Long Chantilly Poems

A walk in wonderland.
    Sun kissed shades of green.
        Ferns as delicate as Chantilly lace.
          ...

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"Life is fragile and temporary. The faces of today quickly become the faces of the past. Sorrow, pain, and anger... it all fades, except love. Love is forever and there after, even when we've fallen...

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I was a dedicated, expert arborist, bringing joy and comfort to shady spaces,
As mountains give cool joy to blooms, in butterscotch afternoon's last traces.

A love of trees grew in youth, when climbing our oak, four...

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"Life is fragile and temporary. The faces of today quickly 
become the faces of the past. Sorrow, pain, and anger... 
it all fades, except love. Love is forever and thereafter, 
even when we've fallen to...

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"My Beautiful Dreamer"


My Beautiful Dreamer
“thinks she goes unseen”, Her.
she’s a million miles away
lost in the Lilacs and
Chantilly Lace of 
her beautiful dream, her.

My Beautiful Dreamer
dreaming of a better home
sunrays and moonbeams
bigger yard, smaller city
a flashy...

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Lisa, a freshman in our residential hall sister-suite, and I have become fast friends over the last couple of weeks. Before we began hanging out I penned a piece about her that she thought was...

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"How fragile is life in nature's forceful wind..."
Dylan Thomas wrote of October gales
and their harsh, buffeting fingers. 
He called them an "autumnal spell."
Autumn...the season when leaves hang trembling.

Christina Rosetti's lines have been well read...
"Who has...

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Oh the images we freeze in time

the sweet, sweet scents that bring recall

the sharp and painful longing that belongings bring

for those lost or lingering on sheets of lavender

on shelves of shaving mugs - Old Spice

soap...

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A Christmas Poem

You told me I should write it – it’s written but not sent
I'm not sure who would get my point - or who would just get bent

The 1st I wrote at Tulley Gate
Traffic...

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Within his moment, I wouldn't change a thing,
my life right now is earnt,
I got here on my own merit,
proud of all the things I've learnt.

Oh but that thought of what if, what an offer!
If I...

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She sits in silence at the end of day
Beside the fire that barely warms the air
Her mind in anguish, threads that tend to fray
Companionless, within a room austere.

	Like a carousel swirling around me
	Are faces, places,...

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My early morning post relates to the powerful emotions icons emit, when they leave us, forever in the physical sense.

Did the passing of an icon leave an impression on you?

Salute.

Title:

The Fan

(An old voice whispers)


The rivers...

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She sits in silence at the end of day
Beside the fire that barely warms the air
Her mind in anguish, threads that tend to fray
Companionless, within a room austere.

	Like a carousel swirling around me
	Are faces, places,...

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A new girl in a new state 
began High School knowing noone
Seemed an unlikely trajectory 
She'd be befriended by the sweethearts

Tracy and Jenny, blond peas in pods
Adorable, butter doesn't melt best pals - 
Sigrid, been...

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A closet hangs with ideas from Facebook posts past.
Tags still hang from pretty purchases, 
nobody tagged in posts never made.
I sigh as I struggle in arms and poke through my big head.
The hourglass that has...

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She slips through the garden grown
 heels clicking softly upon the cobblestones
 but she had become hardened in her walks
blinded, immune to the beauty that once lay in their talk
 when her heart swore with...

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read her while sipping my morning cuppa
'tween news bytes and clock chimes-
I found myself in her words and wept
as I imagined honey dripping from her
lips whilst she read aloud each cherished verse
bringing back to my...

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    "Destined to Love"



twilight Moon cascades, haunting tapestry
as hearts incline to secrets of mellow night
clandestine caresses embrace 'neath canopy
 lovers silhouette engage in sweet romantic flight
ascending to voluminous height.

in ebony atmosphere, flirtatious...

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Joyce

I said I'd love you till I die
Now, I sit and wonder why?
It was so frivolous now it seems
It's like I'm living in a dream

The months have slowly passed away
Since I lost you that fateful...

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MUSTAFA’S   SIDEWALK  CAFÉ


Mustafa was pleased to welcome patrons who spoke English
From the nearby theatre where he had learned acting for a while.
He whispered  Russian  with his colonial accent, very British,
And...

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    "Wonderland in Whiteness"



Whiteness is the fairest color of flawless perfection
a vibrant tapestry of Creation's affection
a masterpiece of beauty; pure as a sinless soul
a delicate crafting, so intimate, a treasure of wondrous...

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MUSIC  TO   DRIVE    BY

Manitoba.  Dashboard music.  The west ahead.
At last the sun is gone  - relax my eyes.
Kinda   half-dozing,  eyelids  of lead.
Now...

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Chantilly lace curtains of my apartment window ripple in the cold January night. From here, I observe mooring lights that illumine the docks in this petty northern port and four cafés that lean toward one...

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Bill Haley gave us 'Rock Around The Clock'
showed us music in a different way,
Chuck Berry sang 'Johnny B. Goode'
and Buddy Holly said 'That'll Be The Day'.

Elvis went to 'Heartbreak Hotel'
and came back as the king...

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A zephyr skipped along, midday,
      Rose-daubed my cheek in ides of May,
         As if to goad, and giggling, say -
  ...

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