Open Poetry #13 |
Old shadows of Remembrance |
Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Rewrite: Old shadows of remembrance I stood and gazed the mountains once more. Just as I gazed, with the eyes of before. Different from those of one of eighteen. Humbled in memory the stun of the scene. The peaks cut across the light of the sun. Filling the valley with red on the run. And snow in the shade still glistens cold blue, The only difference was not missing you. The queazy still soars in lonesome encase I still feel its awe, its giant embrace. The distance, the fright, the night and the far, The dazzle of stars on background of tar. The peeling and loss a place called home, The feeling of lost, the fear of alone. I could not encase the call of the wild I was a child of a climate of mild. Aurora still modes prime colors in wed. And I'm alive and the damn war is dead. |
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Sunshine
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Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
And awe stands silent in yours forever read.... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
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Different from those of one of eighteen. Humbled in memory the stun of the scene. The peaks cut across the light of the sun. Filling the valley with red on the run. And snow in the shade still glistens cold blue, The only difference was not missing you. The queazy still soars in lonesome encase I still feel its awe, its giant embrace. The distance, the fright, the night and the far, The dazzle of stars on background of tar. The peeling and loss a place called home, The feeling of lost, the fear of alone. I could not encase the call of the wild I was a child of a climate of mild. Aurora still modes prime colors in wed. And I'm alive and the damn war is dead. ======================= *shaking me head* .... nothing I could say will do this one justice... the imagery ... the emotions ... the wisdom ... the intent... this one will be with me for a long time of remembrance. me oh you speak to me in riddles |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Sy--Powerful magic of words...very inspired writing! |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Sunshine, My faithful reader. *L* JM, My tinkerbell rings her bell for me. Love Ya Winkiewinkie. Martie, And a powerful thank you. *L* |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Seymour, my friend~ With phrases like these - you paint the remembrance vividly. 'I stood and gazed the mountains once more. Just as I gazed, with the eyes of before.' 'The peaks cut across the light of the sun. Filling the valley with red on the run.' 'Aurora still modes prime colors in wed. And I'm alive and the damn war is dead.' Oh, yes ... dear poet - the battle from within dies on the setting sun. You are just WONDERFUL ! Verse is alive and flourishing in you ! ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
And you are the wipped cream on my strawberrys. *L* |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Much in need of seeing some light...the beauty that is.... |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
this is lovely! Kathleen Blake |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoy |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Excellent writing, Seymour...excellent! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I'd missed this one, Seymour... maybe the fates were saving it for now to keep me from missing you so much... when the melancholy of memory weighs heavy. *S* Superb work... Of course, that's guaranteed when your name is on a poem! *S* |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
The distance, the fright, the night and the far, you always leave me a line or two to wish were mine.. ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
A wonderful poem that will take a lot of reading. Joyce |
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Watersign6 Senior Member
since 2001-05-25
Posts 823Hurricane,WV |
will have to read this one many more times for the joy it brings is full |
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