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Meadowmuse
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0 posted 2001-04-15 04:32 PM



Illumined


In darkest vale where arms no longer hold me,
I write to light with words that fail to sing.
Don't waste them wringing warmth, a letter scolds me.
Time cannot linger where the heart might cling.

But how to climb above the grief of treasure
tossed back into the churn of swirling sea,
when memory's song repeats each precious measure
with echoed strands of night enfolding me?

I'll not begin to know till breathing ceases
and once again my love in light appears,
what comes when pain subsides and peace increases,
illumined, whole, in joyful joining tears.


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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Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-04-15 05:23 PM


Claire....this is so very beautiful!
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2 posted 2001-04-15 06:09 PM


Poetically perfect, Claire!!!  
Bill Charles
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3 posted 2001-04-15 06:21 PM


Meadowmuse - a beauty you have written, I read and liked very much.

BC

Meadowmuse
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4 posted 2001-04-15 06:23 PM


Sunshine, Balladeer, Bill, thanks very much. (o:


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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5 posted 2001-04-15 06:34 PM


Poetry at its finest, Claire! I am always swept up in the emotion of your writings.
Meadowmuse
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6 posted 2001-04-16 08:02 AM


Denise, I'm glad it "swept" you. (o:

Thanks for reading and enjoying.  

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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7 posted 2001-04-16 11:41 AM


No one does it better than this...do you submit your poetry to magazines or something? You should...
Wilfred Yeats
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8 posted 2001-04-16 12:08 PM


so few here - pen 'perfect' poems every time
I wish I were one - -
but I'm most grateful Claire IS
you did it again

Coal Surrender
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9 posted 2001-04-16 12:09 PM



So enchanting, and so very well constructed.

                 Coal

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10 posted 2001-04-16 12:19 PM


Claire,
Excellent writing. You are one of my favorites.

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11 posted 2001-04-16 06:38 PM


I will always find wonder in your words my friend. . .  

wonderful. . .

-------------------------------------------------------

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12 posted 2001-04-18 06:19 PM


Clair this is fantastic...James
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13 posted 2005-09-17 12:40 PM


Reading this on the suggestion of another poet, and so sorry I missed the time you were here.  This is poetry at its best, and hoping you see this and come back to Passions and write some more for us.  In the meantime will read your other posting with sheer enjoyment.  Perfect rhyme!
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14 posted 2006-03-20 07:05 AM


This is beautiful, agreed. Miss you meadowmuse!
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