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Sunday: and the Garden is full of Birdsong

 

 

In the park, I am the robin
nesting in Oak
underbranch and softerlanding,

the swallows come again

do you hear them?


in the Garden I venture to the stem
of the honeysuckle-
sap-rises/sap-bloodrush
the rubbed roots push-up,
through darker textures of life
and loam.


Inside here:
are thoughts
walls, bricks and mortar
spindle to the sounds from my voice
alone; I talk to myself
Do you?


to be me is; madness
much amusement
some-time-laughter
sometimes, the real-Me
is there,

right there/here/now
treated with hues of coloursplash
smiles and processes
mind and matter.


I wear softer words; wool of lamb
coated in linseed, thickened
layers of skin and canvas, oils
this body and yearns


as Eve still waits,
here in my small, small yard.





 

 

 

 

 

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  • CarolDesjarlais silver member
    April 15, 2008

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    I was struck right from the beginning of the writer knowing's one's palce in the world...and the last lines confirmed it...a beautiful, thoughtful write.


  • Emerald13
    April 15, 2008

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    your small small yard ... is so so large ... gorgeous poetry ... spring (and madness) is knocking ... may it always be so ! ... >>> Gina


  • Heart Sutra
    April 15, 2008

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    I love the last stanza and the sweetness of the birds throughout the whole piece.

  • Shannon
    April 14, 2008

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    Gorgeous. Just absolutely gorgeous. Loved the thought of wearing soft words.

    Oh yes, talking to oneself. I know of this.

    You are beautiful. I want to go to this garden.

    So rich, like a painting.


  • ArtFullyMe silver member
    April 14, 2008
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  • tara wilson gold member
    April 14, 2008

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    "I wear softer words; wool of lamb
    coated in linseed, thickened
    layers of skin and canvas, oils
    this body and yearns"

    what a stunning poem; beautiful, Gill


  • Nicolette gold member
    April 13, 2008

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    I love your garden and your colours, and also your "softer words", Gilly.



    Beautiful poetry from the pen of Eve...one needs to go back to the garden often...

    ~ Nicolette


    • NurseChilly gold member
      April 14, 2008
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      quietude comes... ... will be easier

      sigh - thank you Nicci, for everything


  • DogFish silver member
    April 13, 2008
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    Thank heaven for the small wonders!


  • WomanWriting
    April 13, 2008

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    Layer upon layer of brilliant imagery
    but it is the story between the lines
    that caught my eye.

    WW


  • misselaineous
    April 13, 2008

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    i loved your little garden
    coloursplash is a good word
    this is a good poem

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