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RSEvans
Senior Member

since 1999-10-23

Posts 1147
Tulsa, OK, USA

0 posted 1999-10-24 06:51 PM

The velvet touch of the Autumn wind,
Pulls my memory from me again.
A sharp reminder of death and loss,
Makes bitter tally of love's harsh cost.

The colored hues which cling to life,
Remind us of our lonely strife.
Our temperate days we pass with care
As seasons' change fills the air.

Without the death of warmth and heat,
Would we even know it's bittersweet
Caress when once again we touch
The Springtime's air we missed so much.

So perhaps we should live in this death
And pay to nature all our debts
And free ourselves from it's painful hold
Even as we're growing old.

Perhaps no season knows the way.
Perhaps it's not for them to say.
Perhaps its just the way of things
To wait for what the future brings.

And once again I watch the passing
Of another season of mirth and laughing
Of another year of twice-lived days
Of yet another Summer's haze...

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On the wings of day-bright dreams...

IsabelleSkye
Member

since 1999-06-27

Posts 253

1 posted 1999-10-24 07:32 PM

Autumn is my favourite season!
I really enjoyed this poem just for that reason

Thanks for sharing
and Welcome to Passions
I.Skye

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"With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls; for stony limits cannot hold love out; and what love can do that dares love attempt." Romeo & Juliet Act II

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

2 posted 1999-10-24 07:33 PM

Beautiful verse,great imagery! Liked this much!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

caroline
Senior Member

since 1999-08-16

Posts 1218
http://members.xoom.com/belladona123/index.htm

3 posted 1999-10-24 07:44 PM

Elegantly written...I enjoyed your imagery in this too

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"Tread softly, for I have spread my dreams under your feet"~~William Butler Yeats

poetFemmeFatale
Member Elite

since 1999-07-25

Posts 2646
Arkansas

4 posted 1999-10-24 08:16 PM

Robert, your poetry gets truly better each time I read a post of yours! Are you saving the best for last, cause WOW I sure want to see 'em! LOL

The is exquisitely beautiful....very nicely done.

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I beckon you to come...I lure you with my tongue... - poet FemmeFatale

Julie
Senior Member

since 1999-08-20

Posts 739
Houston, TX

5 posted 1999-10-24 08:20 PM

I loved this...it says a lot...well done.

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

6 posted 1999-10-24 08:53 PM

This is very well done. The last stanza is perfection indeed. The seasons all work together, I suppose. We can't appreciate one without experiencing the others. Living in Florida, believe me, I know.

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

7 posted 1999-10-25 04:42 PM

I am glad I didn't miss this poem RS.
It is beautfully written with wonderful imagery.
Enjoyed this piece very much!

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A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extrordinaire!

sparrow
Junior Member

since 1999-10-22

Posts 33

8 posted 1999-10-25 04:46 PM

This is a wonderful poem, but when reading it I had some English class flashbacks...

forgive me, but it's = it is, and its = possesive form of it. I put the wrong one ALL the time, so I'm starting to spot it pretty often ;}

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Sparrow Hawk
Jester of http://www.scribedesigns.com/archflambeoth/

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

9 posted 1999-10-25 08:33 PM

Robert,
I'm liking your works more and more with each post. This flows so well and is so rich with imagery(love the first stanza).

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Michael Anderson

Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?

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