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 Creative Chieftain  Posts: 11,722 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in.  |
Ode to a Lily
Your fragrance… cinnamon and honey laced assails my senses; they admit defeat, surrendering but glad of being placed within your aura. It is such a treat to smell and see a miracle in bloom or watch as buds reveal a tranquil face. They touch the soul and brighten every room with springtime’s scent and petals of white lace. But as with everything that time may touch, your beauty fades; so too your bouquet wanes until there’s nothing left. Death comes to such whose loveliness, like melody’s refrains, spawns memories we cherished of life’s song we learned to sing and found a fragile throng. ·······  ·······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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May 12 18, 12:55
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 Ornate Oracle Posts: 19,923 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
A very tight and well-phrased sonnet, as always, Larry.
Stumbled over meaning of two things: S3L4 ... like melodies' refrains ... perhaps? Couplet ... What are "fragile throngs" ? sLightly confused, Daniel 
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Larry Ode to a Lily* Mar 5 18, 15:26 
Larry Hi Daniel,
Last question first! The “throng”... May 14 18, 13:54 JustDaniel Okay, then I'd best refrain from further comme... May 14 18, 16:31 Larry Your fragile thong will never burst
unless you put... May 15 18, 14:14 JustDaniel I think I'll pass. lol May 16 18, 07:05 
Larry fragile thongs
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