Looking Through Glass (A Review)

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Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

0 posted 2001-05-05 11:51 AM

Look into the glass that reflects your face
where fifty-five winters rest in place
furrowed as fields upon your brow
where beauty bloomed as harvest bough
seedling cast from  mother’s womb
ten days late this shape assumed.

Sliding sun spun tales of fate
enchanted moonlit nights forever late
thirteen summers came and went
center stage your laughter bent
solemn commitment in Rabbi’s den
woman you declare not but fountain pen
intense passions drove you far away
that old barn its certain gray held sway
     birthplace of mirth and laughter
     joy’s wood stacked high as rafters.

Mother’s glass calls me back from April’s prime
     somber footsteps of a bygone age remain
     lost somewhere over the hill on Montana plain.

Graphics: Virgiania.Edu
          Woman at a Mirror

"I am not now that which I have been."

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

1 posted 2001-05-05 01:14 PM

Julian~
What a lovely heartfelt render.

'Mother’s glass calls me back from April’s prime'

The graphic is a gentle reflection of your thoughts~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

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

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

2 posted 2001-05-05 06:57 PM

I thought this was so well written and I felt as though I had been transported back in time. Thank you......Sue

Suetang

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

3 posted 2001-05-06 02:32 PM

Marge and Suetang: Thank you very much for reading and commenting. Mozart, art, history?
Who could resist a dip into yesteryear?

"I am not now that which I have been."

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

4 posted 2001-05-07 02:33 AM

I never thought I would see a perfect piece -both visually and poetically but I have now! Bravo poet, bravo!

~*~ I write ~ Therefore I am ~*~

Homepage: http://www.mysteria-poetry.cityslide.com/contents/contents/cfm/451673

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

5 posted 2001-05-07 03:00 AM

Mysteria: thank you, but I'm far from perfect. I want to thank you for helping find this beautiful picture for me to use.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

6 posted 2001-05-07 03:21 AM

Julian, This is most fantastic....

Enjoyed reading this one...

Regards,
Sudhir

Mabel A. Dilley
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

7 posted 2001-05-07 12:27 PM

Sudhir: thank you for reaching all the way from India to read this. Much appreciated.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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