Nevermore

O impetuous Muse surround me
with ashes of moody youth
recall silken moments uncertain,
where marbled words wrote an elaborate history.

Nectar thoughts,
not moments, dappled drab
where ruined feathers in darkness dwelt
Ornate years of passion, spilling fire

When summer spoke,and spring day-dreamed
and Autumn kissed me with
gaudy leaves.

Swift and sweet, how memories rise
diamond- strung in a room of silver
Slick and sleek from a stormy world,
solid tree trunks on a bell- clear morning.
 
Blithe, dramatic, reckless dreams
flowing with precocious, peculiar streams
Luxurious with sadness,
time’s cruel wheel
rolls vast recollections that slowly yield
cold, closed canyons of
endless  truths,
touched with the starry
kiss of  youth.

Suzanne Delaney


for Harry

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 4/13/2013 4:39:00 PM
My Dearest Suzanne, Thank-YOU so very much For reading my 2 series POEMS. I tried to catch up with YOU but evertime I read one comment there where two more when I went back to read the next one. I am going to send YOU a Soup Mail of Gratitude and futher explaination. It might take me a half hour to and hour to write it.I LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER...Harry
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Date: 4/9/2013 9:36:00 PM
Suzanne, I love the poem it is romantic and dreamy... even the darken word marks your poem with an endless emotional ride of passion... . always~ Linda
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Date: 4/9/2013 6:33:00 AM
Suzanne this is a nice Poem...I love the contrast...human emotion is tied the season.
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Date: 4/8/2013 10:31:00 PM
Dear Suzanne, Oh Wow! Thank-YOU What an Honor This is going into my Archives folder.I will Soup Mail YOU my feelings, but YOU have too wait until Tomorrow. I am more speechless than when I am Speechless I know LENORE is too. T H A N K - Y O U I LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER...Harry
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Date: 4/8/2013 8:12:00 PM
You have given the seasons life, and emotions........how lovely is this!! This is beautiful, Suzanne!
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Date: 4/8/2013 10:03:00 AM
The memories flash at the reader all runaway, wild, but with a definite sensitive tone. This is what I get. Exciting stuff. Love, daver
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Date: 4/8/2013 8:14:00 AM
beautiful write Suzanne....best wishes
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Date: 4/8/2013 2:30:00 AM
Beautifully written, Suz. I like the way you weave the seasons into your poem, and how the characteristics of each season paint the mood of the poem. Greetings, David
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Date: 4/8/2013 12:46:00 AM
Suzanne as sweet and as free flowing as honey, very well done...David
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Suzanne Delaney
Date: 4/8/2013 12:56:00 AM
Thanks David I edited the last stanza after I posted . It was a couple of syllabes shy of where I wanted it to be. Thanks for being there SuZ
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