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 clouds,  like prairie schooners
hurry across the sky and with a swirl
they carry daydreams on the wind’ s  sweet breath,
each glimpse of the crystal  sky sending thoughts packing
on a whole  new train down alleys unexplored
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the tale  still untold,  the vault still under lock
with  mirrored halls of memory reflecting a nimble fiction
an unwritten story that might crave another, happier ending-
but then the ending writes itself,
always the same.
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now the time arrives to climb above the schooners,
 staring down with rapture, surveying as a raptor would
forgetting limbs that protest loudly, words catch in the throat –
she remembers the wing of the osprey and how the wind catches it,Â
 and she hitches a ride on the same strong breeze,
 following the osprey all the way home.
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©Wabi Sabi 2013
For  Sunday Whirl ‘prairie, halls, swirl, wind, train, vault, nimble, crave, rapture, limbs, throat, each.’
this poem takes me high above the skies – “daydreams on the wind’s sweet breath” is a mesmerizing image. a wonderful poem
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Schooners and ospreys carry the drift so well in your poem.
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Terrific movement here throughout the poem – I can almost feel wind in my hair 🙂
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These are my favorites:
“on the wind’ s sweet breath,
each glimpse of the crystal sky sending thoughts packing”
“the tale still untold, the vault still under lock”
“the ending writes itself, always the same”
“forgetting limbs … she remembers the wing of the osprey”
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“she hitches a ride on the same strong breeze” you take the reader flying on the breeze of your words!
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This is beautiful!
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A gentle soulful write/ride. This was a pleasant stop. Thank you Wabi Sabi.
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Some really good imagery, flights of fancy for the reader to follow. Well woven from the word list.
Elizabeth
http://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/awakening-a-body-once-living/
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Poetry in perfect rhythm with nature and in harmony, gently stirring the heart!!
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What a lovely poem/story. I’m amazed you made this from the jumble of words. You are marvelous.
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The wordles are really fun to do. I am quite surprised with where the words take me and my poem. Have you tried it?
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It looks like fun. Is there a place one goes for them or do you flip through a book?
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Always a pleasure to read your beautiful words.
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“reflecting a nimble fiction”, that is pretty awesome, wabi sabi.
Pamela
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Your writing is like rapture amongst the raptors it is so beautifully written.
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There are so many beautiful moments of visual pleasure that it’s difficult to choose. Wonderful writing.
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Masterfully done, Wabi
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This poem starts in the clouds, swirls down to the depths and rises again. I am so very glad to make your acquaintance, hank you for stopping by my place and see you next week at the wordle. xo teri
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“clouds, like prairie schooners” – what a great openner.
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Gorgeous and I especially love the last stanza wow!
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