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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2011-08-21 04:56 PM

       music of the night

Tall trees and endless hills
brush the traceless clouds
that flow forever through
the pure blue immensity
of this late Summer afternoon,
as another day slides toward
   sunset
and down the rolling years
of ever-changing seasons.

By this stony mountain stream
in the deepening forest cool
one can taste all the simple
joys of wilderness serenity
and deep-time passing,
until the siren call of twilight
beckons a grand full moon
to climb the endless dome of
   tremulous stars
with the music of the night
of a thousand infinitesimally
small and hidden, wondrous
   things
that no man shall ever own.

              --- b. e. adams (8/21/2011)

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2011-08-21 06:19 PM

Absolutely beautiful, Bruce.

Owl

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-08-21 08:16 PM

I've been listening to a tape over the course of the last few days, a little at a time, of a man who had riches, prestige, was on top of the world and decided to chuck it all and climb a mountain. The mountain was in Alaska, he chose to begin his trek in late autumn. He made the tape, wrote the book after it was all over. Your poem, and your descriptive passages, made me think of the tape and his trials an tribulation. The name of the book he wrote after it was all over, was "Breakaway.

~ Man who stands on toilet is high on pot. ~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

3 posted 2011-08-21 10:39 PM

Well done, my friend... liked the play on ...'music of the night'.

j.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2011-08-22 01:35 AM

precious atmosphere, beautiful penning

yann

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2011-08-22 12:21 PM

quote:
until the siren call of twilight
beckons a grand full moon
to climb the endless dome of
   tremulous stars
with the music of the night
of a thousand infinitesimally
small and hidden, wondrous
   things
that no man shall ever own.

... but it is given to all to enjoy them for free ...

You truly see with the heart of a wise man, dear Bruce.

Pure beauty.

Love,
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Prasad Nataraj
Senior Member

since 2008-05-29

Posts 1149
Bangalore,India

6 posted 2011-08-23 03:06 AM

truely enjoyed reading such beautiful words, fine writing.

"The secret behind survival of mankind is kindness and love within our hearts"

Goldenrose
Member Elite

since 2003-05-30

Posts 3665

7 posted 2011-08-24 04:30 PM

The depth of this and the truth it tells could only come from somebody close to nature,wilderness and cosmos....

Thank you..

Goldenrose.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

8 posted 2011-08-24 10:28 PM

YOur poem is glorious in all it's splendor, and your ending is perfect.

It is such a delight reading you.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

9 posted 2011-08-24 11:35 PM

I found myself reading your first two lines over and over again. The flow and imagery in those lines especially intrigued me. Nicely done.

Miscellanea

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

10 posted 2011-08-25 01:02 AM

That last stanza is packed!
Nicely done.
Great write.

JL

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

11 posted 2011-08-25 01:20 AM

So glad you decided to stay with us, Bruce.
I would truly miss the beauty and elegance of your poetry.
Ida

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