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Rest Again Eagle ...
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Rest Again Eagle ... |
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ma miller Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 806 |
 REST AGAIN EAGLE ... golden eagle's symbolic flight aloft a pole of whitest white with perched wings spread so wide as a golden ball provides the ride posing under eternity's spell and through summer's hottest hell through icy winter's deepest cold your lonely pole's left to hold like ominous shadows on cityscape once brilliant shine wears dull's cape years between visits of needed relief patina's drab is beyond belief rescue to commence (and not too soon) your little wish upon the moon so up the pole with paint and brush refreshing strokes felt in a rush this time was better than the rest an old man putting time to the test no hurry was he to finish the job rest again eagle, back on your knob M.A. Miller 07.19.00 (Inspired by Norman Rockwell's "Man Painting Flagpole") < !signature--> My calling before me, let quill be my offering; For to be called poet, no greater gift to receive. M.A. [This message has been edited by MA Miller (edited 07-19-2000).] |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
that was simply Awesome!!! Sauni Sauni :) |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I like this much....and I do promise to be good now. (forgive me...think I made meself giddy t'nite...) enjoyed, Miller man... [This message has been edited by serenity (edited 07-19-2000).] |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
posing under eternity's spell and through summer's hottest hell through icy winter's deepest cold your lonely pole's left to hold like ominous shadows on cityscape once brilliant shine wears dull's cape years between visits of needed relief patina's drab is beyond belief rescue to commence (and not too soon) your little wish upon the moon so up the pole with paint and brush refreshing strokes felt in a rush -------------------- very cool MA.. so creative and unique... your rhyme and cadence are superb once again very cool place to find inspiration... the poem painted the picture as well as NR did his... excellent work jm |
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ma miller Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 806 |
thanks so much for your comments saunni, serenity and jm ... Rockwell's work is so impressionable, its hard not to write about it ... thanks again. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Wonderful... I liked the nice originality in the poem and the subject, a falcon/an eagle always inspires me to try and fly higher (read as - in flights of thoughts).... great work MA Miller... I have now got used to seeing great pieces of work from you... I am sure you will keep it flowing... regards, sudhir |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Mark-This one really hits deeper than you might have intended. I am ex-military and also grew up in the military and that eagle you speak of means the world to me. There is one in my front yard and always will be. Your poem is as beautiful and the Rockwell print you posted with. |
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ma miller Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 806 |
Thanks to all above ... this was kinda' whimsical at first, but like you Mark B., i am ex-military and is probably the reason for my initial impressions of this Rockwell work ... thanks for the connection ... |
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