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Posted on 04/30/2008 11:44:25 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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Feel better. I got some poems for ya!
Here by the Waters:
Here by the waters,
here by the flowing waters,
here the pale green leaves
of willow wakened by spring
entwine me, binding my heart.
The waters flow on,
never ceasing their singing.
A single leaf lands,
turns once, drifting away
on the clear, sunlit water.
The withies hold fast,
willow, tree of remembrance,
tree holds my last thoughts
unable to slip away,
bound fast in those yesterdays.
Let me be a leaf
slipping into tomorrow
drifting in sunlight
down the clear rushing water,
not the unmovable tree.
(This ties into the InuYasha manga. The image is of him and his mother when he was quite young. His father has died, and his mother knows she won’t be with him that much longer, and he’s fated to be an outcast after her death). I can’t believe I actually did a ballade on it, but I did. They are a hard form, with only 3 rhymes. 3 stanzas of ababbcbc and a final envoi of bcbc. Not my usual.
Izayoi Contemplates the Future: A Ballade
O little boy with silver hair,
Your father’s eyes look out at me
From your sweet face without a care,
You know not of the hate to be.
I long to keep you safe, you see
To wrap your little life with joy
The days will come when you must flee
For I must leave my lovely boy.
You are a child of love most rare,
The proof my lover left with me,
His amber eyes and silver hair —
You are a living memory
Of all we hoped when we were free
Before cruel fates made us its toy
And took your father far from me,
Away from his most precious boy.
I hate the fate that you will bear
Because your father died, you see -
None to protect the child so rare
My heart cries out for what must be -
Your father’s spirit calls for me,
And I will leave you without joy
When my soul follows his to be
At peace, my poor and orphaned boy.
And when that day has come to be,
I’ll pray for you to find the joy
That true love brings, to set you free
From all this grief, my lovely boy.
One more for now:
The Arrow’s Flight
Under the white bloom
of the apple tree that sways,
kissed by evening wind,
I watch the petals falling
white blades caught by unseen hands.
How quick the passage
of the spring into summer.
Close your eyes - it’s done.
The green leaves announce to all
how certain the passing time.
Arrow pointing up
released by the archer’s hand —
how swiftly it flies,
a graceful arc heavenwards,
falling at last to cold earth.
Hear it whisper now,
softly, the voice of the wind,
witness with the sky
of the passing blossom time,
of each arrow’s single flight.
Here by the Waters:
Knitting, I love this poem! There is something so calming about willows and water, the softness of the breeze slowly moving the branches, and the serenity I feel from your words. Beautiful, thank you.
Izayoi Contemplates the Future: A Ballade
Wonderful love song dusted with reality; a mother leaving her child to move into the next world. I think about these things, my children, and know my own mother thought these same things, (what will they do without me). Of course, life always goes on, it is the plan, nothing stops because someone dies, we mourn them, but we go on breathing, baking bread, dusting the knick knacks, eating, etc.
The Arrow’s Flight
Exquisite! So delicate, beautiful images.
Thank you so much for leaving these treasures, you are indeed a very talented poet.
Good morning,
Ms Feather!
Afternoon, TT!
Good morning,
Fellow Lardites!!!
Lovely graphic, Meg!
We have some wonderful poetry posted, house work can wait! LOL
I gave up in frustration in trying to get FR to load.
"Doesn't he have MVD(Multiple Voice Disorder)?"
I'll We'll NEVER TELL!
Thanks Meg, I am feeling better today. I get those days where no matter what I do I cannot get warm, (it’s the danged blood thinner I must take.)
No sunshine for days on end does not help either.
School board election results, budget passed, my guy lost, 0 good news there.
LOL, at least you are honest about it. ;0)
Good! No sunshine for days is a downer for me...No sun here today and we are in for several days of rain in the forecast...Our heat wave could use some cooling off.
I had a beautiful day for my birthday so I am grateful for that.
I have days like that...I tend to live in the bath tub and shower on days like that...only thing that helps me...
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