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Death of a Poet
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Death of a Poet |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Death of a Poet I lay awakened from a dream Confused of what was real or seemed The midnight moon cast opal light Across the silent walls of night An arrow beam come down and kissed. A drape of moon in silver mist Layed on my eyes this mask to blind realities in dreamer’s mind Then slumber turned to introspect And grasped what truth it could detect A moment’s pause to ponder through The place I lay, the world I knew If this be just a fantasy Then come, sweet moon to comfort me For sadness fills this empty night Where you have cast a somber light I looked in mirror’s edge of glass To visions that had come to pass And there, a poet’s aging face Reflected through the years of space My God!, he seemed to weep the tears From swollen eyes in younger years What soul is this that looks at me And speaks of love in poetry Awake! this mad and youthful rage For hands are worn and dried with age But still he speaks and still I know The words of passion he’ll bestow He wrote from out the mirror's face With honesty and gentle grace He gazes out with eyes of youth And writes alluring words of truth Who am I now, the young or old? Who’s trembling not from pain or cold But from a verse of poetry That reaches to the soul of me But wait!, these tears in silver beams Are not for fantasies or dreams These are the tears meant for tonight To now be shed in moon’s sweet light Tis not a dream, I know full well I’ve slept the night on sheets of hell And waken now in hour of dread Oh, silver moon, --- the poet’s dead He died, but lives in poetry His spitit running deep and free A loved one closed the eyes of age But lives, oh moon, on silver page Let opalecsent beams of light Engrave his words in dark of night And etch in stars the poet name For heaven’s face is not the same And God will bless this cherished friend And stars will hold his poet pen Wilfred Yeats, dear poet, dear friend Liz |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you, Lady Santos |
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Victoria
since 2000-08-12
Posts 5869 |
He had enough faith and love in his heart for all of us.. beautifully penned.. ~Victoria~ |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
A loved one closed the eyes of age But lives, oh moon, on silver page you couldn't have written a more beautiful line than this Liz..thank you Maureen [This message has been edited by nakdthoughts (edited 07-08-2001).] |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
Oh my, this is so outstandingly beautiful. Amazing. I pray he can see it. Sandra |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
This was by far the most touching of tributes. "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve" |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Beautiful words that you have written for our friend. He is not gone for he will live on in his poetry. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
What I felt in Wilfred's poetry was a youthful passion for life, and he expressed it unlike any other poet I've read. It then became contagious to the reader, who felt a part of the poetry. This is what I was trying to express here, "who am I now, the young or old?'. Wilfred was young at heart, but mature in wisdom and his perspective on love and life. I love his poetry. I'll be looking to the stars Thank you Liz |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz--thank you so much for the beauty of what you see and the way you write. I know that he knows. |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Well done, and thank you for this. |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
Liz, this is more beautiful and touching than words could describe. I know he reads this now in heaven thank you for writing this tribute~ Melissa~ |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thank you Elizabeth...the writing from within his heart has touched many people...James |
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