The lake,
cool and inviting
a mirror image
to the one underneath it.
Snow capped mountains
reaching up to the sky
in search of Heaven
and its golden gate.
Is this paradise?
The fated Shangri-La
of stories told.
Does this mythical world exist?
Only God knows
but for now
this is paradise.
It is Shangri-La.
Author notes
picture inspired,
A contest entry
- Wednesdays at Winklings by Lyndon.
875 points, ended December 3, 2007, 13 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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I do not think a Tibetan Utopia
exists but we can find beautiful places. Where I live with my wife is such an one. Your images are stock ones yet pleasing all the same. Paradise enough is often a simple thing! Ron
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From the title and concluding stanza, you seem satisfied that you have found a mountainous paradise with a lake!
Stanza 3 brings up questions, yet doesn't explain what criteria you used to decide this spot was a particular fabled site. The lake, inviting a mirror image to the one underneath it (a second lake?), sounds quite unusual, indeed!
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Your verses evoke a lovely mountain scene, and it is a pretty meditation.
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wonderful imagery...
I like the way you link your poem to the image...especially the lines about the reflections. It is a very happy message and full of optimism.
I like the free verse and the way you have broken it into stanzas to aid the meaning.
The poem leaves me with a question and food for thought.
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Very descriptive especially the first stanza. It makes me wish I'd seen the picture.
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Think this is a great way to interpret this picture - so calm and serene, certainly like a Shangri-La. Liked the flow and the thoughts you convey in these lines. Neat idea for a new weekly contest.
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