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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
As solemn silence reverberates, ...over pall of dying day, Evening darkens into night, ...death's calm on land does lay. From afar, repose is broken, ...by sound of nature's hymns, Vespers of a settling wind, ...sound forth through muted limbs. With fading rays of sinking sun, ...shadows stalk the winds of fate, Silent death with razored claws, ...springs forth from Eden's gate. As solemn silence reverberates, ...over pall of dying fawn, The forest and its creatures, ...wait advent of the dawn. In Luna's light, shadows dance, ...across dawn's silent threshold, Darkness fades, its anger spent, ...an eerie calm betold. First breath of morning softly whispers, ...upon lush land below, As eastern sky in garden blooms, ...at touch of sun's first glow. Amidst the splendor of day's wakening, ...feral creatures pause, In cathedral of the forest, ...as hush of night withdraws. In that fleeting, tranquil instant, ...t'wixt darkness and the morn, Amongst the forest, and its creatures, ...a speckled fawn is born. |
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AVANTI Senior Member
since 2000-02-02
Posts 664INDIA/MAHARASHTRA/PUNE |
very well written... simply beautuful imaginery wonderful work If all was light...then I would have never learnt the dark...from which such truth evolves from which evolves the light... Avanti Rao |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
This is one of my "favorites" of yours...though choosing one over another is such a difficult task. Take care, ~ Claire Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
You do have a way with words, Mike! This is breathtakingly beautiful! Denise |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Mike...this is one of my favorites too...I'm so glad to see it here so I could read it again..and vote! |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Thank you for the kind and gracious replies. They are truly appreciated. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Mike~ Such a beautiful serenity comes over me as I read this piece. I've been to the forest and seen the scenes. I've gazed, with reverence, upon the speckled fawn. Thanks for this beauty. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
This is beautiful, Mike, and I loved the ending - Perfect Liz |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Beautiful! |
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