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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

0 posted 2008-03-02 03:17 AM

At a time when the earth
was as quiet as a nun,
but for the rising birds
that blocked out the sun
as they rose from the marshland
to the endless sky.
From my place in the future
I watch them fly.
Through a door in my mind
left slightly ajar
between my cluttered world
and this scene from afar.

A vision from long ago,
almost as ancient as earth time,
yet as sharp and clear as yesterday
it lingers in my mind.
I cannot see the face
turned toward the sky,
I do not know the place
where these lush marshlands lie.
But the memory is alive with a power
that defies both death and time.
This one majestic moment
Is lhe jewel of many lifetimes.

Ida Werrett

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

1 posted 2008-03-02 05:17 AM

Simply beautiful, Ida, and I do know of "the vision" which although different for everyone still tells it like it was and can be again.

Helen

effjayel
Senior Member

since 2007-09-30

Posts 1474
At the Crossroads of Infinity

2 posted 2008-03-02 06:38 AM

Ida, please leave the door ajar more often. I enjoyed the peek inside greatly...good job

John

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2008-03-02 10:30 AM

Dear Ida, this is breathtakingly beautiful. It somehow "reached out" to me ... I adore watching those harmonious, almost sensual clouds of birds in the evening sky.

So interesting how this vision stays with you through lifetimes!

Love
Margherita

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

4 posted 2008-03-02 03:38 PM

Beautifully Penned

ARCTIC WIND

LadyTom
Member

since 2008-02-29

Posts 353
LA, CA

5 posted 2008-03-02 04:56 PM

true beautiful. enjoyed

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2008-03-02 05:20 PM

Ida,

You have some good rhyming going on in this one.

Bobby

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

7 posted 2008-03-02 07:27 PM

I'm most likely 'addicted' to vers libre (not typically very fond of rhyme)...but, I rather like:

"A vision from long ago,
almost as ancient as earth time...

...lingers in my mind...

I do not know the place
where these lush marshlands lie.
But the memory is alive with a power
that defies both death and time.
This one majestic moment
Is the jewel of many lifetimes."

applause!

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

8 posted 2008-03-02 08:17 PM

Ida that is sooo good, you really excelled

yourself with this one dear lady.

Simply enchanting. Love and hugs.

Lindsay

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