It is gravity that keeps me here
among the summer browned grass
and tangled gardens,
the still sharp scent of green
and ocean blue in the air.
Keeps me to the well-worn forest paths
with the ancient voices of raven
echoing through the jade dark canopy
light’s forever journey creating shadows
as I go along…
Shedding the skin of my sleepwalking self
forged in faraway towers of concrete and glass
drawn to the eternal sacred hush,
to once again hear the heartbeat
of the Universe.
Love this visual, can hear the crunch of the leaves, the earth , the pull, and pulse.
Love Mom
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…forever unfolding! Thank you for your words and yes, it’s that time of year again and I can hear the crunch of fallen leaves, too. In fact, Huguette, Terry & I just came upon the first chestnuts to have fallen on our street!
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Wow your poem is totally sublime. Love it very much. Drinking every word.
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Thank you, Huguette, your words mean so much!
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My favorite lines from this poem-
‘Shedding the skin of my sleepwalking self
forged in faraway towers of concrete and glass
drawn to the eternal sacred hush,
to once again hear the heartbeat
of the Universe
The rich imagery you created in this piece is amazing as it urges the reader to choose that path. Raven has a lot of significance and is mentioned in mythology and Celtic folklore.
Loved this beautiful write.
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Thank you so much, Amitav, for your very encouraging and beautiful comment. I’m glad to be writing poetry again and I’m so thankful to have discovered other poets like yourself, every poem I read is an inspiration!
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You are welcome. This is great, I will be waiting to read more poetry from you. This one was a fantastic read too.
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My lovely neighbour, Huguette, would love to see a poem written about the moon, wish me luck!
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That’s awesome. Moon has always been the poet’s Muse. Wish you luck, and I am sure a poetry on the Moon always flow eloquently.
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There is mystery there and I’m sure the words will come, Huguette will love to know that the moon is the poet’s muse!
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An expressive poem. Poems are the best to read these days .. because much is said in so little words.. you do not have to keep turning pages to know what is the essence of the article … Thank you …
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Thank you so much for your very lovely comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the read and stopped by – what you wrote is true, it is a challenge to convey an image or mood with only a few words or lines but when one does, it’s magical!
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So much for the poems and for the stories … it is difficult to keep anybody’s attention for as along as you want to keep him glued …
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It is an art, I’m usually captured by an interesting title or those first words…
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The first three words … yes that is the catch … I want to get a list of them
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I think this is why we collect books and blogs, they have captured us with those first few words…
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Google must start a site for this, or may be I will start it myself
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That would be an interesting site. Or how about an app, it would help readers find the reads they really want, we could call it the 3 Word App!
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now a days I am away from software after having worked on it for 25 years … someone else must take up this application
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No problem!
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Will still do something about it
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Beautiful! 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by, this means a lot to me!
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Breath of fresh air, enjoyed very much.
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Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment! I really appreciate this and I’m glad you enjoyed the read.
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Great imagery here 🙂 Lovely poem!
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I’m happy that you stopped by, thank you so much for your very sweet comment!
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