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This Unending Nite
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This Unending Nite |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light 
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 Artist: Unknown This Unending Nite ~ Linda L. Dowd ~ By shuttered window, I sit in ponder with feather quill poised in mine listless hand. Lantern lights dance among mid-of-nite shadows across barren pieces of parchment that lay before me. Words flow not, this cold, November nite as I sit lost in contemplation. Mine thoughts, once limpid, be lost in the engulfing haze of misty past. Fragments of lost memories spin before mine fading mind’s eye and I make neither hide nor hair of them. As the lantern flame flickers and dims, I fear...... Light! Let there be light to brighten this ebon night of darkness. Illume these hours with clarity of thought that these eyes might pierce the veils that falleth before mine ashen face and heart. In defiance of ensuing blackness, I clutch tear-stained parchment and press it to mine heaving breast whilst I cry out, “Save me! Save me from mine own self! I shall not slip silently into this unending nite!" |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
That's the spirit!  This is a different style than I'm used to reading from you, but I like it a lot. Well done! It's great to read you.Always, Alyssa Hupomeno. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
GG ~ Where on Earth have you been! I hope that you are feeling better than you were, dear Golden Girl. It was good to hear from you this evening. Yes, this is not my usual style of writing, but I have written well over a hundred dark and dreary free-verse poems! I love writing them! ~ and my Molly Sunshine ones as well!  I guess I'm just your regular ole yin/yangy kinda "angel" poet!  Sweet dreams! Hugs with love, Linda |
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Thomas119gold Senior Member
since 2002-06-03
Posts 708Biloxi, MS (city by the sea) |
I enjoyed the style of this poem great piece. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Hi, Tom! I hope that you are getting your life back in order after the travails of Katrina. Thanks for the nice comment. As I wrote this poem, it took on a life of its own. It is about a poet who is on the brink of dementia and is losing his memory. Gosh, I hope this isn't a prophetic write!  It was good to hear from you! Take care, Dear Smokey!  Linda |
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Thomas119gold Senior Member
since 2002-06-03
Posts 708Biloxi, MS (city by the sea) |
Doing fine Usually fighting with the insurance companies. But I actually came back to read this again it has become one of my favs |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Tom, it's good to know that you are doing fine! However, I surmise that it is because you have an indominatible spirit! ~ and may the insurance companies be agreeable ~ and generous! Thank you for the kind words. They mean a great deal to me. They spur me on to write more poetry! Linda |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
So lovely Linda...and I so like this different style. ~Hugs and Smiles, Nancy~ *I'd say more but my meds are making me loopy. LOL Send healing thoughts please.* ~Time has cast a spell on you, |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
"Light! Let there be light to brighten this ebon night of darkness. Illume these hours with clarity of thought that these eyes might pierce the veils that falleth before mine ashen face and heart. In defiance of ensuing blackness, I clutch tear-stained parchment and press it to mine heaving breast whilst I cry out, “Save me! Save me from mine own self! I shall not slip silently into this unending nite!"" Dear kindred spirit.....you do free verse so well! I saw a dramatic picture here and felt like you were picking up on someone else ... not your own feelings but yet your own feelings ... that empathy showing thru again. Better not be you....lol ....jo |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Nancy ~ My dear, did you not know that I am often sending healing thoughts your way. btw, I'm sure your kind of "loopy" is adorable! Love & healing hugs, Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
iliana ~ No, sweet friend. 'Tis not I. I have come to realize, that my poems in free verse have always be written from passions that well up within me. The words flow easily and quickly onto the page as if they take on lives of their own. I pay no heed to metre or rhyme ~ I just write... Have a glorious day! Loves 'n hugs, Linda |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (big angel hugs) Awwwwww, I can relate to these emotions ever too well when I was a little boy and was scared of falling asleep because of nightmares and such and I pleaded for just what you express here! (sigh) This is a wonderful sympathetic write so many can easily relate to and can be wonderful therapy for the heart, yay, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Linda, thank you for sharing!  May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other" Mother Teresa |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Noah ~ In to every life, some rain must fall. Sometimes the yin in me pours onto the page. I have experienced every emotion imaginable and stored it in a repository from which I draw when I write. Some thing, or some one, can be the trigger for it all to come pouring out of me when I least expect it! It was good to hear from you, my angel friend! Loveya! Linda |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I derailed entirely on this -- because I have been writing with a feather quill lately. Lost the stylus for my palmtop, and it makes a fine replacement, for a poet anyway.... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Goldenrose Member Elite
since 2003-05-30
Posts 3665 |
This was like a scene from Shakespeare...the heroine waiting for her love to return and dreading the solo cold of the night...longing to be held within the arms of her beau...enjoyed this ....but i always like your mind Linda...thank you.. Goldenrose. Desire for nothing except desirelessness,hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes, want nothing and you will have everything.avatar Meher Baba. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Ed, I can envision you with feathered quill poised above the parchment. Your face is pensive in the soft glow of lantern light that is reflected in your poet's pondering eyes. Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Dear Rose of Gold ~ ...and "I always like your" replies! ~ as well as your poetry! Thank you! ~ and may your day be as filled with Light as you, yourself, are! Linda |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Absolutely beautiful write, my friend!! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Belle ~ You always know how to fluff my feathers! Loveya! Linda |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Somehow I missed this one. Earth Angel, you actually transported me right into the soul of this "writer," feeling his wrestling with thoughts and expression. Oh, so often we do reach these points (everyone, but you I think....lol....you can write anything!). Much enjoyed, dear friend. hugeroonies........lily jo |
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Angelheart Senior Member
since 2005-09-08
Posts 754Jacksonville,FL USA |
well writen, thanks for sharing this piece, keep up the awesome poetry. Poetry can get you very far |
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babygirlwlove Senior Member
since 2004-10-10
Posts 1180New York City |
EA~ great, great poem! ~babygirL **Intoxicant to the SouL** |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
 Hi lily! Hi, lily! Hi, lo! jo, I enjoyed reading your thought-full and highly complimentary reply! Thank you very much. Hugs with oodles of love, Linda |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Angelheart ~ Hi, little one! I enjoy your visits! Loves 'n hugs, EA |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
babygirL ~ "Angel" curtsies deux fois! (2 times) EA |
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SmartChick Member Rara Avis
since 2001-09-23
Posts 7081On A Journey To The Unknown |
Absolutely beautiful, Linda. As Always. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Smartest Chick ~ Sorry for not replying sooner! Thanks for dropping by, Sweet Sue! Hugs with love, Linda |
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