The Beckoning Shore: Another ZW Poetry Thread

Zomby Woof

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:44 PM
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The Beckoning Shore: Another ZW Poetry Thread

The Beckoning Shore

Where the green
Meets the blue
Where the sand
Warms the toes
Where the sun
Dips into sea

When the breeze
Wraps the body
When the birds
Sing the key
When the shell
Speaks into ear

Why the shore
Calls the name
Why the sailors
Love the sea
Why the mystery
Beckons unto me

Taste the salt air
Of morning
Embrace the sunset
Of twilight
Dance the rhythm
Of waves

The hushed crash of surf
Welcomes me home
The soft whisper of love
Oceans we roam.

--- ZW, March 26, 2005

Now, let's hear yours. :-)

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RetroLounge

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:49 PM
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1. My Dearest Emile

My Dearest Emile

— From a letter by Van Gogh

Sunset? Moonrise?
Summer sunshine at all events.
A mauve town, yellow star,
blue-green sky. The corn
is in all tones of old gold,
copper, greenish or reddish
gold, yellowy gold, bronze-
yellow, greenish red.

A size 30 canvas, and square.
I painted it with the mistral
at its height, my easel was
pegged to the ground
with iron stakes, a method
I recommend. You dig
in the legs of the easel, then
next to them an iron spike
fifty centimetres long. You tie
it all together with rope.

Then you can work in the wind.

>>>> RetroLounge

(Published in ZUZUS PETALS QUARTERLY - June 1993 issue)

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Zomby Woof

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:50 PM
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2. First time I have seen that

Many thanks! :-)

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RetroLounge

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Sat Mar-26-05 02:54 PM
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3. From my former life in Grad School

As an angst ridden poet living on the East Side...

RL

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Zomby Woof

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Sat Mar-26-05 07:09 PM
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4. shameless kick

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nini

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Sat Mar-26-05 10:04 PM
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5. :-)

The ocean is a magical thing which I know is a big reason I love cruises so much.

Yep.. the shore is beckoning :loveya:

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