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secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

0 posted 2017-04-02 03:33 PM

          Spring Evening

Just beyond a flaming sunset
in the soft-velvet twilight
   afterglow,
as the harsh world of men
   grows dim,
stars bloom in the cosmic
desert’s grand immensity.
A crescent moon hangs the
far eastern sky horizon and
moonlight slips across this
grey river silvering all
but the heaviest shadows.
The night breezes tickles
reeds along the shore
to quietly rippling laughter.
All of life settles in on
such a gentle Spring night
in pause from Nature’s
  random busywork,
as it has for three hundred
   million years.
Who are we to disturb
   the universe?

              --- b. e. adams (4/2/2017)

[This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (04-02-2017 05:29 PM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2017-04-02 03:48 PM

"as the harsh world of men
grows dim"

Yes, my friend, from that harshness to the velvet and mystical world of such splendor mankind can only stand and gawk. Our eyes fills our hearts on such an event you have given us.

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

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2017-04-02 05:29 PM

thanks, JP !

even a fine snowfall seems to soften (blunt) hard-edged (human-built) "reality!"

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

3 posted 2017-04-02 05:29 PM

excellent, who are we ? not very clever actually, thanks

yann

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

4 posted 2017-04-02 06:03 PM

Thanks for commenting, Yann !

P.U Stinkenbaum
Member
Posts 388
No Fan Of Exhaust Fans

5 posted 2017-04-03 12:50 PM

quote:
Who are we to disturb
the universe?

Who indeed!

Beautiful 'painting' Mr. Adams

Pass the Glade if you're going to do that here...

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

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6 posted 2017-04-03 10:11 PM

Thank you !

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2017-04-05 03:17 AM

A pearl of wisdom in "the harsh world of men."

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
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8 posted 2017-04-05 07:51 AM

... but, who (in America in particular) "listens" to 'ol environmental poet-geologists.
We're way down the queue (of who folks might 'pay attention to') behind professional
turnip jugglers, etc.!

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

9 posted 2017-04-07 12:31 PM

Your poetry transports me to a place of peace and serenity. Thank you for your gifts of the written word, they are a treasure.

secondhanddreampoet
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since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
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10 posted 2017-04-07 08:41 AM

thank you very much !

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