wintry last stands
where talk ends and hope is born
rain drips on blossoms
the river flows
tales under the surface
call to us
concentric circle shimmers
as a trout eat mosquitoes.
© G.s.k. ‘16
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I love both the delicacy and the sense of permanence – a real meditation that i felt thoroughly immersed in
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Thanks you so much Jae Rose.
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A Zen tone runs through this short piece. The trout at the end is mundane, but its arrival in your poem adds an element of the sacred.
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Thanks Brenda … I’m glad you felt that!
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This carried me away to another place for a moment or two. Delightful.
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Glad you enjoyed it Keith.
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Excellent Wordling.
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Thanks Vivi!
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This line stands out to me as so poignant: “where talk ends and hope is born”—and those concentric circles just inspire such gorgeous visual imagery in the reader’s mind 🙂
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Ah … thanks you so much, I really appreciate your lovely comment C.C.!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Lovely piece of writing and the ending is exquisite.
Pamela
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Thanks a lot for the fine comment!
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Love the idea of tales under the surface of the river!
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🙂 glad you do …
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A beautiful meditation. Great use of the words,
Elizabeth
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Thanks so much.
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We should be pleased at each change of season as nature’s rhythm rolls on doing what it has to do yet we tend to associate pleasure and pain with each one in our contrary way. You poem had a lovely acceptance of life’s cycle.
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Thanks dear sir … life goes on with or without our approval, I feel it’s best to find the sweetness in each season … things work out so much more nicely that way.
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I like the notion of the river calling, Bastet… as that’s just what they do – they draw you in!
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I think you’re right about that … 🙂
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Absolutely loved the opening stanza!
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Thanks!
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Beautifully penned…you are more forgiving to our winter than I am, I must admit. Imagine my walking to work yesterday in pouring rain and I see snow on the windshield of the cars near my work. It must have snowed in the night…sheeesh.
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Well dear, as winter doesn’t pester me so much, I can afford to be indulgent … but I might be just as annoyed if I saw snow on the windshields whilst walking to work in the rain 😉
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I smelled lilacs this morning but could not find any. Perhaps the houses behind my building it my mother playing tricks on me;-)
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How cool is that! I know what you mean when suddenly you smell wonderful perfume in the air and can’t find the flower .. it gives me a really happy feeling when it happens.
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I’m so pleased you get it👏. Put on a good mood even if o was going to the doctor. After my appointment I took the long scenic route à pied. So Nice
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Bravo … btw hope the doctor’s appointment went well!
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