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Open Poetry #3

The Oak (repost)

Mike
Member Elite

since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

0 posted 1999-11-05 08:13 PM

I sit beneath green canopy
...In shade of towering oak,
Reflecting on the paths not took,
...Of words I've never spoke.

I gaze above at shimmering leaves,
...As sun's light filters through,
Oasis in the summer heat,
...Beneath the sky so blue.

I hear sweet songs of nightingale,
...Upon the summer breeze,
And see the dance of Terpsichore,
...Amongst the oaken leaves.

Within the limbs a universe,
...Protected by oak's boughs,
And on this beauteous summer day,
...Majestic oak allows...

A simple man to touch the gods,
...In boughs of nature's grace,
Allowed in slendor to repose,
...In this, God's special place.

In summer of my eighteenth year,
...I took you as my wife,
For eight and twenty years you've been,
...The tree that shades my life.

To alleviate any concerns you might have Robert. (smile) Although Denise's poetry is indeed beautiful.

RobertB
Senior Member

since 1999-09-26

Posts 1104
Champaign, IL

1 posted 1999-11-05 08:28 PM

very nice Mike....I like you.....errrr... I mean I like what you write. :-}

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if you can dream; you can fly...if you are flying; you are dreaming.

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

2 posted 1999-11-05 09:16 PM

Awww so sweet.Liked this much!

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

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-11-06 10:06 AM

What a treasure this one is! Well done, Mike!