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Carol Perroni
Number of posts: 590
Points: 661
Registration date: 2008-12-27
 | | Subject: White Shadows Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:48 am | |
|  White Shadows
The long white shadows of the snow
crunch under my feet like crushed diamonds
as the winter moonlight lets their sparkle
climb up like lattices to the stars
I am words walking on the long sheet
of white paper snow,
letting the thoughts slowly rise up through
the skeletal layers,
the palimpsest of old memories is
an afterglow...
I have walked through this blizzard
so many times before,
blinded without a destination,
a hooded figure of thoughts,
swirling a cape around the days and nights,
pivoting black and white,
coal and diamonds,
falling through shards of memories emanating
from the great spiral in the sky,
swirling snowflakes around
inside the heart of the lost pearl,
leading me out into the parapet of dreams,
leading me out into the great reef of darkness
once more…
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bruce_hh
Number of posts: 4218
Age: 64
Location: Monterey, California, U.S.A.
Points: 4633
Registration date: 2008-10-22
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:45 am | |
| Dear **Carol**: Your battle finds brilliance, as you quite embody resilience. Through snow, rain, and sleet your modes are pure heat extending life's best luminescence.  |
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Carol Perroni
Number of posts: 590
Points: 661
Registration date: 2008-12-27
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:55 am | |
| Thanks for your kind response, Bruce!  Carol |
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davidf
Number of posts: 1713
Points: 1477
Registration date: 2008-10-22
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:49 pm | |
| Carol,
Beautiful poem and graphic.
Your friend,
David Fox |
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Steve
Admin
Number of posts: 1204
Points: 1512
Registration date: 2009-03-23
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:18 pm | |
| Nice metaphor's Carol. Steve typewriter ribbons strew across blank cold paper Riggs 
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Steve
www.noaddress.co.uk
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Carol Perroni
Number of posts: 590
Points: 661
Registration date: 2008-12-27
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:26 am | |
| Thanks for your responses, David and Steve! And thanks for reminding me to bring the typewriter ribbons along with me the next time I go walking in a blizzard, Steve! Best, Carol |
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Jo Cursley
Number of posts: 2343
Age: 62
Location: East Devon, UK
Points: 2027
Registration date: 2008-10-22
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:51 pm | |
| A beautiful picture and a lovey poem which seems symbolic of much else - searching for something, - light through darkness - loved it. |
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Gilly J
Number of posts: 1239
Points: 1164
Registration date: 2008-10-21
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:37 am | |
| I liked your poem, think there were secret meanings in those snowflakes.... |
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BC Williams
Number of posts: 24
Age: 53
Location: Lakeland, Florida USA
Points: 29
Registration date: 2012-01-07
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:43 am | |
| | Quote: | I am words walking on the long sheet
of white paper snow,
letting the thoughts slowly rise up through
the skeletal layers,
the palimpsest of old memories is
an afterglow... |
Beautiful Carol! Great writing using language to captivate.
BC |
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Carol Perroni
Number of posts: 590
Points: 661
Registration date: 2008-12-27
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:43 am | |
| Thanks for your kind responses to my poem, Jo, Gilly and BC! They are much appreciated! Best, Carol |
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jimmy1
Number of posts: 238
Age: 66
Location: blackpool
Points: 293
Registration date: 2008-10-23
| | Subject: white shadows Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:40 pm | |
| sorry i missed this one earlier carol its beautiful nothing cold in it for me jimxxx |
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Carol Perroni
Number of posts: 590
Points: 661
Registration date: 2008-12-27
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:02 pm | |
| Thanks Jimmy! Best, Carol |
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crushed rose
Number of posts: 1251
Points: 1471
Registration date: 2009-08-29
| | Subject: Re: White Shadows Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:16 pm | |
| Nothing soft and gentle about this snow .. I can feel the frost, and hear your footsteps!
Like the others, I wonder about the darkness you get drawn to ... or is it that the shortness of winter days catch you out, as you wander in your reverie?
Rose x |
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