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In Positive Life
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In Positive Life |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
In Positive Life Take within your hands, this seen with my own eyes Owned only by the phosphorus that settled like brine This is the only and always remnant of my past heart Still beating, in your keep Open doors and windows, to the voice of the wind Congruent seams of the ways without words This is the only and always picture of my once soul Still breathing, in your keep Spread the wings of eagles and angels Spirits that once conceived me in their dreams This is the only and always future of where I go Still sleeping, in your keep Turn not the moonlight onto shadow for my step Leave not the stones uncovered in the path I’ve kept Save not the sunshine glen to ease me in my trial Give not the forest to the sea that I might stay a while Leave me to the journey over wooden bridges walk Share the like of me, if that would truly be a lifetime’s caulk Speed upon the miracle of light, the particles of passing sight may roam Yet I have come to travel without looking back, to find my true hearts home Copyright Kkh 11/19/06 |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
Turn not the moonlight onto shadow for my step Leave not the stones uncovered in the path I’ve kept Save not the sunshine glen to ease me in my trial Give not the forest to the sea that I might stay a while so poignant, so true, so beautifully written and said.... Hello, it is so good to read you again! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
from one seasoned traveller to another...  |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
In my opinion, as usual....Kathy proves to be a grand ‘imager’ (in lines and couplets that are almost ‘poems in themselves’......for example: remnant of my past heart Still beating, in your keep Open....windows to the voice of the wind the wings of eagles and angels Speed upon the miracle of light Give not the forest to the sea that I might stay a while especially to a “Deep-Time” geologist like myself....... the above reminds me of eternal change wrought by this ‘restless’ planet: as also expressed, of course by Tennyson: There rolls the deep where grew the tree O earth, what changes hast thou seen! There where the long street roars, Hath been the stillness of the silent sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt lie mist, the ‘solid’ lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go!....... A most fine ‘write’ ! |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Yes....definitely a most fine write... |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
excellent as always TD "This is the only and always future of where I go" |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Kathleen, this is at least ONE of your heart's homes  Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
Absolutely beautiful...love the pattern set out in the first few stanzas and the departure from it was noticed but not disconcerting. What is the form? I love the language you've used throughout and the choice of "caulk" for your rhyme. An exacting word that makes no forced intrusion, only exquisitely woven!!! I knew I had to come in and read a "This Diamond" piece and I was right! Whether on the shoal or on the shore, I'll seek the lighthouse evermore. |
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