Aurora Spills


"Aurora Spills"


Aurora spills like a waterfall
light from the eyes 
saltwater tears
crocodilian
scaled in the weight of worth
a drop in the ocean of fate
breaks the seaweed fields of stories 
they wave her in 
rippling time away
fingertips dance mesmerising
the stinging strangers
wrapped around her legs
treading water in deep 
infested notions 
the coolness of 
irreverent nonchalance
romantic or not
pulls her under covers 
like warm blankets
heavy comfort 
calls the broken
floating towards 
the shabby matrix
new gates of life open
mirrors crack like eggs
the vision reflects 
both light and dark
demon and saint 
their remnants 
embers, still 
in the coldness 
of prickly gloaming 
like glow worm glen 
fireflies red and glowing
sparks ignite 
a rapturous bushfire 
from cinders
billy tea leaves overturned 
empty cups read 
the yolk of a heart 
never lies 
fried casually 
by the over easy
in shallow pans 
of poetry 
under microscopes
of blithe mordant critique 
minute shards of gold 
are slowly sifted 
from the flotsam dross
some wisdom found
in the muddy fertile mind 
shooting up 
from 6ft underground
like small green plants 
growing under rocks 
with centipedes and 
the petulant poison of spiders
in pink reflection
insurgence blooms 
war never waits
silently the Pandoras smile
understanding all and nothing
of a small life distended,
swelling love 
for that which was stolen
where bursting broken blue weeds
undo frozen jewels 
diamonds sharp for the cutting 
shiny words spells of insanity
delicious moments
melting time swallowed
spoken without voice 
listening to ghosts
scratching through walls 
where life floods
from glass boxes 
coffins of buried treasure
banished 
kaleidoscope colours
overgrowing

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)



“The Lady in the Lake”/ Elysian Fields
https://youtu.be/IjX8xfZ7sg0


“Out of whose womb came the ice
And the hoary frost of heaven
Who hath gendered it
The waters are hid as with a stone
And the face of the deep is frozen”







LYRICS/ “The Lady in the Lake”, Elysian Fields
https://genius.com/Elysian-fields-lady-in-the-lake-lyrics

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 8/20/2022 11:39:00 AM
I am in complete awe with your write, dear friend! So intense and mystical.. Flows like a lovely running stream of water! Your talent continues to shine.. This is going right into my faves! Many blessings to you..
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/20/2022 2:31:00 PM
Thank you Robertina. Xx
Date: 7/13/2022 7:59:00 PM
Beautiful write engaging and enlightening. It is like a river flowing from mindsprings to your pen. Congrats on your potd!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 8:38:00 PM
Thank you Karen.
Date: 7/13/2022 6:13:00 PM
Congratulations, the flowing of the words takes me to this amazing area in the Southern Highlands, All that needs to be said has already been said in comments from other poets. Once again, congratulations on your poem becoming poem of the day. John
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 8:38:00 PM
I LOVE the Southern Highlands John, I have fond memories of a bushwalk in the dark of night somewhere close to Bundanoon, earlier that day, before the nightwalk, I had my tea leaves read by a woman who I kid you not looked like a real witch (scraggled tooth and all, spooky); I also love the Blue Mountains, along with a multitude of other locations, including our pristine coastal realms...we have such amazing beauty all around us over here, to draw inspiration and magic from...don't we? Thank you. :)
Date: 7/13/2022 5:07:00 PM
Congratulations on your poem being selected P.O.T.D. Enjoy your day!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 5:08:00 PM
Thanks L Milton Hankins. Back at you. 100fold. :)
Date: 7/13/2022 3:28:00 PM
"the coolness of irreverent nonchalance" is a posture I find I must assume sometimes, though I'll recoil from any "blithe mordant critique" at all costs. A lot to ponder! Congratulations on POTD. Robert
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 8:51:00 PM
Die Seite meiner Mutter ist deutsch und dänisch. Unsere Geschichte geht zurück bis zum Dänisch-Preußischen Krieg, Schleswig-Holstein.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 8:49:00 PM
Thankfully one maintains a sense of humour. It can be a lifesaver, sometimes. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/tease_for_two_1193141
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I Am Anaya
Date: 7/13/2022 6:17:00 PM
Fräulein, she is Fräulein! not that anything is wrong with being a feline...
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Robert Gorelick
Date: 7/13/2022 6:11:00 PM
Danke shcoen, feline Labyrinth!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:31:00 PM
lol. Thank you Herr Gorelick.
Date: 7/13/2022 3:09:00 PM
Even stones shimmer through with illuminating streams, if they are precious stones--Gems, like your "Aurora Spills" Lady Labyrinth. Congratulations on your POTD! ;)
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 5:21:00 PM
beautiful, love it. xx
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Date: 7/13/2022 3:51:00 PM
Stones seem dull in suns shine, when wettened colors pink, turquoise. A nuance of spectrum like your poem when dampened, the tints appear! Layered thoughts. Your welcome!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:23:00 PM
You just need one stone and a slingshot, and some belief. True threads can be sewn as streams. Thank you Anaya.
Date: 7/13/2022 1:15:00 PM
Congratulations on your POTD! A very mystical write. :)Paulette
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:23:00 PM
Thank you Paulette.
Date: 7/13/2022 11:19:00 AM
Congratulations on your mystical poem being honored with POTD. Blessings xxoo
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:24:00 PM
Thank you Connie.
Date: 7/13/2022 9:36:00 AM
Lovely. Congratulations on the honor! Linda
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:24:00 PM
Thank you Linda.
Date: 7/13/2022 8:49:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD win. A wonderful/magical write. Love This One. Have a great/blessed day.................
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:24:00 PM
I can feel a cat poem coming on, must be the Pink in me. Thank you Paula. xx
Date: 7/13/2022 7:47:00 AM
Flows flawlessly like waterfalls. Many images, imagery, metaphors, similes and such figures of speech could be culled out. "crocodilian", "glow worm glen" ... Beautiful. Congratulations!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:28:00 PM
I have walked to Glow Worm Glen in the past, in the dead of a cold Winter's night. I retrace the steps sometimes to understand things that remained covered under darkness, even when the stars were shining. The messages myriads of glow worms were imprinting on the cavern's walls were illuminating, but totally misread. Life is a mystery and fate brings out the Crocodilian. Thank you Christuraj.
Date: 7/13/2022 7:30:00 AM
Deep (no pun intended) and mysterious poem. Worth of mulitple reads to comprehend. Congratulations on it being chosen as the POTD. Enjoy your special day, Leanne. Bill
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:30:00 PM
You are funny Bill Baker. Thank you.
Date: 7/13/2022 5:55:00 AM
Quite a mystical verse Leanne, congratulations on POTD, enjoy the honour. Tom
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 3:31:00 PM
Kim inspired me to write up the imagery, with conceit/s. Thank you Tom.
Date: 7/13/2022 1:03:00 AM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/mindgames_figs_and_a_dictionary_968133
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Date: 7/12/2022 9:31:00 PM
Hypnotic! A fave
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 7/13/2022 1:03:00 AM
Xx
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