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 Jan 20 12, 12:05
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 Creative Chieftain  Posts: 11,825 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in.  |
The Touch
Their soundless screams reverberate with grief that pierces hearts for all the centuries of fading life. While scions, stem and leaf, lie crushed beneath their ancient weight. No breeze shall herald new beginnings in the spring or sculpt the emerald crowns upon each head. Strong bastions from the storms that summer brings are laid in waste. Small denizens have fled their home and larder, solace now denied by death. No songs will greet the morn’ to surge in airy heights, where once the swallow plied. A mournful sound, as though a quiet dirge now permeates this devastated glade created from the touch of soulless blade. L10 did begin with "to all". L9 did read: by death. No songs to greet the morn’ converge ·······  ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner       |
  
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Jan 22 12, 14:20
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Larry, as always I am still a fan of your beautiful writing. Again I am wowed, the content as well as form throw a light onto such harsh things as deforestation. I am not sure I could have stood and watched such a thing as they call clear cutting, it would break my heart. I have a huge Maple out in back of my house that I wish more could see, I can sit for hours looking at it and all the faces within its branches and on its trunk, the ents would envy me. A wonderous poem Larry even if sad.
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Jan 25 12, 03:11
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 Ornate Oracle  Posts: 10,383 Joined: 27-August 04 From: Bariloche, Argentine Patagonia Member No.: 78 Real Name: Sylvia Evelyn Maclagan Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:David Ting |
QUOTE (ohsteve @ Jan 22 12, 21:20 )  Larry, as always I am still a fan of your beautiful writing. Again I am wowed, the content as well as form throw a light onto such harsh things as deforestation. I am not sure I could have stood and watched such a thing as they call clear cutting, it would break my heart. <<<<<< I absolutely share your feelings, Steve. I would be shocked and in tears. I was brought up on a farm, so I used to climb old trees, discover hollows inside them, sit and dream up there! Hollows were great for hiding things, or for treasure hunts. And once our cat had kittens in a tree's hollow, so my mother didn't know and I didn't tell. Those were the days when spaying was unknown, and people just drowned kittens in buckets of water... Larry must have spent some awful days watching that 'clearing'. I apologize for stepping in here! ······· ·······Mis temas favoritos
The Lord replied, my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you. "There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction." Sylvia Plath, Crossing the Water, Wuthering Heights. Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here! MM Award Winner         |
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Larry The Touch "small tweaks" Jan 20 12, 12:05 
Alan Dear Larry,
Am I being picky here, or is there so... Jan 21 12, 01:26 Thoth What a powerful satire Larry!
Deforestation i... Jan 21 12, 14:16 Larry Hi Alan and Wally,
Thanks for the visit and the k... Jan 21 12, 15:29 Alan Dear Larry,
When I express ignorance, I fully exp... Jan 21 12, 15:47 Psyche A beautiful and sad sonnet, Larry. It's incred... Jan 21 12, 19:18 Larry Hi Alan, Syl*** and Steve,
Alan, my "book-la... Jan 24 12, 01:26 
Psyche QUOTE (Larry @ Jan 24 12, 08:26 ) Hi Alan... Jan 25 12, 03:24 Cleo_Serapis Hi Larry,
What a powerful message. One would *ho... Feb 5 12, 18:10 Larry Hi Syl & Lori,
Thanks for the visit/read/comm... Feb 9 12, 14:40 Cleo_Serapis Hi Larry,
BRAVO!
Small denizens have fled ... Feb 25 12, 20:00 AMETHYST Hello LARRY!!!! Yippee -
It has b... Feb 11 12, 07:48 Larry And Hello once more Liz,
I should write nothing b... Feb 11 12, 15:55 AMETHYST Hi Again Larry,
Oh your Sonnets as well as many ... Feb 11 12, 17:16 Alan Dear Larry,
Further to your exchange with Liz (pr... Feb 11 12, 15:59 JustDaniel What more could I now say than what's been sai... Feb 27 12, 09:51 Larry Hi Lori & Daniel,
Glad you both approve and I... Feb 28 12, 15:06 MFK Buckley Hello Larry! It was a pleasure to read and re-... Mar 6 12, 00:59 Larry Hi Fran,
Thanks for the visit and the read; glad ... Mar 7 12, 14:24 JustDaniel Hey, Larry
I simply had to visit this fine sonnet... Mar 25 13, 19:50 Larry Hi Daniel,
Thanks for revisiting this and for you... Mar 26 13, 11:47 JustDaniel Yes, Larry...
I understand not coming back to mak... Mar 26 13, 11:56 Larry Thanks Daniel,
This instance has made me mindful ... Mar 26 13, 18:32 JustDaniel I'm rather certain that I and many others have... Apr 5 13, 13:37 1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
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