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Shades

Night spills over the day like India ink from a well bleeding into the deep crevasses of hill and dell running into clear cold streams once shimmering, bright painting Prussian blue the trees on the high chaparral. Night edges the golden hour of Autumn days so bright merging with the harvest moon, the solstice at midnight melting in to sleepy hollows, pale and bloodless blue, cajoling colonies of bats to bank and soar in flight. Night caresses the winsome lovers silhouette.. adieu as its hold is weakened toward a shade of baby-blue A painter's pallet is the night of hues, shades of light the sovereign signs of fantasy as darkness ensues. *Interlocking Rubaiyat where the rhyme of lines 1,2&4 of verse one are taken from the end word of line 3 in the verse before, the last verse returns the end rhyme of line 3 ;)

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Date: 10/5/2012 6:05:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Craig's contest Debbie. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/3/2012 7:34:00 AM
this is SO COOL, Debs. My favorite one so far. FAVE (and congrats on the win)
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Date: 10/3/2012 1:34:00 AM
Congratulations debbie another stunner xx
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Date: 10/2/2012 1:08:00 PM
Debbie :-) A wonderful congratulations in Craig's "Night-Dark-Black-Happy-Sad" contest. Nice reading and supporting all his winners. have a nice and wonderful day, *PD
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Date: 10/2/2012 9:27:00 AM
you really pulled this from deep within your heart and expressed it wonderfully, debbie... congrats!...:) hugggs
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Date: 10/2/2012 8:17:00 AM
congrats on ur well deserved win...xx..:)))
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Date: 10/2/2012 7:35:00 AM
Very nice..love the use of color here..congrats. BG
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Date: 10/2/2012 6:21:00 AM
Congrats on your win! Thanks for your comment on my poem.
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Date: 10/1/2012 10:35:00 PM
congratulations :)
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Date: 10/1/2012 9:51:00 PM
lovely poem from a lovely poet :) Cogratulations friend Debbie for your win..cheers and hugs!!!
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Date: 10/1/2012 8:55:00 PM
Gorgeous, toots! I can barely keep my eyes open... I had comments to leave tonight! Sigh... and tomorrow and tomorrow.... Hugs and congrats. Oh, ps, LOVED bloodless-blue, proof that blue can still be rhymed free from all cliche and original as all get out! I will need to try this form. Thanks for the explanation!
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Date: 10/1/2012 8:51:00 PM
Beautiful poem, one that only Debbie could have written. Well done and congrats on your win. Lee
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Date: 10/1/2012 8:36:00 PM
Great poem... intricate.. Congratulations on your win!! Terry
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Date: 10/1/2012 6:22:00 PM
Tristen said it, a treasure. Congratulations.
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Date: 9/26/2012 10:43:00 AM
Debbie, this is gorgeous - you have mastered all forms. - Oxox love Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/26/2012 8:05:00 AM
Romantic beautiful shades...enjoy reading this tonight..thank you Debbie for nice share..wonderful writes...<3<3<3 :) SK
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Date: 9/26/2012 7:51:00 AM
Night's scintillating shades so artistically painted with your creative touch. I enjoyed the first stanza as well. The opaque tinting that occurs when twilight fades to dusk is beautifully captured by your apt mind.
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Date: 9/26/2012 7:36:00 AM
I'll never see night's cloak the same again... this is a classic, Debbie...
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Date: 9/26/2012 12:39:00 AM
Debbie, this is beautiful. You have really taken this form to new heights. Loved it.
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Date: 9/26/2012 12:18:00 AM
A beautiful flowing poem...:))))))
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Date: 9/25/2012 7:16:00 PM
Nice nice D.G., i love the deep dark color you gave the first line... and your fifth line is my favorite of them all... I never heard of this form,, but i will look it up now..PS.. i left a comment on your blog... Go and read it... xox~ always~pd
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