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Canuckster
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since 2002-01-09

Posts 285
New Mexico, USA

0 posted 2002-01-12 10:54 AM

Muskoka Mornings

Silent walk into lavender dawn
Where colour creeps
Into frozen sky
Poured into thawed crevices
Grudgingly surrendered

Crisp crack foot falls
Ricochet among peeling birch
Wrap around willow and ash
Dropped short by oak and maple
Intrusive tread defeated

Delicious chill
Bites playfully but firmly
With promise of more to come
Ears glower, cheeks radiate
Fingers and toes declare their presence

Fulsome moldering leaves
Blended earthy tones
Rotting peat
Fungi advancing sporadically
Nature’s grisly salad

Silence broken
Moose horn knocks on wood
Porcupine clamber up beech
Chipmunk gossip
Distant loon lament

Round the bend
Home again
Unable to shake the sense
Of remaining a guest
In my own home

© 2000 Bart Breen

never try to teach a pig to sing
it wastes your time AND annoys the pig

ecrivan
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since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

1 posted 2002-01-12 11:00 AM

Into reading nature poems this morning, a guest on your own lawn, liked the decriptiveness here! Welcome to Passions. Write on.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

2 posted 2002-01-12 11:21 AM

Bart--You take me into the place where you wander with your words, almost as if I was there. I am a lover of the beauty found there, and the words it inspires.

HumbleBee
Member

since 2002-01-06

Posts 52
Kentucky

3 posted 2002-01-12 11:23 AM

Hi Canuck, I love your poem and happy to see you're a new member here also. I've always enjoyed your poems and look forward to reading more. Your imagery is great in this one.

brianbeaudry
Member

since 2001-07-20

Posts 410
Northern Ontario Canada

4 posted 2002-01-13 10:43 AM

The imagery and emotion penned in this piece holds one captive of the scene. I know this area well and your poem captures it perfectly!!! Well done my friend!!!

[This message has been edited by brianbeaudry (01-13-2002 10:48 AM).]

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

5 posted 2002-01-13 10:47 AM

You write of nature and your surroundings with ease (I can't master the art of writing that way!). The poem left me with a feeling of sadness that I can't explain. So it touched me and I thank you for that.

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