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secondhanddreampoet
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0 posted 2014-11-13 09:50 PM

         Fleeting Beauty

Moonlight on the water
and the water is the sky.
Silver moonbeams dancing
everywhere
with the last Autumn leaves
spin-drifting arabesques in a
   chill November breeze.
All seems crisp and brittle now
on the sharp-edge cusp of Winter.
From somewhere, the lonesome
sound of distant evening bells
echoes through these ancient
'endless' hills and forest paths to
   nowhere.
Our lives are the windblown flakes
of snow ... fleeting beauty in the
   endless void.

               --- b. e. adams (11/13/2014)

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2014-11-13 10:54 PM

There is a profound stillness and quiet beauty in your poetry.

just lovely...as always.

latearrival
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since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

2 posted 2014-11-13 11:32 PM

The moon shining down upon the waters as well as the morning sun rise are both most beautiful.Enjoyed today's poem jo

secondhanddreampoet
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3 posted 2014-11-13 11:39 PM

As always, thanks so much to each of you!!

[I hope that I generally give a 'voice' to Nature
and 'environmental stewardship' ... aside from
any 'philosophic point' that might be riding on
the cascading natural imagery]

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2014-11-14 09:03 AM

quote:
Our lives are the windblown flakes
of snow ... fleeting beauty in the
endless void

That just about says it all, Bruce. Subtle, deep poetry.

If they give you ruled paper write sideways.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2014-11-15 06:29 AM

Your image of the moon on the water is stunning. The rest of the poem is magic- it captures the "essence".

secondhanddreampoet
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6 posted 2014-11-15 04:41 PM

thanks Ms. Lori !!

secondhanddreampoet
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7 posted 2014-11-15 04:42 PM

thank you, J.P. !

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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So. El Monte, California

8 posted 2014-11-16 02:16 AM

Stark and beautiful at the same time, Bruce.
Ida

EmmaRose
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since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

9 posted 2014-11-16 07:44 AM

On the ocean's great canvas
the water colors are just that
beautiful for the moment though
as in your poem of grand tribute to all

secondhanddreampoet
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10 posted 2014-11-16 09:07 AM

Thanks to both of you for the lovely comments.

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