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On Distant Moor
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On Distant Moor |
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Tim Senior Member
since 1999-06-08
Posts 1794 |
It is a tree and nothing more, That stands at guard on distant moor, No knight of old in mystic quest, Nor soldier bold with armored breast, ‘Tis but a tree and nothing more, That stands at guard on distant moor. Outstretched limbs in skyward thrust, In reach the warmth of sun’s combust, Land’s scape unbroken but for the breech, Of single tree in heaven’s reach, Aye, but a tree and nothing more, In silent guard on distant moor. It is a ghost some folk implore, Or dragon fierce from days of yore, Now Lucifer a few suggest, As sentry on horizon’s crest. Nay, just a tree and nothing more, At stand on guard on distant moor. With branches gnarled in upward soar, No mighty gale, nor force of war, Has rent lone tree; from earth has wrest, Just leafless limbs by winds undressed, It is a tree and nothing more, That stands at guard on distant moor. Across bare plain, come break of morn, A single horse, with rider borne, Passes tree, then fades from sight, To slide from view as does the night, Left behind with nothing more, A tree at guard on distant moor. It is a tree and nothing more, Aye, but a tree and nothing more. |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
This is very cool.....I really enjoyed what you did with this!!!!! 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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RomanticPoet Junior Member
since 2003-08-25
Posts 34Florida USA |
Excellent; you took me for a journey through time, visualizing what the old tree had seen in it's many years.... American by God's Grace, Patriot and Veteran by Choice!!!!!!! |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
But a grand tree it is...  |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Tim, excellent. The sounds this provokes... is magnificent. Everything about it reaches the core of this reader. Thank you. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Ahhhhh.....but this has a Poe feel to it. Haunting indeed It's just a tree and nothing more Some "sightless" people might implore Though others blessed, much like yourself, May realize this fine object's wealth And I, in reading, softly curse You've left me haunted by your verse |
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1slick_lady Member Ascendant
since 2000-12-22
Posts 6088standing on a shadow's lace |
nice |
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