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Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2011-09-13 08:56 PM

Once upon a harvest moon,
...shadows of the night,
Dance across a Kansas plain,
...in glow of Luna's light.
Midnight breezes cool land's scape,
...summer on the wane,
As silos silhouette the sky,
...filled full of golden grain.
Parents sleep while children dream,
...of play-filled days now spent,
While high above the muses sing,
...beyond night's firmament.
I walk across a blue-stemmed prairie,
...left behind a world defiled,
Beneath full moon of harvest time,
...amongst the creatures wild.
I hear the song of eventide,
...heralding day's done,
And for a fleeting second,
...the night and I are one.

MorningStar
Member

since 2009-10-26

Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa

1 posted 2011-09-13 09:23 PM

This is a wonderful vision. I've never walked across a blue-stemmed prairie...but you made it sound so peaceful and desirable that I guess I gotta put it on my list.

Very well done.

"I'll tell you how the sun rose
A ribbon at a time..." - Emily Dickinson

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

2 posted 2011-09-13 10:53 PM

"And for a fleeting second,
...the night and I are one."

Nice write Tim.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2011-09-14 01:17 AM

I love this, Tim.

JL quoted one of my favourite parts.

Giggles at Morning Star's list - to which she referred indirectly in a poem of hers.

Owl

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2011-09-14 01:20 AM

My kind of poetry, Tim.
Ida

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2011-09-14 04:29 AM

Deeply enjoyable write, that puts me in a place of peace and harmony... and gratitude.

Love,
Margherita

Martie

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

6 posted 2011-09-14 10:04 PM

It's always good to see you here, Tim. Lovely view of the moon and you.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

7 posted 2011-09-14 10:36 PM

I like your rhyming scheme very much and the cadence kept me tapping my foot. Quite a poem centered around the so-called "fly-over" country. Excellent!

~~ "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent. It is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." --George Washington ~~

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

8 posted 2011-09-14 10:50 PM

Nice Harvest Moon poem,
Ms.E

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2011-09-17 10:07 PM

Reading this, I felt my breathing slow... it's that peaceful. Beautiful work!

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