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Tim
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since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

0 posted 2005-12-20 12:22 PM

Alone I stand this winter’s eve, beneath a Christmas moon,
When I hear on a settling wind, the call of distant loon,
A haunting note of melancholy, I heed her siren’s call,
And flee confinement of the flesh, encaptured in her thrall,

In Luna’s light as shadows dance, I soar to heavens high,
Amid the splendor of the night, as with the gods I fly,
To my side muse Terpshichore, takes my hand in hers,
And whispers softly in my ear, forever I am yours.

Below us as a carpet lays, the earth in pristine glory,
Eons pass as comet’s blaze, the breadth of mankind’s story,
But then a shout from out the dark, far side of welkin’s portal,
Returning me to forest’s floor, alas, again mere mortal.

I slowly walk on forest’s path, towards far cabin’s door,
Where supper waits, then off to sleep, to seek fair Terpsichore,
To once again hear distant loon, to dance upon my dreams
Within the arms of welkin’s night, in moon’s translucent beams.

Nan

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 2005-12-20 07:44 AM

Very nice, Tim - May you and yours have a joyous holiday season...

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2005-12-20 08:53 AM

Tim~
Such a lovely, lovely gift of the night~

Merriest of the merry to you and yours for the Christmas holiday~

(You KNOW I still love those poetic welkin moments)

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*No matter what I search for ...
let me know when it is LOVE that I find*~ <))><

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Munda
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since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

3 posted 2005-12-20 11:00 AM

Thank you for sharing this poem. I enjoyed it tremendously. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

4 posted 2005-12-20 11:24 AM

Very beautiful Tim. Happy holidays to your and yours.

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2005-12-20 11:27 AM

Tim... I knew by the title that I would love this poem....and I do! Merry Christmas!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

6 posted 2005-12-21 04:09 AM

Glad I got back online to read your Christmas submission, it was wonderful. Best of the season to you and yours.

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

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

7 posted 2005-12-21 10:07 AM

Merry Christmas, Sir!

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