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In Celtic Shadows: Collaboration With Mike

The shadows lengthen as comes Celtic night, 
you are in my arms at the end of day, 
my eternal beauty, my guiding light.

We shall be together 'fore soft twilight
To you I run without pause or delay
The shadows lengthen as comes Celtic night.

Love in our souls as our minds take to flight, 
lost in your eyes, love we'll never betray, 
my eternal beauty, my guiding light.

With emotions soaring to such great height
I yearn to watch the sun's last drowning ray
The shadows lengthen as comes Celtic night

In the gloaming of our passion's delight, 
from our love's blooming we never shall stray, 
my eternal beauty, my guiding light.

Your romantic writings always ignite
this great love our hearts tenderly convey
The shadows lengthen as comes Celtic night
my eternal beauty, my guiding light.


Thank you for the invitation to continue our Celtic series, Mike. These two have a love that time and shadows can never conceal.

Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2017

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Gayle Rodd Date: 9/7/2017 3:01:00 PM This is a beauty! I'd venture to say it would make some of the greatest poets jealous! Login to Reply

Robert Lindley Date: 8/31/2017 12:42:00 PM This is truly and wonderfully crafted poetry by two exceptional poets that is my great honor to be friends with. Every verse fits perfectly. A fav and my congrats to both very talented artists that created this jewel. Login to Reply

Vladislav Raven Date: 8/24/2017 11:26:00 AM Hi Lin, just here to give you my congratulations on our poem Of the Day. It was a pleasant surprise to see it there, especially from my page. I suppose, all that matters is we got there. It is always an honour and a pleasure to write with you. Have a wonderful day. Hugs....Mike. XX. I shouldn't have been horsing around when putting the slippers on. Lesson learned, i hope. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/24/2017 11:32:00 AM Thank you, Mike. Enjoy the day.

Winged Warrior Date: 8/24/2017 9:15:00 AM Back to Congrats!!! Lin...^WW^ Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/24/2017 10:10:00 AM How thoughtful that you'd revisit me with your congratulations when it's Mike's post that is featured. I appreciate that very much, WW.

Jan Allison Date: 8/23/2017 4:19:00 AM oh wow Lin and Mike you have excelled with a beautiful romantic poem and the most challenging of forms with this stunning villanelle - Bravo!:-) into my faves:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2017 5:20:00 AM Thank you on all counts...and we're happy you like it.

Russell Sivey Date: 8/23/2017 4:10:00 AM Wow! This is a very beautiful romantic write you two! I really really enjoyed reading this tremendous poem this morning, you have amazed me by your incredible skill with the Villanelle, a difficult form to master, but you did an excellent job at it! What beauty in your words I did see, took hold and relinquished me! Great Work!! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/23/2017 5:20:00 AM Thank you, Russell.

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 8/22/2017 1:59:00 PM Lin and Mike, you both have succeeded in your collaboration of a beautiful Villanelle! These are difficult to master. Bravo! : ) Excellent! Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2017 2:30:00 PM It was written without hesitation or question. Mike is a prince when it comes to collaborations. Thanks a lot, Connie.

Frederic Parker Date: 8/22/2017 11:56:00 AM nice to have a writing buddy to weave such romantic yarns with...well done Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2017 12:20:00 PM It's very nice, Frederic, when two poets write together and the end result is something that others conceive as poetry. Thank you for your usual thoughtful comments. ;-)

Vladislav Raven Date: 8/22/2017 11:10:00 AM Hi Lin, I loved doing this one. As always it was an honour and a pleasure to work on this one with you. Our Journey goes on. As always, i look forward to our next write. The Villanelle does sing. The picture adds so much to our words. Keep singing the songs Lin. This goes in my faves. Hugs....Mike. XX Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2017 11:32:00 AM Shared pleasures on the journey, Mike. Our first in Villanelle form.

Tim Smith Date: 8/22/2017 10:35:00 AM In the gloaming of passions delight...that verse is so so romantic as is all of this wondrous poem. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2017 11:31:00 AM Thanks so much, Tim. When a write begins with romantic words, it's not difficult to stay on the path.

Winged Warrior Date: 8/22/2017 10:01:00 AM A beautiful Celtic tapestry of love...nicely done poets...god bless...^WW^ Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 8/22/2017 10:11:00 AM Thank you for your compliments, WW. I thought this picture said all that our words may have omitted. Winged Warrior Date: 8/22/2017 10:02:00 AM love the pic too...