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Rex
Member

since 2000-06-29

Posts 482
Houston, Texas

0 posted 2000-07-02 01:23 PM

I know nostalgia...
Deep, haunting nostalgia
For treasured things of memory:
The rich brocade of slender leaves
Shadow-splashed upon a wall;
The serene rotundity
Of placid heathen gods
In ageless contemplation
Upon a teak-wood stand;
And the warm, seductive touch of velvet
Thrown in blue abandon
Against a crimson couch.
Moon-frost on lazy, lapping waters,
And the faint fragility of echoes
Born of song.
The phantom call of camel bells
Across painted wastes of sand,
And ancient, faded rugs, in supplication worn.
The deep relentlessness of turbid seas,
And spindrift, like strings of tangled pearls
Tossed high on breaking waves.
The soothing clasp of tender hands
In recompense for pain...
And, lost in the unreturnable nothingness
Of vanished years...
The far-off whisper of a dream!

Hardrock
Senior Member

since 2000-02-14

Posts 948
New Hampshire, USA

1 posted 2000-07-02 03:13 PM

What a voyage of the mind!!! I was captivated. And your reference to turbid seas and spindrift, breaking waves transported me back to my ship....even though I know it was not necessarily a nautical reference. I'm breathless now......Hardrock

Deborah1
Senior Member

since 2000-06-22

Posts 653
New Hampshire

2 posted 2000-07-02 03:19 PM

And the faint fragility of echoes born of song....My gosh Im taken by this one, simply wonderful!1

lotharingia
Senior Member

since 2000-06-04

Posts 897
saarbruecken, Germany

3 posted 2000-07-02 05:45 PM

OOOOH yes. this one practically hypnotised me! Your poetry is astounding. You have such a talent to weave tangible images with your words...

Lotharingia
"For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?"
Tom Holland

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

4 posted 2000-07-02 09:22 PM

Ditto to all the above comments and more!!!!
What can I say? Umm. This pulls in the reader, you share such feelings/emotions in an almost eloquent way with wonderful visuals as well. This one is a masterpiece you should consider putting it in the book.
If you do, alert me so I can vote for it!!

Jeremiah Johnson
Senior Member

since 2000-06-08

Posts 1223
Brooksville, Fl, U.S

5 posted 2000-07-03 12:08 PM

well i hope you always remember and never forget. love the work as always and keep it up. i also love the expression you make with your image

I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson-

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