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But I Smell You, Somewhere Out There

There is a rustling of leaves- Somewhere out there But I cannot hear it Brown and yellow leaves, soft and sodden with dew and Decay and they smell Rich, a blend of honeyed Life and fragrant Death And these leaves they do rustle- Somewhere but I am def to it And the breeze comes to me Bearing the promise of the sound, I take in this Rich scent, and through my expanding lungs It settles under my skin, this Rich scent of honey and fragrance It swirls over my heart, with millions of little scented claws It grabs onto every inch of flesh in my body and little claws drive me in search of the source For the rustling leaves- Somewhere I roam this plain lost and I am def to Life blind to Death But I can still smell, the rustling of the leaves Somewhere I know you are out there A mound of sodden leaves, brown and rich waiting for me to throw my arms into you And bury my face in your warmth your Richness Breathe in this scent of Life, till it flows in my veins I know you are out there waiting for me to stumble on to you Trip over you Fall into you Soft, and wet and rotten And be buried by the scent of Death There is a Rustling of leaves And I wander def, blind But I smell you Somewhere out there

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 12/27/2010 6:49:00 PM
A belated congratulations on your worthy win Samir. Awesome write well worthy of it's honored place. Agape, Moses
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Date: 10/14/2010 4:40:00 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
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Date: 9/24/2010 12:27:00 AM
Samir, congrats on your fine placement in the contest..very nice read as well...Much enjoyed Peace, Kurt
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Date: 9/22/2010 1:51:00 PM
a deep and scary write! Congrad's! Light & Love
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Date: 9/22/2010 1:09:00 PM
Awesome..I think this is going to my favs..congrats on your win. BG
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Date: 9/21/2010 4:19:00 AM
Congratulations on this super win in the contest, Samir
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Date: 9/21/2010 4:09:00 AM
Congratulations Samir on your win in John Heck's contest "Encore". Love, Carol
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Date: 9/21/2010 2:21:00 AM
An amazing piece. Loved the flow of this poem. Many congrats on this win.
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Date: 9/20/2010 7:23:00 PM
Congrats Samir on your winning poem in the Encore contest.. an awesome piece of poetry .. enjoy your win tonight with luv..
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Date: 9/20/2010 5:36:00 PM
Congratulations, Samir, what a melancholy poem of love, and death, and the seasons of emotion! Well done!
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Date: 9/20/2010 4:31:00 PM
So many emotions wrapped up in these fall leaves. A really lovely poem written with the sensiblities of a passionate poet. I loved it and I am very happy to see it in the winners circle. Congratulations Samir!
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Date: 7/7/2010 4:35:00 AM
I can still feel the shivers running down my spine as I read this poem, brilliantly done, "and I am deaf to Life blind to Death" that is absolutely excellent, I like the way you described the leaves as rich, that is exactly what they are, you couldn't have said it better.
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Date: 6/9/2010 3:30:00 AM
Hi Samir :) This is such an engaging poem, and haunting in its own way--really like how it is also rich in imagery---just a typo for "deaf"--hope this helps :)--nikko :)
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Date: 5/26/2010 10:47:00 PM
You will find her one day, Samir, perhaps the next time you listen to the rustling leaves they will lead you to her door. Very well written -- has a classical feel about it that I admire. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 5/26/2010 10:41:00 PM
nice write, a pleasure to read tonight
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