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Silence and Deprivation
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Silence and Deprivation |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Silence and Deprivation You stood among the trees in a forest collecting what is only displayed in silence… Your silence… Where was that location? Was it absolute for you? Were you in correctness of age, and thought and stature? Did you observe with eyes, and ears? Or was there absorption through your hair and the pours of your skin? Did you face North, South, East, or West? Or somewhere in-between? Is direction at all needed there? Did you contemplate your breath, of what impact it had as it mingled within the forests’ air? Or the earth’s soil you may have displaced? Or your own scent left behind? Did you hear and smell the trees life, and the living among its bark and roots? And did you listen; really listen to its friend, the wind? Did you hear its accomplice? The owl? Or merely notice a shadowy glimpse? And did you leave the way you entered? Was it your concentration, or imagination, which made important your elation? And when you were gone… Did you sense any deprivation? |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
JL That would be the sixty four thousand dollar question. Enjoyed |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"Did you hear and smell the trees life, and the living among its bark and roots? And did you listen; really listen to its friend, the wind? Did you hear its accomplice? The owl? Or merely notice a shadowy glimpse?" ~ Actually, the whole entire poem was quote-worthy!!!   EA  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oh, I love this! My kind of poem in so many ways! - Owl |
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Klassy Lassy Member Elite
since 2005-06-28
Posts 2187Oregon |
Such layered meanings command the questions in this poem! I will have to read it again, because it ripples outward like the rings caused by a stone thrown into a lake. Quietly unsettling reverberations. ~ Klassy |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
JL.......this sure made an impact on me, bringing back a moment in time when I found myself right there. Moments like that stand still forever...and yet yours moves very well through the reader's eyes and feelings. ....jo |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
"Did you hear and smell the trees life, and the living among its bark and roots? And did you listen; really listen to its friend, the wind? Did you hear its accomplice? The owl? Or merely notice a shadowy glimpse?" Yes "And when you were gone… Did you sense any deprivation?" Yes. Very well weaved poem - makes one think! |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
How can one be deprived in such silence that only brings fulfillment? Well done, JL. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Did you hear and smell the trees life, and the living among its bark and roots? And did you listen; really listen to its friend, the wind? Did you hear its accomplice? The owl? Or merely notice a shadowy glimpse? And did you leave the way you entered? Was it your concentration, or imagination, which made important your elation? And when you were gone… Did you sense any deprivation? it was difficult to pick out my favorite parts, but these, well these did it for me... amazing art you've imaged...enjoyed this a lot thank you JL...Good Morning... |
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