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Gwendrina
Junior Member

since 2001-08-21

Posts 33

0 posted 2001-08-25 08:56 PM

Afternoon Chord (I)

Draped in yellow sleeves
of the birch tree
              afternoon sends
              her last moments off.

              Branches lift
pushing  dovetail shadows of sky
              into a deeper gray.

From the porch
I   glimpse rain
              as  wind pricks her finger
              on a dark spindle of pine.

             Time weeps
             and like Autumn, I shimmer
             in cold sorrow --
                              waiting for you.



               EVENING CHORD (II)

              Night dangles her  hair
over the moon’s white brow.
as branches lattice the wind.

               Tinges of leaf  fray
to brown wings --tatting pink lace
and love disrobes slowly
               .
               untangling  the long sash of time
dipping bare thought
into a pool of shadows.

Evergreen ripples
outward in its clean scent
of  memory
and I succumb to sleep,

             to the soft sound
             of your footsteps returning
             home from the city.

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

1 posted 2001-08-25 09:01 PM

Beautiful word pictures! The poems make virtual reality even more real.....well written!!

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

2 posted 2001-08-25 09:02 PM

Such an exquisitely romantic piece of writing you have penned here....excellent!
Take care.....Sue

Suetang

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-08-25 09:03 PM

wonderfully done. . . each chord sounds beautifully in harmony with itself. . .

excellent. . .

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Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

4 posted 2001-08-25 09:31 PM

              Night dangles her  hair
over the moon’s white brow.
as branches lattice the wind.

               Tinges of leaf  fray
to brown wings --tatting pink lace
and love disrobes slowly
               .
               untangling  the long sash of time
dipping bare thought
into a pool of shadows.
============================
this is STUNNING!!!
absolutely beautiful imagery!!
a very creative and clever inspire here...
poetry in motion....
wonderful writing poetess Gwendrina
jm

Feels like Im dancin with truth and wisdom
Precious rhythm you are my guide
These days are sacred, my heart is humble
Oh warrior show me thy light

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2001-08-25 11:46 PM

GwenDrina~
Exquisitely delicate~
I so enjoyed this~
To find it displayed with such beautiful artwork is an added bonus~
Thank you for sharing~
~*Marge*~

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

Alwye

Moderator

Member Elite

since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

6 posted 2001-08-26 01:03 AM

Incredible imagery....I am in total awe...thank you for sharing these lovely and poignant thoughts with us. I am so glad I got the chance to read them.

*Krista Knutson*

"Touched the mirror, broke the surface of the water,
Saw my true self, all illusions shattered..." ~Tracy Chapman

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2001-08-26 01:13 AM

Nice presentation...James

Kay Vibbert
Junior Member

since 2001-08-25

Posts 35
Indiana

8 posted 2001-08-26 01:17 AM

I'm going to print this and save it, I just love it!

"It's not gossip unless I tell it to somebody else!" Lucy Ricardo

Kay (aka/Irish Rose)

snowpants
Member Elite

since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

9 posted 2001-08-26 02:17 AM

This is just fantastic, Gwendrina...the imagery is breathtaking...very impressive...I truly have enjoyed the poems of yours that I've read thus far...great work!

sp

tried to write a letter
to tell you how I feel,
but all I kept on writing
was slipping on the tears from the day...

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

10 posted 2001-08-26 03:40 AM

Gwendrina-
   This is absolutely lovely.
   So softly penned...
   Very much enjoyed the read.

   hugs,
   ~vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes

Gwendrina
Junior Member

since 2001-08-21

Posts 33

11 posted 2001-08-26 12:47 PM

Hi everyone,

Wow!! Just opened up the forum and found all your lovely and wonderful responses. I am so deeply touched by your kind words and insight. You really help me stay inpsired.

Thanks again
Wendy

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