Another poem

topic posted Mon, August 10, 2009 - 2:54 PM by  Laume
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I'm haven't written any poetry in ages, and I almost never, ever, ever write in rhyme but I think all the rhythms of this past festival inspired me.

The Longing

Through the dappled shade and shadow,
through the flickering play of light,
there is a place I once did know
where faeries dance and magic's bright.

I've stumbled there a time or several,
lingered there with no desires
to return to world so hard and banal,
wishing only for sweet songs and fires.

'Twas not to last despite my yearning
for in my bed at last awoke,
back from the green afresh with learning,
magick lives my memories spoke.

Bittersweet the hidden knowledge
of realms that veils oft hold apart.
Although my feet through this world trudge,
the other world holds still my heart

Despite life filled with task and treasure,
I listen for fae footsteps fall,
through the green I'll dance with pleasure
when portal parts and faeries call.

Laume
August 2009
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Laume
California
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  • Re: Another poem

    Mon, August 10, 2009 - 5:57 PM
    these are great Laume thank you so much.
    • Re: Another poem

      Tue, August 11, 2009 - 9:39 AM
      give us some more it helps out a lot
      • Re: Another poem

        Tue, August 11, 2009 - 9:54 AM
        I want to hear one by you Hawk - just another stanza (is that the proper term?) added on to this poem. They're wee little. You can do it. I'm all ears......
        • Re: Another poem

          Wed, August 12, 2009 - 10:08 AM
          this is what I wrote on me blog on Monday, I suck at poetry but this is what was in me head

          a week ago to the day i left my home,
          not of my own choosing
          my scattered family gone already
          I sat alone in a dusty field
          remembereing how just hours earlier
          we all sat sang and laughed together.

          and there I stood viewing the field
          where the fae had so recently held court
          where fire spewed and epic ballads were sung
          where swords met and hearts became one

          Pirates played with sprite,
          satyrs and nymphs entwined
          Old and young embraced
          and swayed together
          in a beutiful fire driven dance

          Through it all I danced my dance
          the joker, story teller an Salty Dog
          I left the real world and lived a dream
          to be more than I am in on the other side of the veil

          Old friends were held closer
          remembering times gone by
          new friends become family
          welcome wholy to the fold
          and some friends
          evolve to something new
          before your very eyes

          a week has past
          and I am still in that dusty field
          yearning to have it all back
          to split the veil then never return
          for a year is too long to return to my home.
          • Re: Another poem

            Wed, August 12, 2009 - 7:39 PM
            I often suck at appreciating poetry, but I truly get this one. Thank you, and thanks again for your offer of shade on an incredibly hot day.
  • Re: Another poem

    Wed, August 12, 2009 - 10:09 PM
    Hawk, your poem makes me feel all choked up inside. I was actually AT Mt. Pisgah today, unplanned but I was looking at a house just a quarter mile away. I thought of driving back in to the FW area but thought it would be too sad to see it all empty of fae. So instead I drove up the arboretum side and sat for a bit.
    • Re: Another poem

      Thu, August 13, 2009 - 6:12 AM
      Oh man I hope you are able to get that spot. then youd be right a the epicenter and we could hit the masquerades as well. Good luck on this trip of yours. Ive done my one,now please make some more poems that can cheer me up :)
      • Re: Another poem

        Thu, August 13, 2009 - 10:25 PM
        It was pretty perfect in almost every aspect except one. It had half a house. Literally. Someone took half the house away and left it like that. Banks tend to get a bit nervous over the "open air" model of house design. So I don't think we could swing a mortgage. If the house had had a back wall, I think we'd have already put an offer in.

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