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On Such a Winter’s Night
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On Such a Winter’s Night |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! 
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On Such a Winter’s Night In the footsteps of the passing storm, like a wondrous scene from a captive world in some cosmic paperweight, ‘endless’ hills of snow-bound shadows shimmer in the evening moonlight as tattered clouds dance beneath an infinite mantle of luculent stars. So much of Nature’s truth lies just beyond the brief candle of our lives. How do all our hopes, dreams, plans, and schemes, in our little islands of artificial light, appear to Winter’s grand-eternal eyes from the vast-empty mystic realms of time and space on such a night? --- b. e. adams (2/15/2014) |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Your poem has fined-tuned, and gave power to nature to peer inside our very existence. Somehow I feel it may have found us lacking. ~*~ Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. ~*~ |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
"So much of Nature’s truth lies just beyond the brief candle of our lives." Perfect! |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
many thanks to both of you for commenting on this 'write' (20 in. of snow on the ground here in the 'endless' mt. valleys of old Appalachia) ... |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
We are Nature as we meld ourselves with each day of our existence and all that lay within. Hopefully, we would have respect and care for its "truth" before we pass the candle. Splendid poetry that generates much thought. ...just bein' Bluesy |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
hopefully, the primary themes that should come across in my ever-so-humble lil' "poetic scribbles" are: respect for and appreciation/stewardship of Nature; tolerance and celebration of human diversity (and that of all life forms in Gaia's biosphere); and 'universality' [the infinitely nested 'connectedness' (all is one) of everyone and everything across all (size) scales of observation in this grand-scintillating universe]. |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
A truly endearing ideal which some humans have struggled with ever since the beginning of our existence. Others approach the 'Mother' with utter disrespect. With respect, it has been, is, and will continue to be this way as long as there are more than one of us around. ...just bein' Bluesy |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I agree with icebox. Those lines are simply perfect, Bruce. Ida |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
And so do I  Love your poem, Bruce! |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Thanks 'Bluesy,' Ida, and Gale ... |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
This was magnificent my friend.. I can hardly help but include nature in almost everything I write.. Your poem made me ponder.. and think about the seasons.. spring as morning, summer as noon, fall as afternoon, and winter as evening.. Nature is at rest right now with her blankets of snow wondering when all of these menacing little bugs that crawl on her skin will just simply go away.. The hills they know not greed.. they only know modesty and all things untainted Really enjoyed this |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Thank you, Richy! |
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