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Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2003-12-10 09:28 PM

RESCUED

In the absence of a thought
My pen leaped into the damp and cold
Of an early December morning.
Brushing its shoulder
Against the prickly limbs
Of a holly bush.

I hadn’t noticed
The plump little berries,
The finest crop of red
This tree has ever known

And ink spilled over them in
A poetic embrace
And picked some branches
For a decorated passage of verse.

I stood back,
A distance from the tree,
But my pen was there upon a single leaf,
Scalloping its edge with words
And polishing its tough skin
With green waxy phrases

How glad I was
Not to have approached,
For in that moment, a flutter of scarlet red
Swished into the bush
And perched, tilting its ruby head
As if to ask my pen a question.

I felt a throb of elation
At the splash of red against the white
Of a fresh portrait of snow,
Captured in letters on a linen page

And then I remembered why I was so fond of
This dear and loyal friend,
For my pen had rescued another silent moment
In the absence of a thought.

Elizabeth Santos
Dec 10, 2003

Nightshade

Member Patricius

since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

1 posted 2003-12-10 10:04 PM

Ah, Elizabeth... this is exquisite. Into my library it goes. hugs to you. Chris

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."
-Plato

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2003-12-10 10:23 PM

Elizabeth, just when I think I've penned something magnificent, you pop up, and I realize just how much work I need to do to better myself to your standards. THIS, is magnificent.

And it's a

Please, make sure to bring this back every December...y'hear?

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2003-12-10 11:04 PM

Now there you go writing free verse the way it is supposed to be done for the world to see, I see? How strange this popped here before me as I was just thinking of you and missing you. If it had of been mistletoe yanno I might just kiss ya! LOL, just kidding (sort of.)

Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me.

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2003-12-10 11:08 PM

Beautiful imagery and a very pleasant read. I especially liked the phrase:

"my pen had rescued another silent moment
In the absence of a thought"

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2003-12-11 07:39 AM

Elizabeth,
Only you could write this. Glad to see you back. Sy

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