Monday, October 04, 2010

Mortality

The thistle changed to stately brown
devoid of diamonds in its crown
while flanking sumacs flushed bright red
anticipating winter’s dread.
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7 comments:

  1. Kerry O'Connor9:09 AM

    Grand imagery in four lines - this shows your poetic skill.

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  2. Lisa Ursu9:11 AM

    skill indeed!
    another brilliant piece,
    thank you for sharing.

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  3. xiahluver2:47 PM

    took me a long time to understand this, but only because of words that i didnt know of. Short yet, meaningful.

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  4. Eileen T O'Neill .....2:54 PM

    Bob,
    A wonderful, but sad autumnal image.
    I too dread the onset of another cold winter!

    Best Regards,
    Eileen

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  5. rch8:05 AM

    Hey you all, what's up? Thanks for your truly generous words, this was just my antipodal response to a poem written for think tank thursday which can be found here:

    http://averagepoet.blogspot.com/2010/07/majesty.html

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  6. Eileen T O'Neill .....9:43 AM

    Bob,
    You deserve to have some visitors drop by, once in a while. We know where to come for good words written with quality and style!!!

    Best wishes,
    Eileen

    PS: A great theme for the Thursday Poetry Prompt!

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  7. Anonymous8:38 AM

    Really beautiful - I love your word painting.

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