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    Muriel's Lament


    Weep, Muriel, Angelic warrior

    Was thy unconditional love wasted

    upon thy fallen brothers and sisters -

    fully one-third of the Heavenly hosts ?



    HIS song of everlasting salvation

    flourished upon thine instrument of war

    did turn the tide of battle; ye who are

    Heavenly blessed - held in deepest reserve


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    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

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    it's the 21st and time for judging.

    Both poems were solid poetry.

    YesNo, your poem seemed made for that picture. Congrats!

    God Bless

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    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Thanks, Pendragon!

    Here is a photo I took before a sunrise over Lake Michigan from a park north of Chicago. The bright point at the upper right hand corner is Venus. I went there to watch Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury prior to dawn earlier this Fall. Toward the center top around one of the hanging seed pods you can barely see Jupiter faintly in the picture.



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    Sky Lover

    The sky hovers
    just above
    the horizon
    in disquieting
    stillness,
    forever yearning
    to touch
    a lover
    who remains
    forever out of reach
    though dawn blushes
    with sympathetic feeling
    at passions inflamed
    and denied.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Against an Evening Sky

    A spell is written in the leaves
    Half-formed letters silhouetted against the sky
    Some of them familiar, some symbols unique
    Perhaps a linguist should give them a try

    Is it a blessing or is it a vile curse?
    Will it bring you good luck, or take it away?
    Why is it that people usually suspect the worst,
    Never seeing that good might be the words of the day?

    Could it be Mother Nature has written a spell,
    Tired of how us humans are destroying everything?
    The dark letters in the air somehow give me a chill
    Strung out on the branches like knots in a string

    Reading the letters might be danger and doom
    Black against the sky in the gathering gloom...

    Pendragon
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    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Two great entries! I will announce a winner this Sunday. There is still time to enter!

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    Universe clad in a burqa
    Catches a beholder's eyes
    All to him is not visible
    Through the lens though he tries

    Earth and sky meet together
    Like beans in a pod
    Like the Light of Heaven
    Symbolizing Face of God

    Colors scattered here and there
    Like the makeup on a Bride's face
    Venus gleaming through the hijab
    Like a mole on the chin of her Grace

    The sight of sparkling universe
    concealed in a thin silken veil
    Manifests its rarest charm and beauty
    To its sincere lovers who its love do hail.
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    When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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    Thank you for all the entries! The contest is over.

    mazHur: That's a nice idea about the universe being hidden like a woman in a burqa.

    Pendragon: That was an interesting way to view the leaves in the photos as letters making up a spell.

    Dark Muse: Nice idea of the frustration between the sky and the horizon with the blushing dawn.

    I enjoyed them all. The winner is mazHur! Congratulations!

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