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Paper White Lilies

I'm in need of paper white lilies, unbending beneath steel-lined clouds that bow to fertile Earth, and life giving burial grounds. Endless gray misty mornings that stretch into the night; I appraise a sleepy world, I gaze on the gauze filled sight. I'm in need of paper white lilies, whose crowned heads come burgeoning forth from a quiet slumbering bed, like a resurrected corpse. This birth from decaying blanket, whose fragrance fills the air and pushes away woolen complacency that is evident there. I'm in need of paper white lilies, that burst up from underground released from cold, quiet stillness and unleashes hope from its bounds.

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Date: 6/14/2016 6:45:00 PM
K HAKK, nicely penned. Enjoyed reading your thoughts and words today. **SKAT**
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Date: 3/22/2012 12:49:00 PM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you K. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/22/2012 12:11:00 PM
Welcome to poetry soup. Such a lovely image in your poem - I love the lilies in my yard now.
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Date: 3/22/2012 11:42:00 AM
very lovely take care always p.d.
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Date: 3/22/2012 10:13:00 AM
How excellent. Welcome .
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