A Portrait In May

Upon this bank where the May flower grows,
   with bright orange-red poppies and marigold,
   of old memories nestled in crimson hills;

The rills sigh 'neath hushed wood,
   of many broken silences,
   of many sweet-shadowed things;
   sunlight stretching 'til yawning glade

The May queen weaves her hawthorn,
   pink flowered haws, and spins her song;
   Cupid stringing his arrows along 
   the deep delved path where the lovers stroll,
   starry nights ------
   to have in this little dimple of the world:
   (Love was always in the growing)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 5/23/2015 2:20:00 PM
...... and what a wonderful portrait you have painted!!!!!
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Keith O.J. Hunt
Date: 5/23/2015 2:22:00 PM
Thanks arthur, always know if you like it --- I must be doing something right! Keith:-)
Date: 5/22/2015 12:11:00 AM
a Belated Happy Birthday to you!!
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Keith O.J. Hunt
Date: 5/22/2015 4:10:00 PM
;-) many hugs
Date: 5/21/2015 2:00:00 PM
Glad you liked my last poem. You capture the season well in your work. I recently published 10 poems in the American Tolkein Society Journal - Have you read Tolkien? Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish
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Keith O.J. Hunt
Date: 5/22/2015 3:57:00 PM
Hi Matthew, I'm a HUGE Tolkien fan, friends of mine compare my nature poetry and his quite a bit ---- which is a tremondous honor of course. Was it your own 10 poems you published --- or others? Keith:-)
Date: 5/21/2015 12:37:00 AM
Another gem my friend. The may queen surely inspired both you and your muse.. A7 and a joy to read such fine poetry!
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Keith O.J. Hunt
Date: 5/21/2015 11:11:00 AM
Thanks Robert for your inspiring messages; the blooms are so easy to write about! Keith:-)
Date: 5/20/2015 7:34:00 PM
wow, this is so pretty. Did it not make the winners' list? It seems to be meant for the May Day contest. I really like it. My favorite people are born in May, Keith!! Is your birthday over now? I am a Virgo, but my Moon sign is Taurus and I adore the month of May and the personality of may babies.
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Keith O.J. Hunt
Date: 5/21/2015 11:09:00 AM
Thanks Andrea, if the contest is still running I'll enter it! Yes I'm a May baby ---- passed, May9th (29 ---again!)(lol) Keith:-)
Date: 5/20/2015 1:45:00 PM
- Keith, what beautiful poem! - I love spring, and May is the month everything begins to bloom (in Norway) - I enjoy reading your poems today (7) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 5/20/2015 3:34:00 PM
Thanks Anne --- I love spring too --- I'm a May baby! It must be lovely in Norway; it has bloomed here in record time as well --- it's easy to be inspired this time of the year... Keith:-)
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