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Mabel A. Dilley
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0 posted 2001-07-07 06:27 PM






Here I sit beneath tall cliffs
in sunlight, by the dancing stream.
I call it summer, but gold flowers
they tell me cannot fade.



I flow through phantom dreams
forging rooms of light beneath cliffs
where solemn pillars stand as guiding beacon
through all storms


My heart is at peace.
Fields of fragrant flowers descend,
my arms trace the sky, releasing
jasmine and lilac cordate panicles
of pink-purple effluvia grow into mist
and I become your breath



As the tongue danced
across the portal of G-d --
Gasp! I heard a gasp.

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

© Copyright 2001 Mabel A. Dilley - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2001-07-07 06:28 PM


shhhhhhhh. . . look over there Julian. . .

wonderful my friend. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

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2 posted 2001-07-09 08:52 PM


Julian~
Just breathtakingly serene.
Glad I found this little jewel !
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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3 posted 2001-07-10 01:28 AM


Excellent imagery, Julian...how'd this get overlooked??  Love the graphics, too!  Great write...

sp  

it was love that first drew me,
it is love that will keep me here...
now I see love burning brightly
when everything else is unclear...

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4 posted 2001-07-10 01:38 AM


Absolutely breathtaking Mabel, and oh but it was so soothing, and peaceful.  My favorite line was "and I become your breath", fantastic my friend, exceptional writing.

If I made you smile today then I did my job!
 ~* Mysteria *~

Irish Rose
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5 posted 2001-07-10 05:55 AM


I loved that last line most of all!


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Deep in the heart
6 posted 2001-07-10 09:49 AM


Beautiful.
theLadypoet
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7 posted 2001-07-10 10:34 AM


:celebrate

The oddest phenomenom: no matter who writes this poem, I absolutely LOVE it :=)

theLadypoet

"A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water..." Eleanor Roosevelt

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