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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2002-07-31 08:05 AM

Swamp at Dawn

Darkness fills the murky bog
Where moss embraces cypress log
A frog’s persistent groggy croak
Now ceases under misty cloak

Beneath the dark of Everglades
Along a bank of saw grass blades
A beam through haze had gently come
And lit the slime of surface scum

Then in the water’s moonlit sight
Two blinking eyes gave life to night
And glided in between the roots
Of legs that wear no shoes or boots

Appendages in tangled length
Twist ‘round each other giving strength
And when the full moon shone it’s light
They looked like phantoms in the night

The home of owl and pelican
Of bear and water moccasin
Of panther, fox and white tailed deer
That live afar or places near

The murky dark is turned around
‘Midst Spanish mosses hanging down
And creatures underwater world
Comes into view as day unfurled

White Egret wings against the dark
Of cinnamon red of mangrovebark
From out the hollow of a marsh
Where beauty’s frail and life is harsh

Awaken life when the sun beams rise
In streaking rays from dawning skies
Which fall upon an orchids face
So lovely , delicate, full of grace

The floral eye so tenderly
Watches o’er Okeechobee
The strong survive the wild that be
And somewhere swim the Manatee

Elizabeth Santos

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2002-07-31 08:13 AM

Elizabeth,
A lovely write and a pleasure to read.
And somewhere swim the Manatee

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2002-07-31 08:29 AM

LovelyLizzieLady~

Exquisite~

'Awaken life when the sun beams rise
In streaking rays from dawning skies
Which fall upon an orchids face
So lovely , delicate, full of grace'

Indeed ...
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

3 posted 2002-07-31 09:19 AM

I can hear the ryhthm of life in this poem, lovely.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Sunnyone
Member Ascendant

since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

4 posted 2002-07-31 04:19 PM

The swamp comes alive in this writing, in full and vivid color, accompanied by all the sights and sounds of nature itself!! Fantastic write!!!!!

Open the door and let your adventure begin!!!

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

5 posted 2002-07-31 04:23 PM

it's always good to look through your eyes Liz. . .

great job. . .

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NewEnglandlazurlu
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

6 posted 2002-07-31 08:58 PM

I love this - you have given such a vivid description and I can see the gentle manatee.
Hugs, Marti

"Even if life is full of thorns, I still embrace it for I know that in between those thorns, there is a rose worth all the pain."

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

7 posted 2002-07-31 09:08 PM

To see the world through your eyes is beautiful, indeed. You always seem to add that certain je ne sais quois to the world's canvas and you paint it with such richness and grace, I adore your writing!

Take care,
Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

8 posted 2002-07-31 09:11 PM

(smiles) Oh Elizabeth, this is sooooooo beautiful, sweet friend, I LOVE IT, this is wonderful, I love the Everglades and this gave me a visual image of that enchanted place! (kiss on cheek) This is wonderful, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Elizabeth, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

9 posted 2002-07-31 09:35 PM

A beautiful rendering, Liz. I drove across Alligator Alley today, a 110 mile strip of road that connects east Florida with west and I saw many things you have just described in this poem.....fortunately no alligators!

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