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wordancer
Senior Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 809
VA

0 posted 2014-06-05 09:27 PM


adrift in dreaming blues
the river streams by

crimson hues

last light trembles on the wings
of the night heron's flight
sheltered for a night
in the open hut by the rising tide
of time

engulfed by
dark water swirls

calling calling calling

I float away
eyes open to the starry fields
unblinking

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.
~Mark Strand

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BluesSerenade
Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
1 posted 2014-06-05 09:54 PM


You painted such a beautiful serene scene and made it come alive!!

Lovely poem wordancer...

2islander2
Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825
by the sea
2 posted 2014-06-06 12:15 PM


a beautiful scene observing around you,


yann

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2014-06-06 02:14 AM


Lovely imagery. I feel as though I am there.
                         Ida

JerryPat2
Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
4 posted 2014-06-06 08:30 AM


This was such a beautiful, soft-worded piece of writing to gaze at the first thing in the morning. I particularly liked . . .
quote:
last light trembles on the wings
of the night heron's flight


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

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !
5 posted 2014-06-06 08:49 AM


fine and colorful imagery indeed !

I am especially fond of:

"...light trembles on the wings
   of the night heron's flight"

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
6 posted 2015-08-26 10:33 PM


enjoyed...james
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