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Mike
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since 1999-06-19

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0 posted 2000-12-28 09:44 AM

Half spent the night, moon's silver glow,
...twixt twilight and the dawn,
Silent lays the fallen snow,
...footprints on the lawn.

Air so cold it bites the lung,
...redness on the cheek,
Remnants of a summer past,
...through the snowdrifts peek.

The night she speaks with soothing calm,
...with crystal clarity,
Upon the land, snow's soothing balm,
...angelic purity.

Night is the beginning,
...of what has never been,
Night is neverending,
...snowflakes without sin.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

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Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2000-12-28 09:46 AM

Mike,
Soft and melodic beautiful write.

SEA

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since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

2 posted 2000-12-28 10:04 AM

I wish it would snow here.......this is gorgeous

-SEA

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

3 posted 2000-12-28 10:15 AM

Mike--so soft and serene your words like fresh snow.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2000-12-28 10:49 AM

Mike~
Oh ... this is wonderful ! !

'Night is the beginning,
...of what has never been,
Night is neverending,
...snowflakes without sin.'

What a lovely vision you've shared.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

5 posted 2000-12-28 10:50 AM

Half spent the night, moon's silver glow,
...twixt twilight and the dawn,
Silent lays the fallen snow,
...footprints on the lawn.
==================
Night is the beginning,
...of what has never been,
Night is neverending,
...snowflakes without sin.
================

my oh my ...I wish I had wrote this...
stunning Mike
your consistancy of poetic grace is a pleasure to behold.
jm

Some people find subtlety in strangers
if you find anything~let me in
Your eyes~you see everything
my eyes~I see it all together now~and I know

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

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The Shores of Alone

6 posted 2000-12-28 04:31 PM

This is beautiful Mike, very lyrical and romantic.
Sandra

vandana

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since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

7 posted 2000-12-28 05:23 PM

like this much

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

8 posted 2000-12-28 07:28 PM

shaking my head again...how can something this soft and gentle be so stunning? ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL...I WANNA BE LIKE MIKE!

Irish Rose
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since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

9 posted 2000-12-28 07:36 PM

Yes, snowflakes without sin. Now, that's the kind of snowball that I want to be hit with, a no brainer......I don't know what I said, I'm in a glorious mood but I really liked this!!

"Every man dies.
Not every man truly lives."
Braveheart

Kathleen

Denise

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since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

10 posted 2000-12-28 09:59 PM

This could almost make me like the snow...but nothing could do that! Seriously, this is beautiful, Mike, breathtakingly so!

Denise

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

11 posted 2000-12-28 10:03 PM

Oh Mike, I wish I had written this...

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

12 posted 2000-12-29 08:24 AM

Mr. Tabin... thank ya kindly for the read and reply.
Sea... as a general rule, snow is something wished for until it arrives... *smile*
actually, the trees were beautiful yesterday.
thank you for the reply.
Martie...appreciate the reply and glad I could share a little of Kansas with a Californina girl.
Janet Marie...you are very kind and gracious in your reply. Thank you ever so much.
Catalina...yes, a moonlit night and a blanket of snow can be romantic... thank you for the nice reply.
Vandana...nice to here from you again. Thank you for reading.
Serenity...be careful what you wish for...LOL
but I truly appreciate the very gracious post.
Irish Rose...anytime you want a snowball fight, let me know...hehe glad you are in a good mood.
Denise...from what I hear, you are going to get the snow we just got...get ready and get warm...take care.
Sunshine...appreciate the read and reply. Passed through your fair city last weekend.

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

13 posted 2000-12-29 08:40 AM

very beautiful...we are expecting snow tonight...it is lovely to watch and step into when fresh fallen *s

~Wynter

"The worst prison would be a closed heart".
...Pope John Paul II

Nan

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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

14 posted 2000-12-29 09:54 AM

May he who stays out in the cold be hit with the first snowflake without sin... (oops making light of an exceptionally great poetic piece here)... This is wonderful, Mike... I like it.. I like it...

Denise

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15 posted 2000-12-29 09:13 PM

Yep, Mike, it is headed this way, 8 to 16 inches...which may not sound too terribly bad until you realize that in Philadelphia they don't plow or salt the residential streets......so we're basically stranded until nature takes its course and starts melting things a bit. In the blizzard of Dec.,'95, we didn't get our car out of the parking spot for three weeks, after my husband, me and a couple of neighbors dug out the street. Some day I would really like to move somewhere where they provide basic city services like plowing or somewhere where it never snows. I'll remember your poem as I am watching the snowflakes mounting!

Denise

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06

Posts 3733
Michigan

16 posted 2000-12-29 10:09 PM

Mike* Leave it to you to put a beautiful
image in my heart as I went outside to dig
out the car

....you've done a beautiful
job dear poet...this is gorgeous~

EagleOne
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since 2000-03-07

Posts 2829
Between a laugh and a tear...

17 posted 2000-12-29 11:07 PM

Always such a pleasure to read your fabulous work!

"The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest"
~ My Angel.

Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

18 posted 2000-12-30 02:09 AM

This is absolutely stunning
It is the virgin snow that will cover
My lawn tomorrow
And the cold does "bite the lung"
Your phrasing is superb
Liz

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

19 posted 2000-12-30 04:54 AM

Wonderful tender write! The silent falling snow seems to preach a secret scheme of life somehow....the song of the winter birds across a snow wrapped lawn speaks the mystery in a reverance that can be felt right into the heart...a respect for life so far removed from the hustle and bustle of the summer days but so much a part of the marvelous gift of consciousness...take care....ethome

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