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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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0 posted 2016-08-23 12:54 PM

       Before the Summer Wind
       (the ever-rolling years
          and fleeting seasons)

Run wild and free
before the Summer wind
through the smoky-crimson twilight,
while shimmering mountains
still dance with the setting sun …
for we are but frail ‘time-shadows’
tossed upon an endless cosmic sea;
(lost stardust-phantoms on the tides
     of eternity)
and all mercurial hints of fame
   or glory faster fade ...
than the swirling Autumn mist,
to die in Winter’s grasp of crisp
  indifference!

              --- b. e. adams

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-08-23 01:08 PM

I like this short, but well written poem, giving us the seasons in a very nice package of descriptive words.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

secondhanddreampoet
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2 posted 2016-08-23 10:55 PM

thank you, JP

I always get somewhat sad or 'nostalgic' as Summer fades away ...

jjote
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since 2002-12-25

Posts 1088
Ontario, Canada

3 posted 2016-08-24 06:42 PM

Such lovely word images, I love how they carry me "wild and free" into fantastic imaginings.

secondhanddreampoet
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4 posted 2016-08-24 09:45 PM

thank you for commenting !

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

5 posted 2016-08-25 10:48 PM

Your last line says so much. Life is a process, a journey, a gift... and it goes on and on. Wow, lots to ponder, lots to love.

secondhanddreampoet
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6 posted 2016-08-26 09:43 AM

Thanks again, Bluesy ... for commenting on my li'l "poetic scribbles!"

I've written over 2,000 of 'em ... and still don't know why I "Can't not write" ?! ...
What compels each of us to write ...

I call them "word paintings" rather than 'poems'

Ari Squire
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Posts 488
In The Phallus Lane

7 posted 2016-08-26 12:39 PM

What makes your "word paintings" so pleasant to read Bruce, is you seldom, if ever, use the words "I" or "you". You share wonderful thoughts without bringing it all back to yourself and I admire that. I don't care for strained poetic biographies.

Loving Linny Jean is poetry.

secondhanddreampoet
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8 posted 2016-08-26 05:17 PM

I don't care for "strained poetic biographies" either.

if a 'word-painting' is to have any chance to waft
along some immortal plane ... I think it generally
needs to avoid "I" and "you," etc.

Thank you for commenting on this 'write!'

Redstart
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since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

9 posted 2016-08-30 06:04 PM

Me neither, boys.

Redstart
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since 2014-05-16

Posts 535

10 posted 2016-08-30 06:14 PM

I said that I'd ignore you, but instead: I apologise.

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

11 posted 2016-08-31 05:31 AM

Best description of fragile humanity I ever read Bruce.

secondhanddreampoet
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12 posted 2016-08-31 09:40 AM

Thank you Red ... I appreciate it

One 'critic' called my word-paintings "nothing but pseudo-sentimental, syrup-dipped tripe" ...
and a "weak shadow of dinosauric 19th. century Romanticism" ... so I should be used to any
kind of unexpected reply to anything I write.

secondhanddreampoet
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13 posted 2016-08-31 09:41 AM

thank you, Ida

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