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Falling Star
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Falling Star |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Falling Star A lustrous star burst through the midnight sky Illuminating space and sea and earth A flaming torch of splendor streaking by Gave pause to ponder visions of such worth So beautiful the blazing tail of light That lovers stopped to watch the firey sparks And wished upon a falling meteorite That vanished into spaces of the dark So swiftly through the galaxy it came Its flaunting brilliance garishly unfurled For just a moment glory was its name A falling star that briefly lit the world Those stars that decorate the heavenly sea Shine subtle twinkles for eternity Elizabeth Santos |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I love those subtle twinkles that last an eternity... Lovely, as usual, my friend..  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
twinkles that shine in your eyes. . . wonderful my friend. . . ---------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Elizabeth
Moderator
Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Lovely. Lovely. Lovely. Though they only last for a moment, I love shooting stars....that's all we have on Earth, is one moment...they remind me of those who have had their moment... |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
A twinkly poem about a lovely subject. |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Very pretty! Makes me long for August when we are treated to meteor showers. Betty Lou Hebert |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is a lovely sonnet, Elizabeth! You are shining more brightly than any star ever could! |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
LovelyLizzieLady~ 'For just a moment glory was its name A falling star that briefly lit the world' And this goes beyond the brilliance of a falling star !  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Elizabeth, Astrally brilliant! write on Kethry Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
So swiftly through the galaxy it came Its flaunting brilliance garishly unfurled For just a moment glory was its name A falling star that briefly lit the world Those stars that decorate the heavenly sea Shine subtle twinkles for eternity =================== Such wonderful imagery wrapped in rhyme divine ... a lovely celestial sonnet Liz ... heavenly as well  We wish ourselves beautiful, |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I've spent many an evening lying in my Dad's pasture wishing on falling stars... but the dang things don't seem to deliver? *G* Beautiful poem, Elizabeth! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
This one had fallen right past me...so I bless the angel that bumped it back up... beautiful! |
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Saunni Senior Member
since 2000-07-11
Posts 1777West Virginia |
Oh, This is beautiful, so very beautiful! I loved it. Sauni Sauni :) |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
would I be correct in assuming you teach/have taught -Poetry? this is crafted so beautifully - I was out under that star as I read |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- It gives a lovely light!" -Millay You can last eternity as a little twinking light, or you can light up the entire sky for a moment only, but live on in history forever. You describe this difference well, my friend. Another beautiful piece I'm honored to have read!  "Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel."-Machiavelli |
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