Here I sit,
overlooking the rocky cliffs
of Newfoundland.
Sailboats float peacefully
upon the gentle waves
of the Atlantic Ocean.
Sunlight sparkles like diamonds as
it dances upon the waves
rolling onto the shore below me.
Off in the distance an iceberg
towers high into the sky.
I'm humbled by this
beautiful mystical giant.
The purity of its colours
Is beyond compare
but as this majestic giant
slowly starts to roll
I find myself in awe.
I love the music of the Puffins,
that are perched on the cliffs below.
They’re breath taking little birds
who makes this place special.
I can only smile in amazement,
when they run across the water
or leap from the jagged rocks
to take flight and to dance
upon a soft breeze just above me.
The gentle breath of wind blows the
salty smell of the ocean to me,
suddenly a whale breaches the surface,
appearing to fly like a bird.
but as it returns
back into the watery depths,
a thunderous crash echoes
out for kilometres and
can be felt within the depths of my soul
Oh how I love it when,
fog rolls into Conception Bay.
The eerie sound of the foghorn
echoes in the distance,
sending an icy cold chill
running through my body,
I can almost hear the ocean answering back
with the moaning sounds of the doomed ships
she has taken into her icy cold depths.
I have seen many wonders around the world,
The great pyramids
that reach for the heavens above,
The cliffs of Santorini
stretching high above Mediterranean Sea,
I have walked through history in the streets of Israel, and
walked the stairs into the ancient Greek Parthenon,
even climbed the incredible heights of the Rocky Mountains, but
from the first moment,
I stepped upon the shore at Port aux Basques,
I feel as if
I've finally come Home.
Author notes
I made this background to better give you a glimps of Newfoundlands true beauty.
I ask you not to copy the background as it was intended for this poem and all Newfoundlanders.
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Awesome!
You have taken the reader on a visit of this great province! Can you tell I am a proud Canadian? I will be reading this descriptive poem again..I hold dear about this province I have never been to is shared...and I love it!....Get well!....Rose Angel
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Through the many photographs you've shared with me I have seen the beauty you capture with your camera, but it still does not compare with your words for they flow straight from your heart.
This is one of the most beautiful poems you've written and I will enjoy coming back to read it time and again.
Love Margaret
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Edward:
This piece you have written here
has taken this reader on a magnificent
journey; one can just close the eyes
and actually "feel" the write.....
It is absolutely breathtaking.....
I thank you for having shared this
with me on this site, blessed be always,
AngelicMistress...Tanya
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A Dream!
Hi there Ed!
Long time,
have been busy writing short stories and family lures lol.
I am in love with this poe,you write from the heart when depicting nature. i like it better when you write these type of serious poems. You have traveled a great deal and sounds like you have found where you feel at peace with your soul. i feel the same way about Donegal as you well know. The feeling of complete tranquility is next to nothing when a body needs it.
I enjoyed your background and the pics of newfoundland are just bresah takingly beautiful. i was in the north of Africa at easter, it was lovely but still the hot weather and the culture could never ever take Donegal from my heart and soul...guess you are the same about this place.
Your images of the ocean are just great, it sounds angry then loving then unforgiving...all that the ocean can be, yet you still express your love for it. I have the exact same feelings about the sea, i love it and i can sit and look out to it when i am there in the cottage. Its the best place to be if one is looking for inspiration to write.
thanks for the journey into the beautiful.
Slan agus grá
Dolores xx
xx
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I already read it and now I back with my comment. So many nice pictures come with your words. The real gem on your poetical site. Pictures and sounds and feelings that captured my senses. Very nice pictures are used for this background. Great, really great my friend.
~Sonja~
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Such a beautiful write! You take your readers to a higher level here bringing such peace we all search so long for. What a wonderful background giving all a look into the beauty of such an awesome and breathtaking place. I am so glad to see you find comfort, and peace here. What an awesome adventure it would be to visit and see. You are truly blessed ... ty for sharing this with so many!
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Thank you for the escape out of my life. It been hell lately. My husband grill got vandalized it really upset me. It gave me something beautiful to look at this troubles shall pass. Thank you for sending it to me. The border is lovely. I wish I knew how to do borders. I guess I now have time to learn
love your friend b -
beautiful Edward
hey babe this is fantastic! life in New Foundland must be a place of majestic bliss.... pretty background and poem says it all... thank you for sharing good luck..
Linda
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This is a beautiful look at Newfoundland and the images you show us with your words and on the background are wonderful. I particularly like the image of the rolling iceburg as I love that type of scenery and would one day hope to see something similar in person as there is something quite majestic in the scale, power and beauty of such a place. Packing my bags now
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Ed this is such lovely poem..I love nature and your background is excellent as well..your fantastic poetry always shines my friend..great job
Ruby
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this is so beautiful babe, and the background is shockingly beautiful, your an amazing photographer,
keep pennning this is an amazing write,
all my love, yours truely,
kitty xxx -
So Beautiful
Well Edward, You have really outdone yourself with this poem. The imagery alone is so stunning. You take the reader on a journey with your words. Sounds so beautiful. A place to see God's creation in all its splendor. You do so well writing about nature. You must do more of them. Thank you for sharing my dear friend. I so enjoined the journey with you. Excellent write.
Bless You,
Sandy
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but fom the first moment,
I stepped upon the shore at Port aux Basques,
I feel as if
I've finally come Home...
What a wonderful idea...pictures of home I know you took yourself! Thank you for sharing this lovely poem, and the place you call your home!!
~Sie
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This is beautiful, and you did take me on a mystical tour of NewFoundland. I could see the iceberg, turn as it floats by, the birds soaring over head.
This is wonderfully written.
Bless you dear friend.
Riftkin
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this is a good descriptive poem,one you can really only appreciate if youve been to newfoundland A couple minor errors...in the second stanza you've written I am feel humble...perhaps should be I feel humbled or I am humbled...see what you think is best. Then just below you've written But as this (twice) you may want to get rid of one of them
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