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Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2002-08-07 04:25 PM

A train
climbing a gruesome grade.
Falling snow blanketing the rails like
cotton on a comb.
Windswept leaves flying endlessly in a stiffness
of breeze that would freeze a flea on a hound’s back.
Winter settles in for a long nap.

Coffee percolating over a wooden stove
of vintage steel blackened by countless
logs cut to fit the tight confines
in a potbelly on steel wheels and thin rails.

As a whistle shrills,  a wolf raises it’s head  as if to
say ho-humm as it curls up, nose tucked under
A bushy tail.   How many times before has
The howl answered the whistle’s call?
                  ***
In smoky gray of moon dust knoll
the Alpha curls to wait fates toll.
Above the blood red eyes in peer
In chill of man crept ever near

As though to moan his meager fate
the gray stands tall and will not wait.
Above the frosted evening glen,
in chill his voice to howl again

The stealth of night will cloak his track
The sovereign male in arch stands back
Above the foggy rolling hills
In voice of sorrow brings these chills
                  ***

Beyond the grade…..
into the routine bustle of life
a rusted train rolls lazily into a siding,
in the distance a lone wolf
howls at a silver ghost under a
blanket of twinkling stars.
In a frozen wilderness where time
stands as still as snow laden pines
bowing beneath a winter’s moon.

Kathy gave me the beautiful stanzas of the wolf
to blend in....Very beautiful words....

Copyright 2002/Magnus & ThisDiamond

[This message has been edited by Magnus (08-07-2002 07:52 PM).]

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2002-08-07 05:45 PM

Good work, well blended.
Kethry

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

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2002-08-07 05:54 PM

Magnus,
You are really maturing and I enjoy the write of your groping mind. Your friend Sy

Mark Bohannan
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since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

3 posted 2002-08-07 06:19 PM

Wow........you two did remarkable in giving us so spendid images as well as some very cool thoughts. Well done. Very much enjoyed this read.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2002-08-07 06:23 PM

Oh you two are just SO good together!!!
So very very well done!!
~Hugs to you both~

Suetang
Member Ascendant

since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

5 posted 2002-08-07 06:47 PM

A wonderful combination of talent, much enjoyed.

Take care......Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2002-08-07 06:53 PM

YAY!!! Oh my gosh, you always write such gorgeous poems together, sweet friends, I love how you use the train as a metaphor to a loves destiny, a loves voice sounding through the horizons on its way to the depot! (big group hug) This is excellent, sweet friends, we all love you both so much! You have such beautiful hearts, sweet Barry and Kathleen, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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

Shakira

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

7 posted 2002-08-07 07:13 PM

As I read again this blend, I realize how inspired a single thought becomes when shared. Very much enjoyed working this Barry.
Great images in the train and the trek up the mountain. I love the wolf, in his regal image. Will work more with this theme.
Very Best Regards, ThisDiamond

Thank you everyone for your kindness.

[This message has been edited by ThisDiamond (08-07-2002 07:14 PM).]

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

8 posted 2002-08-07 08:08 PM

Kathy,  it is always an honor to write with
you.  You have a most creative mind,  a
vocabulary that I am totally envious of and
if not for your sharing of your awesome
poetry and images,  this would not be what
it has become....

Thank you from a humble poet and friend.

Martie

Moderator

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2002-08-07 09:36 PM

Barry and Kathy

This is wonderful...I really enjoyed the way you both blended this. Terrific!

Goodknight
Member Elite

since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

10 posted 2002-08-07 09:39 PM

Barry and Kathy - oh my how wonderful this is - how much I enjoyed it - how well you have written and how powerfully you have spoken - loved it - Paul

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

11 posted 2002-08-07 11:12 PM

Great job, Barry and Kathy...
beautifully written and seamlessly blended.

~ lots of warm hugs to both of you

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

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