Along Youth's Lane

On our ancestral road of graceful peace
 The mist of long-lost summers seems to crest,
 Adorning ferns with a beauty of their own
 While mellow nightfall glints without request.
 On curving ramps where garlands twirl at ease
 To softly swell like a bird’s heaving breast
 And unknowingly, time forgets to count
 The rituals of asphalt memories.
 Along hued leaves rustling in a parade
 That glimmer through the branches of elm trees,
 As if some painting an old artist made
 From visions of  kinship, the same road flows.
 And curling from the lane, a deep red rose

 Blooms like  my youth which never means to fade.



Kelly Deschler's Just Down The Road
by nette onclaud
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 5/24/2014 7:42:00 AM
Ah yes, Nette, youth might be wasted on the young but it is savored in this poem and by those who refuse to let age take youth from them. Nicely written, great win!!!
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Date: 5/23/2014 10:09:00 PM
A truly fine win my friend!!!! Congrats!!
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Date: 5/23/2014 9:15:00 PM
nice win...SKAT
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Date: 5/19/2014 4:14:00 PM
Beautiful..!! love the imagery. Finishes with two great lines. Congratulations on such a worthy poem. /x/ paul
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Date: 5/19/2014 3:37:00 PM
Such a beautiful ending...congrats on your win
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Date: 5/19/2014 2:25:00 PM
nette, when you're good, you're good----Congratulations on you win.
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Date: 5/19/2014 11:24:00 AM
MABUHAY nette! Wow..3rd to 4th lines I love the imagery and the philosophical meaning I derived in it..:) galing!
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Date: 5/19/2014 10:57:00 AM
It's a nice take on the theme of the contest. Congrats on the win, nette
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Date: 5/19/2014 6:57:00 AM
on my way to say... Congratulations on your high win ,nette!! :O)))
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Date: 5/18/2014 9:12:00 PM
This is a beautiful poem Nette. Congratulations on your first place win. Verlena
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Date: 5/18/2014 7:01:00 PM
I hope the youth never fades for you, Nette. This poem is so beautifully written! Congrats on your first place win! Well deserved!
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Date: 5/13/2014 10:32:00 AM
Nectar for the mind , Beautiful always.
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Date: 5/10/2014 1:02:00 PM
Perfect as always, nette. You never cease to fascinate. \m/
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Date: 5/10/2014 7:37:00 AM
Faving this one! Every word is perfection. I will be returning to re-read often.
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Date: 5/10/2014 12:01:00 AM
How beautiful Nette, summer, ferns, elm trees, birds, what lovely topics, you certainly know how to put all these in wonderful verse...........Vera................
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Date: 5/9/2014 8:45:00 PM
I love how your words paint your soul... the brush strokes flair with each line. and you heat glimmers through.. blessings Brooke
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Date: 5/9/2014 6:40:00 PM
sublime in its beauty you have wooed me with this tender write Nette ty for kind comment on moon ode hugs
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Date: 5/9/2014 3:47:00 PM
- Another sparkling gem .... beautiful words in a beautiful poem! - Hope the sun smiles on you. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 5/9/2014 3:24:00 PM
~~here's to never growing us~~ // your beauty lies in every words of your poem,nette... _**very well written**_Happy weekend!! ^_^
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