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Glenn Miller Songs

A yellow moon, through window glass
like time itself, curls in to see
Covetously, it fondles rows
of tiny orbs, which, one by one
are miracles, that gleam of love

I hold the pearls within my palm
and think of old Glenn Miller songs
My mother danced so long ago
and wore them like another skin
 
A grain of sand, then pearl becomes
A part of her, ....   and now a part of me

So fragile, weak the thread is bare
as if the sun might gaze too long
a tarried glaze, the string would fray
and pearls would fall and roll away

Perhaps such things meant to be
Each miracle, has just a while
Glenn Miller songs have come and gone
I'll put away the pearls for now
so moon can own the night again



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Inspired by Craig Cornish's contest: A Pearl 3/9/13
To hear Glenn Miller's rendition of "String of Pearls" click on the following youtube site:... 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4gUhFVNfE

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  1. Date: 3/27/2013 4:49:00 PM

    Hi Carrie, this is a good poem. I like the way you pulled it off. SKAT

  1. Date: 3/23/2013 7:58:00 PM

    I knew this one would be a top placement. Congrats, Carrie. (did you see the tribute someone did for you recently? I think you did but I forgot now who wrote it).

  1. Date: 3/23/2013 4:14:00 AM

    Many congrats Carrie xx

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 7:47:00 PM

    Great remembrances. Congratulations, Carrie

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 6:30:00 PM

    Congratulations on your fine win. A great poem Carrie. Warm Smiles, Connie

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 5:14:00 PM

    Congratulations on your win, Carrie, love song and night out dancing in your pearls.

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 4:29:00 PM

    Carrie, your poem is wonderful.. many congrats :-).... always & forever* PD

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 3:52:00 PM

    Wonderful win Carrie.....congrats...

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 2:32:00 PM

    Carrie, I too am a Big Band fan. String of Pearls is one of my favorites along with many others of Glenn's. You are a master. Congratulations on the 1st place finish.

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 2:03:00 PM

    A string of pearls that never lose their lustre, only you can bring this about, Congratulations Carrie, for this awesome write, your a women who knows the value of her true heritage, peace & love xx

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 1:49:00 PM

    And you didn't know I was a big band fan--was wondering if anyone would pick up on Miller's String of Pearls--But you also trumped it with Moonlight Serenade and love your last 2 lines as a perfect finale!

  1. Date: 3/22/2013 1:41:00 PM

    a wonderful memory thanks so much for sharing it with us. Congrad's on your win. Light & Love

  1. Date: 3/13/2013 10:55:00 PM

    Awesome as ever, CArrie. another one from you at top form!!

  1. Date: 3/11/2013 2:34:00 PM

    just love this, Carrie - congrats on your wins too, my friend

  1. Date: 3/11/2013 12:52:00 AM

    No comments on this poem yet? Well, then I obviously get to leave the 1st comment :D Carrie, this is a lovely poem: a thoughtful dedication that is both uplifting yet fragile, with a delicate, peripheral tinge on the edges -- great effect; including the subtle rhymes sprinkled throughout(hmmm, and not having commas at the end of line-breaks, but used in the middle of lines, is neat!). The grain/pearl analogy in the center, is a perfect medium to bridge-together the main halves of the poem....superb! It appears that you paid some extra thought to nuance and subtleties within formatting, which is always nice to see(do I 'sound' weird in this comment? Ha! Maybe).