Open Poetry #24 |
In the Shadows of Passions |
Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
In the Shadows of Passions In the shadows of Passions there lives out of view The other dimension of me and of you The life of the poet from sunrise to dawn The memories we harbor, the visions we spawn The silhouette cast by the stars and the moon Onto pages of friendship in luminous blue Are but outlines of verses and dangling words Strung in rhythm and rhyme to the tune of the birds The arrows we’ve speared from the string of a bow Just little remembrances tied in a bow Flat stones we have pitched by the edge of a pond Bouncing over the waters, notreaching beyond The canvas is colorful, honest and true But the artist still lurks in the shadows of blue Withholding a treasure of uncovered strains Of a musical ballad where essence remains Undefined and unnoticed, uncharted, unseen The piece to the puzzle that launches a dream The feel of a hug and the fears of the heart Of which Passions has not yet been granted a part One dimensional shadows the stars can bestow Paper chains cut with scissors and lined in a row The canvas is flat, we have never been shown What’s behind the blue easel to corners unknown You can openyour heart, paint your life as a whole But you can’t let me into the core of your soul Elizabeth Santos |
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Sunshine
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Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, There are so many heroic lines I could not pick one out. You are a treasure that will seed as long as eyes can read. Sy |
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Connel
since 2002-11-04
Posts 736Florida, USA |
In the shadows... Good poem. I wish to become a great poet some day, but it will only come in time. Til then, I shall write my poems, and wait. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sunshine, I liked your little keeper man \THank you! Sy, thank you dear friend. i know you well from your poetry Connel, Thank for reading and commenting!~ Liz |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
(sigh) Oh Elizabeth, this is so very true, I have so many friends here yet I only know one side of them all and know there exists so much unexpressed beauty to still behold! (big hugggsssssss) God Bless You, sweet friend, 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..." |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Elizabeth, I just love to read your poetry. They are always so beautiful. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
how true, how true! I love this place, could not imagine life without it |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
How could one ever choose the best from your best, Liz?... This is as wonderful as ever... |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
And yet another Santos Masterpiece! Beautifully done, Elizabeth! |
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LadySofia Member
since 2000-05-16
Posts 238FL., USA |
Oh Elizabeth! How encouraging your rhyme! Bold and beautiful, enough to clear the grayest skies of mental blocks. I always enjoy your wry and clever words, and this is certainly one of the keepers in my library |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you all for your very complimentary remarks to this poem. You are so very kind. I am smiling Liz |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Just tiptoeing in, then tiptoeing back out, to read this little treasure I found!!!!! Elizabeth Great Poem!!!!! Take Care, Bridgette "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
nice! |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
Liz~ Another classic from your pen. Beautifully done, my friend. Hugs, ~Vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Very nice...James |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
This blank blue canvas became a challenging goal To use all of my crayons and warm up your soul. I drew a rainbow, stars and sky of bright blue And wrapped up this parcel from me to you. This package of Sunshine will light up your day As friends near and far stop here on thier way To read a Santos sonnet on the pages of blue, Is something most people each day just do. We've made the flat corners of blue a little more round, In sharing poetry between all the friends we have found. So here's to square corners, crayons and friends, Let's hope the bonds of poetry in Passions never ends! Pssst...don't you dare count da dums either ~ The soul lies buried in ink that does not flow ~ |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
justbleu, THanks for tiptoeing in. I appreciate your finding this poem Passing shadows, thank you so much Vicky, hugs are always welcome ans these pages are fukll of them'Thank you James, appreciate your reading myu poems. Thanks Sharon, I never count da-dums when the sun is shining in my face. And this day started oout with lots of sunsine sent from Vancouver. THank you, dear friend for this lovely poem Liz |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
I loved this one Lizzy - up it goes for a second run - more should be touched by this. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Friend-Poetess-LovelyLizzyLady~ All one and the same .... you are wonderful~ *Huglets* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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