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Soleil
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0 posted 1999-10-06 10:03 PM


Under late September skies
In the courtyard of Salon de The
The air is still, the sky is gray.
Pigeons line a clay red wall
A guitarist plays soft melodies.
Bachelor buttons push up through
The cracks in the brick
Periwinkle blue that daunts footfall.
It is a favored time of day
For I am collecting Mary Kate.
She passes through the iron gate
And on bended knee
Catches a butterfly in cupped hands.
Closes her eyes and makes a wish,
And then with open heart
Lets it free.
And I flashing think
That if salvation is a gift received
A memory is a moment held and believed.


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Balladeer
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1 posted 1999-10-06 10:05 PM


A wonderful flavor to this poem. Nicely done.
Denise
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2 posted 1999-10-06 10:58 PM


Very wonderful, yes!

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Denise

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3 posted 1999-10-07 03:54 PM


I like it, it likes me. Well done.
Julie
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4 posted 1999-10-07 04:27 PM


"A memory is a moment held and believed"...
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.

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Julie
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Thou who has given so much to me,
give one thing more: a grateful heart.
>George Herbert




Iloveit
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5 posted 1999-10-07 04:45 PM


very beautiful, from the title to the ending, I really liked it
Soleil
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6 posted 1999-10-07 08:36 PM


Thanks,...this was based on a very real place and a very real moment.
caroline
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7 posted 1999-10-07 08:45 PM


I so enjoyed this, Soliel.

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

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