Seasonal Stirring of the Spirit (Duet w/ Temptress)

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Masked Intruder

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Near golden sunsets

0 posted 2001-09-25 05:04 AM

Whisper now, September winds,
and wash this heart with love.
Let the pleasant shivers,
stain a path into my soul.
Tug at my jacketed arms
and pull me towards winter,
away from summer's kiss
and spring's faint memory.
Drape my sleeves in your insistent
embrace of a calm cold.
Let the heartbreaking summer fade
enough to ammend my senses to your smile.
Bring your colored leaves
floating down around my head
in technicolor snows of
nature's swirlings
and take them to the ground
where I may cross atop them,
with slow treading feet,
and savor softly the new sounds.
Let me hear the last breath
of a summer's cricket
chirp in momentary harmony
with the lap of the crisp breeze.
Set the world on fire
with your galavanting waves of color,
and I'll watch them throw themselves
As they consume every living thing.
Bathe in the resplendent suffusion
of a September morning.
Allow me to lose myself in the richness
of steaming chocolate, warm milk,
and swirl my soul within that steam,
as I swallow sweet little sips of thought.
Then let me remember how to be thankful,
for the new things that come with every change.

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

1 posted 2001-09-25 05:20 AM

*sigh*
Yanno, it certainly was wonderful to Tag again like this!

Did I mention how fabulous of a job you did on this? You always have had an excellent way with your poetry, luv. Remember to thank someone for that word you mentioned!

And..ohh..ohh..OHHHHH @ the following favorite lines of yours!

"...in technicolor snows of
nature's swirlings..."

"Bathe in the resplendent suffusion
of a September morning."

Misting ya!

*Jenn*

Sometimes the heart needs the solace of solitude and silence.

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-09-25 08:35 AM

An excellent collaboration! Well done to both of you!

Zinsser
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since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

3 posted 2001-09-25 09:55 AM

Beautiful!
Congrats to both of you
~Connie~

SmartChick
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since 2001-09-23

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On A Journey To The Unknown

4 posted 2001-09-25 10:38 AM

Very nice!

Pip
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since 2001-09-14

Posts 59

5 posted 2001-09-25 09:00 PM

Lovely workin with you again as well, Jenn!

Love "stain a path into my soul" , "set the world on fire with your galavanting waves of color" , and of course, "swallow sweet little sips of thought"! Excellent job, me girl!

Oh, yeah, ummm, Doreen....I stole a word from you. I just had to use technicolor. I had no choice. *Grins*

Thanks to everyone else for reading!

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

6 posted 2001-09-26 07:25 AM

Whisper now, September winds,
and wash this heart with love.
Let the pleasant shivers,
stain a path into my soul.
===========================
Drape my sleeves in your insistent
embrace of a calm cold.
Let the heartbreaking summer fade
enough to ammend my senses to your smile.
Bring your colored leaves
floating down around my head
in technicolor snows of
nature's swirlings
and take them to the ground
where I may cross atop them,
with slow treading feet,
and savor softly the new sounds.
====================================
Set the world on fire
with your galavanting waves of color,
and I'll watch them throw themselves
As they consume every living thing.
Bathe in the resplendent suffusion
of a September morning.
==========================

You guys have some gorgeous lines and images in this...just so poetically lovely ...
and its all blended so smooothly that there wasnt a hint of when each poet came in...
very cool poem...Hope to see more dueting from you

jm

Well tomorrow holds only mystery
And who's to say what might be
But in you I found a love so strong
The sun and the moon looked on in jealousy

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

7 posted 2001-09-26 07:00 PM

I've had to read this at least three times. . . I wasn't sure about some of the lines. . .but, having read it again. . . I find that there's a lot of depth here. . . the words flow like the leaves of a September day. . .

great job. . . by both of you. . .

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