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Larry
post May 25 16, 14:41
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Hi Syl,
This has been languishing in the Acropolis for nearly 3 weeks so I thought I'd take your advise and move it over to Plato's Pearls. Hope you like it!

Larry






Sea Eagles

A paradox! Sea-scented beaches rise
to where the clouds would break on granite spires
encased in ice. That’s where the eagle flies
to hunt. Its earnest glance in foaming gyres

of crashing waves reveals the food it seeks.
Abundance, as upon the orchard bough,
is gathered for the talons and the beaks
of chicks. They nest where all the peaks soar now.

And of a certain time when all shall fledge,
whether at dawn or in the dust and dark,
their flight’s a path of gold from mountain’s ledge.
To places of their own they all embark

where eagles reign and there’s no sign of men
with fledglings growing when the snows begin.



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Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers.
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Eisa
post May 29 16, 19:02
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Larry I am so glad you have started posting in this forum. It is not used enough.

I always love your sonnets and this is no exception. Your descriptions immediately transport me to the scene - I am there with you!

I hope you will keep posting here. Stunning work.
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