"Life is the dancer and you are the dance."
Eckhart Tolle

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A Red Dress and High Heels #52=We Write Poems-Limits

Life has never been inadequate, but
still you’ve grabbed edges of infinity
to move perimeters
so they aligned in the mind
of a flightless structure … 
as it was perfectly endeavored 

Many days have passed
when I felt nothing
until I saw a bloom sprouting
from a small opening …
life began again

Stars are merely aligned against
the sky for gazing …
So we may wish for something immense

I should’ve worn the red dress; then
I would remember what I’ve forgotten … or
entwine it away forever

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  1. Stars are merely aligned against
    the sky for gazing …
    So we may wish for something immense

    A poem in its own right. Wonderful.

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  2. I like how it comes together in that last stanza.

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  3. I especially like your second stanza, Pam. I have sometimes felt the same way!

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  4. seeing bulbs pushing through with new shoots
    heartening

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  5. Oh I love the way you use the stars for your purpose in the 3rd stanza.

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  6. We're always learning, and experience teaches us our capacity to learn is limitless.

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  7. Love this and the descriptions. All things that can bring us more fully alive are wonderful things. I'll wear my red dress now.

    http://judyidliketosay.blogspot.com/2011/05/demon-birds.html

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  8. Pamela,
    Love the starry words you have written.
    I am especially drawn to that red dress. Life cannot get any better, than a little red dress!!!!

    Good to find you again Pamela.Missed your words recently....
    Best wishes, Eileen

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  9. "I should’ve worn the red dress; then
    I would remember what I’ve forgotten … or
    entwine it away forever." What gorgeous words, Pamela!

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  10. Whimsical, Pamela. Mine's a purple dress.

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  11. Yes, I feel I hold my breath, my eyes finish the poem. I like it very much.

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  12. Pamela, This is quite lovely. The second stanza hit home with me. Been there.
    ~Brenda

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  13. Wonderful how you took us all the way to the stars, then brought us back to that single bud and the little red dress. Your last stanza is poignant and so relatable. Thank you, Pamela. You continue to impress,

    Elizabeth

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  14. Pamela, I like the second stanza, how it is about life, the first word of your poem. And I like the repetition of aligned - it struck me right away: "to move perimeters / so they aligned in the mind" and then later with the stars. Geometry and astronomy - the world connecting with the cosmos - and how we're aligned - and then back to reality with the red dress. It's lovely. Thanks.

    Richard

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  15. Thanks to all for the very nice comments.

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  16. This is really first class writing, Pamela, and reminds us of the immensity of everything and, also, its small poignancies. I especially loved the lines about the stars helping us to wish for something immense. I agree they could stand alone as the most profoundly beautiful haiku. Just beautiful.

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