they detect layers of whispers entrapped, eagerly surfacing ghosts from the depth of centuries. Names dance in my mind along with flashes of Rome’s origins, shrill echoes of betrayals and intrigues, giggles of extreme eccentricities, visions of unbounded lavishness. Fragments of influential voices of Emperors and of their wives, senators and leaders of the army weaving the destinies of people, of their own offspring and of the whole world, pondering the cruelest revenge for the disgraced. And for the unfaithful slaves. Yet, at the core of all of these whispers I hear tunes of nightingales filling my soul with visions of beauty and conveying the aching sweetness and the intoxicating passion of love, of love ... With a leap into the present era I hear now my own shy voice saying “yes” to my groom of Norman ancestry in the little church of San Bonaventura on the Palatine, built upon this history soaked hill gaping right into the Coliseum. A senator, a general of the army a philosopher, an artist, our wedding witnesses… And suddenly my destiny entwines with the destinies of those who inhabited this place in long gone moments of time. Their sighs of sorrow and love now raise the layers of dust under which they slumbered while waiting to join my own sighs, deep, cosmic and endless, rolling in alternate waves of panic and ecstasy over the forgotten splendor of this monument of human frailty and vanity. Eventually I resume my composure to wear my nonchalant smile. My sighs then slowly fade into tranquility, while their echoes will forever roam across eternity. * |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Outstanding! quote: |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
VERY well done! MUCH long-sustained applause!! |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Beautifully done. I love the entwining of the past with the present. Love, Joyce |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Margherita, You weave past and present into a beautiful tapestry of poetry. What a treat you are on a lovely weekend day. May the sun shine on you this Easter. Alison |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
One of your best...enjoyed...James |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Kacy said it best. OUTSTANDING! Ida |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
I've seen some mosaic floorings and your poem worth them ... Your poem makes me feel how great and meaningful these works are and i will look at them differently by now.... Regards yann |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Margherita, You were obviously inspired to write this poem. Yes, grooms of Norman ancestry are the best. I've been one. Good choice. I love this write. Bobby |
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poddarku Senior Member
since 2008-01-15
Posts 589india |
layers of whispers entrapped, eagerly surfacing ghosts from the depth of centuries__wow! you are growing more close to universal feelings and soul, dearest clever talks delay friendship! |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Margherita - this is an absolutely stunning write! How well you put into words what a lot of us feel but do not know. Your words are "sitting with me". Love Helen |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
W O W!!! Margharita... this is exquisite writing here... what wonderful words you penned for us... just beautiful and I'm adding it to my library to enjoy again...  love RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you my beautiful Pipfriends for the very generous and loving replies! You bless me. Happy Easter DAy! Here in Rome it rains, everything is grey, but I try to keep the sunshine within!  Love and hugs. Margherita |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Absolutely beautiful, and to me these lines are the best: "My sighs then slowly fade into tranquility, while their echoes will forever roam across eternity." |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you so much for the gift of your loving reply, dear Charlie! Love and smiles. Margherita  |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
"I hear tunes of nightingales filling my soul with visions of beauty and conveying the aching sweetness and the intoxicating passion of love, of love ..." This was wonderful and the I loved the lines above.. "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
Love the picture you have painted with your words. I can almost hear the whispers of long ago. Also love the picture. Hugs BonBon  |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Oh Margherita you blew me away with this great post, I could never write like that, it was so good, I really enjoyed it. Have a happy day dear lady and take care. Lindsay |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Susan, Bonnie and Lindsay, thank you from my heart for taking the time to read and comment so lovingly. Love and joy, Margherita |
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