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Like Songs Of Cycles And Other Seasons |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows 
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The past few days, I've watched a Hunter's Moon swell full on my horizon, blood red with dying embers of Summer's heat. This Moon has warmed me every time rising from the Bay, just out of touch fire stretching long upon the river, lighting up the way that drives me home. Tonight a flight of geese down from the North crossed its face, booked into rooms upon the river, vagabonds pausing for the night before heading out at dawn to find their beacon in the South. They'll wake me in the morning calling loudly so as not to leave a sleepy friend behind in dreams, and perhaps to mock wet hunters dew chilled and lurking blood lusting for slow stragglers, but that is all for morning. Tonight, as I watched their grace in slicing through a dusky sky, wings just barely rippling the river's clinging mist, I wondered when our snows would fly. This knowing Moon slipping through low wispy clouds smiled me a private whisper, "Not yet," it said, "not yet my friend, ...but soon." ©2008 by icebox |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Loving this, and keeping it. ~thank you Mr C~ namaste |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
icebox - the wonderment before winter's snow. Enjoyed the read... BC |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
did i ever tell you that i loved your poetry? |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
icebox, You are enjoying the geese that left my home to head south. We have your winter and are taking care of it until it, too, chooses to migrate into your area. What a wonderful poem. Thank you. Alison |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
There is nothing more beautiful than geese in flight in an autumn sky except maybe this poem with it's lovely imagery and deep message. Ida |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
wonderful imagery here!! I love your writings Mr C!  love RDB xxBe 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 |
Oh, dear Charly, thank you for sharing your wonderful visions with us, in such a masterful way. I am in awe and me too I will keep this. Love, Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
This is like fine brush strokes sweeping across the page, and blending every single word into perfection. Fabulous writing icebox, a true poetic masterpiece!!! |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
liked it |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
Thank you all for your time and for the kindness of your comments. |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
a quiet and private conversation with the moon...what a cool thought...nice write |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I watched that moon the other night and saw the same~~ and even the geese along a large pond nearby. This is a favorite to be kept. M |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Charly - your words took me there and it was a wonderful sight. Thank you always for your poetry. Helen |
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Janette
since 2001-07-20
Posts 2843Chicagoland for now |
"fire stretching long upon the river, ... booked into rooms upon the river, ... so as not to leave a sleepy friend behind in dreams, ... ' I so enjoyed the imagery you penned here. Wow! always seeking joy, adventure and romance and wishing you find the same |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
I like this one!!!! |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Love the Imagery indeed! ARCTIC WIND |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
As I read your response to midnitesun's poem, I enjoyed its poetic beauty... To read the expanded version here is a real treat! *S* |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
You wrapped my much frazzled brain in the warmth of the moon.  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
superb 'penning'! v. serious and sustained applause!! |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
icebox - came back and read this again. I alwasy did love the moon in one way or another, and love to write about it in various ways. You captured it well here... BC |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
What a lovely vision. Very nicely done. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Charly....I'm sorry that I missed this before, but understand even more, this magic sound in the sky, now that I live in a place where I hear it often. |
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