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River Merchant
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River Merchant |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296
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Rich natural ease, in the back of mind Great audiences, penning beauty enshrined Aware of kinship…mountain temples Infinite passions, adhering to visuals Of ancient cultures and intimate skills Pearls glimmer classical parallelism Immense devices spewing rhythm Woven for ointments which pluck at dawn Where fallen flowers scatter on ground Skipping in circles like wind dolphins There meet human echoes Sun lithe flickers of youthful brush Laments full in summer trees Sunflowers giggle with morning glories Heroes gaze upon grains of dust Putting days of chaos to rest Wife songs rolling down waterfalls A thousand miles turns crystal white halls Saying hush…the times of chance return Picking dream showers of auburn Imagine the palace of gentle today Her spirit in moonlight’s golden haze I trace your footprints in autumn fields Knowing a light of heaven holds you near Among flowers parting to foretell The face of promise loves you so You...the river-merchant of ocean sky A bright flame of love smiles reply |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
fun to read this merchant of peneplane perhaps as usual you drag the fig leaves to the side and show the bare fig |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
loved that last verse especially |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I enjoyed every step, Lee. Thank you. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"Skipping in circles like wind dolphins" Lee, I really loved this whole piece....so true, all of it. You wrote every line with such love and skill. This has to be one of my favorites of yours to date. Joining your others in the library.  .....jo |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Lovely...James |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
LeeJ Be careful of what you buy from the "River Merchant" He might be selling a line of bull, like QVC, "Pearls (that) glimmer classical parallelism" But you have sold me on the goodness of this poem, so I am buying it...  enjoyed ---------ice ><> Come read to me some poem, |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
When I read this, I skipped from image to image within mini-secs, as if it were my own perception. You have a wonder gift of flitting the reader from here to there. This is one of my favorites of your poetry, too. Another one to shelve. My, you keep me busy... miscellanea (I can see a story in this--I'd love to see you put it to prose. Eh?) |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Lee: Oh, this reminded me of being in a ring of trees with the sun dappling through the trees ever so slightly, showing the remnants of dandelions filtered in the air . . . so beautiful . . . There meet human echoes Sun lithe flickers of youthful brush Laments full in summer trees Sunflowers giggle with morning glories |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Lovely! my favorite line: Sunflowers giggle with morning glories. Whether on the shoal or on the shore, |
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