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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

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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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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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