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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-07-24 07:49 AM

The Best of Times

Time is written on my face
Labor on my hands
Feet are worn from daily pace
The brow marks life’s demands

In open palm is lifeline’s crease
Where present love exists
And on my lip the soothing peace
Of memories of a kiss

Within the heart my dreams are traced
Within the mind a quest
And all the age upon my face
Is only time at best

No way to know what lies ahead
No way to count the hours
But love has come in shades of red
In silence of a flower

The lilting hymns of love’s own psalm
A sonnet’s lyric phrase
Have settled in my weathered palm
In these, the best of days

Life is etched upon my brow
In ways that can’t be altered now
Love is written on my face
In filtered light of silken lace

Elizabeth Santos

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2001-07-24 08:15 AM

Elizabeth,
A lovely and charming poem. Sy

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-07-24 08:28 AM

You make the happy smiles sound so darned beautiful....good for you, Lady Santos, to wear such lines so beautifully....

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

3 posted 2001-07-24 08:45 AM

wonderful expression...

I enjoyed a great deal

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

4 posted 2001-07-24 10:57 AM

Live and learn, learn and Love, Love and live. Enjoyed.

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

5 posted 2001-07-24 03:50 PM

Wow! Smiling here

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

6 posted 2001-07-24 08:49 PM

Yes, the best of times, indeed! Wonderful poem, Elizabeth! Your wisdom is showing again!

Qumar Fatthi
Member

since 2001-05-20

Posts 59
Pakistan

7 posted 2001-07-24 08:59 PM

u r right ........
Good poem
Carry onn..............

Mike
Member Elite

since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

8 posted 2001-07-24 10:18 PM

wonderfully written. The only way to truly enjoy your poetry is to read them aloud, so they can sing in their beauty.

Dulcinea
Senior Member

since 2001-07-22

Posts 774
IN

9 posted 2001-07-24 10:20 PM

I enjoyed the lyrical flow of this one Elizabeth...very nice! *S*

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

10 posted 2001-07-26 07:58 PM

Liz--Your poetry is always so consistantly beaufiul..Your grace is in each one.

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

11 posted 2001-07-26 08:54 PM

well,I don't know how I missed this one, it's breathtaking!

" I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be" George William Curtis"

Kathleen

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

12 posted 2001-07-27 12:44 PM

I am with Mike - I have started reading yours aloud, and they have so much more depth and joy. I loved this one, and of course went from her to the satin sheets, and then looked for the missing one ...lol...this was lovely.

~ Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance ~And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance ~ I hope you dance. (Lee Ann Womack)

vlraynes
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-25

Posts 8229
Somewhere... out there...

13 posted 2001-07-31 09:24 PM

Elizabeth-
   This is beautiful...

       "Life is etched upon my brow
       In ways that can’t be altered now
       Love is written on my face
       In filtered light of silken lace"

   I love this, sweet friend.

   hugs,
   ~vicky

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

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