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secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2013-02-09 05:17 PM

         Home again

As did we in youth,
the Holly laughs at Winter
flaunting green
beneath a vaulting
leaden sky of
Wintry blasts and
   falling snow
that hushes all
in tumultuous silence,
carpeting the dead ground
of withered leaves and
  broken promises
with astonishing art.
Here and now
our dreams
of love and Spring
are but shadows
in a looking glass …
beyond our touch
and there is no way
  home again.

             --- b. e. adams (2/9/2013)

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (02-10-2013 08:31 AM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-02-09 05:35 PM

A beauty of a poem, Bruce. I especially liked the personal touch you incorporated into the wintry scene you drew for us. The "broken promises" and the dreams at the end gave the poem a definite human touch.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

2 posted 2013-02-09 06:18 PM

How beautiful is your poetry
You conveyed the feeling of winter from the ground to the sky
This is a gem
Liz

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2013-02-09 08:47 PM

Enjoyed...James

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2013-02-09 11:26 PM

A hauntingly beautiful poem, Bruce. One only you could write.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2013-02-10 03:41 AM

Exquisite, as usual, Bruce. I loved your portrayal of the weight of winter and the memories and the undertones of longing and the wealth of miniscule detail in your inimitable, minimalistic style.

Owl

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

6 posted 2013-02-10 06:08 PM

Lovely words Bruce...The Last lines brought a tear to my eyes. Enjoyed.

Here and now
our dreams
of love and Spring
are but shadows
in a looking glass …
beyond our touch
and there is no way
home again.

~Victoria

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

7 posted 2013-02-13 01:34 AM

rivalty between spring and winter told with art and poetry,(and human witness).... what an excellent reading and penning,

thanks

yann

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

8 posted 2013-02-13 09:53 AM

Thanks so much to each and all of you very talented writers for your
lovely comments about my ever-most-humble lil' "poetic scribbles" !

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