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Another evening

July 26, 2010
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran


I walk the road that paves the skies
Celestial scenes caress my eyes

My fingers trace the setting sun
The song of angels has just begun

My footsteps rhyme with the solemn words
The sky is strung with rainbow birds

I shake the hands of ancient oaks
With sad, old stories and paper cloaks

Winds of worlds take me on the run
And my clothes are all undone

I smoke a pipe and drink some tea
With the peaceful monks that built the sea

I hear the language of the flowers
And beasts of old throughout the hours

The hour comes; saying goodbye to light
I stroll into the endless night

Shadows tread the depths of nights
And heroes rein throughout the day

Evening, a time in which there alights
Peace and reverence for the ways
Of night and day



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on Aug. 10 2011 at 9:36 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

Oh good, that does sound lovely. The depths of the oceans, in particular.

on Aug. 9 2011 at 10:34 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Quite lovely actually.  From the depths of the oceans to the peaks of the 
Himalayas.  From the Amazon Rainforest to the Sahara Desert.

on Aug. 9 2011 at 11:30 am
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

Many thanks.

And how were your travels?


on Aug. 8 2011 at 9:18 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

I just travelled the wild places of the world in the entirety of this poem.  Beautiful.

Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Jul. 23 2011 at 12:47 am
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
11 articles 0 photos 897 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

Wow, this is one of my favs.

So beautiful, so exqusitie, I'm falling in love with your poetry! :)


on Oct. 29 2010 at 6:47 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

Thank you, I mean what I say, and I say what I mean ;)

 


on Oct. 28 2010 at 7:28 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

What a lovely description!

I enjoy seeing you, the charming Ms. Stargirl, float about in your rowboat of graceful eloquence. Your verbal oars create quite a ripple in my soul. :)


on Oct. 27 2010 at 8:22 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

Savory. Sweet. Running down my mind throat in precious (without price) rivulets.

on Oct. 3 2010 at 5:05 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

Why, thank you so very much, my dear insane lemons. I'm glad that it reminded you of such a thing, for that may have not been my intention, but I'm always glad to have inspired such pictures.

poppy_lin GOLD said...
on Oct. 3 2010 at 4:53 pm
poppy_lin GOLD, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
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very vivid picture! i loved it. :) it reminds of a snowstorm sunset for some odd reason.

cheers!


on Sep. 29 2010 at 7:38 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

Why, thank you so very much! I'm disappointed that I failed to include 'ostracize' in my poem. I will do so in the future. :)

on Sep. 29 2010 at 7:20 pm
-LeftBehindBroken- GOLD, Providence, South Carolina
16 articles 0 photos 73 comments

Favorite Quote:
Artists paint on canvas; Musicians paint on silence

i really love the wording you used in this poem!!! reverence is one of my favorite words. that and ostracize,,, but haha . 

on Sep. 27 2010 at 9:32 pm
chrisbriones GOLD, Anaheim, California
11 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I believe nothing can be justly and completely explained by words.&quot;

Thank you.

on Sep. 27 2010 at 4:47 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

I would be delighted, my poetic acquaintance. I beg your patience for just one more day; I am obliged to write a four paged essay tonight. I'm just calling in to let you know that I will do as you ask soon.

on Sep. 26 2010 at 11:35 pm
chrisbriones GOLD, Anaheim, California
11 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I believe nothing can be justly and completely explained by words.&quot;

might i ask you to read my new poem, friend? It's titled The Night Bird. I'd appreciate it very much. You're insight is always honored.

quirks SILVER said...
on Sep. 9 2010 at 6:29 pm
quirks SILVER, Kingwood, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.&quot;<br /> &quot;The trouble is, humans do have a knack for choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.&quot;<br /> -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#039;s Stone; JKRowling

No problem. I enjoyed reading this.

on Sep. 8 2010 at 10:51 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

Haha, you're quite welcome.  And I'm sure your painting skills aren't that bad.  I paint and draw a lot, as well as write, but I don't know which paints my pictures better.  Your pictures, however, are much more vivid than mine, it seems whenever I read them, so do not despair!

on Sep. 7 2010 at 8:25 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

I thank you dearly, my kind-hearted friend. It's good that this poem painted a picture, it makes up for my dismal real-life painting skills. Once again, I am so happy to read your comments.

on Sep. 7 2010 at 12:04 am
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
34 articles 1 photo 682 comments

Favorite Quote:
learn from your past to live for the future.

I love it, it paints such a vivid picture in my mind, and it is a rare thing for a poem such as this to paint so many pictures that make sense when put together (if that made any sense at all).  Beautiful, as always, my friend.  "I smoke a pipe and drink some tea with the peaceful monks that built the sea."  My favorite line, for some reason, haha.  It's all good.

on Sep. 4 2010 at 7:08 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

Thank you very much! I was also more pleased with that line than the rest of the poem. It means a lot to me that you took the time to comment.