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by Eternum 1 » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:13 pm
Close your eyes
under falling snow
Feel each crystal
become a tear
How many tears
fall in silence
on the earth below
Count the snowflakes
and you'll know.
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by negatvone » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:28 pm
That is beautiful, ET. Awesome! I wish it would snow here.
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by Eternum 1 » Fri Nov 18, 2005 2:44 am
Thanks Jim.
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by moonflower » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:54 pm
this is beautiful ET..feels soft and peaceful ..just like falling snowflakes..i love it!..
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by Eternum 1 » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:09 pm
Tender words and loving thoughts. Thanks Moonflower.
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by Debbie » Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:49 pm
Sometimes I catch them on my tongue...this is so touching ET...
I could feel the snowflakes falling on my cheeks and I'm in the house...
so lovely
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by ninian » Sat Nov 19, 2005 5:59 pm
i quite like the feel of this one ET...the sensation of snowflakes gently falling, you know the kind i mean the huge flakes that are glittery and soft....your words give one that feeling...
nicely done
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by Eternum 1 » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:42 pm
Debbie wrote:Sometimes I catch them on my tongue...this is so touching ET...
I could feel the snowflakes falling on my cheeks and I'm in the house...
so lovely
Thats what you get, living in a teepee.
J/k thanks Deb
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by Eternum 1 » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:47 pm
ninian wrote:i quite like the feel of this one ET...the sensation of snowflakes gently falling, you know the kind i mean the huge flakes that are glittery and soft....your words give one that feeling...
nicely done
n.
Yeah the kind that actually land like a feather and blow off the surface of your car instead of sticking.
The inuit have a plethora of names for the different forms of snow. Only a northern lass would have picked up on that.
thanks Nin,
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by ninian » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:41 pm
Eternum 1 wrote:The inuit have a plethora of names for the different forms of snow. Only a northern lass would have picked up on that.
thanks Nin,
true....and you have to know, living in Manitoba, this Northern lass knows all the different kinds of snow....i wish we had as many names for them...
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by Eternum 1 » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:59 am
I agree it's a shame we don't have a appreciation for natures diversity that the so called 'Uncivilized' hold. Our superstitions and fears of nature have always been irrational. Look at our myths about monsters, daemons and witches etc, always based on fear of nature, requiring rampant burning and destruction of the eco-system.
So called rational people still panic and get lost a mile from cities of a million population (eg.north shore Vancouver). Nature requires a little more then a cell phone and an SUV to appreciate the terrain without getting lost like a fool.
I'm having second thoughts about L2 V3 ,maybe "fall in silence" would keep the meter true?
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by me and the king » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:29 am
i like the feeling of your poem
as i like eat the snow,also
when it comes as a nise phenomenon of nature
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by ninian » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:07 am
Eternum 1 wrote:<center>Close your eyes
under falling snow
Feel each crystal
become a tear
How many tears
fall in silence
on the earth below?
Count the snowflakes
and you'll know.
you know, i think you're right...i like the line "fall in silent weeping" but using "fall in silence" is cleaner...no repetition (tears in the previous line and weeping in this line) and metrically better...
i really do like the feeling this poem sets in me....a quite peacefulness tinged with melancholy...
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by Eternum 1 » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:24 pm
Thanks Nin. Amended to suit. Maybe I'll enroll in one of your classes after you start teaching. You'll recognise me easily, the big guy leering in the back
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by ninian » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:54 pm
lol
as i'm hoping to teach 11 to 13 year olds, i'm sure i'll notice you
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