Leo Larry Amadore Poet Free verse

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Louisiana Bayou

"There are those to whom place is unimportant,
But this place, where sea and fresh water meet,
Is important ---"
From "The Rose", by Theodore Roethke

Chilly late October;
thin morning fog banks
the roadside, cloaks
a trickling bayou...
in the thickets of dense trees,
the wispy tufts 
top man-high
goldenrod, Queen Anne's lace,
dried-out thistle stalks...
A school bus, solitary,
yellow, passes on
skinny black asphalt
where wet spots reflect
the newly risen sun.
Rustles of high,
green cane fields and 
intermittent bird songs
interrupt pervasive quiet...
Timelessness, and solace --
calming, soothing --
a Louisiana bayou:
Bayou Sale.

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Corey Peltier May 27, 2013 at 2:33 PM Liked this one you check my poem I wrote its on national poets society registry

Nicole Sharon Brown January 27, 2013 at 1:37 PM Lovin' the imagery! Amazing write coming from a writer from Louisiana!

Don Johnson October 29, 2012 at 4:47 AM you paint a picture with the words, another world, where fly the birds, and natures tune is strummed, into Aussie's heads is drummed, Crocs and Sharks will eat you chum, but the new chums, aint perturbed? they get eaten like a nerd, where the Sand-Goannas run:) sometimes ... Don Johnson re: Louisiana Bayou...Leo Larry Amadore

Harry Horsman October 26, 2012 at 9:57 AM love the journey through this poem....

Vince Suzadail Jr. October 17, 2012 at 5:04 PM Each area has its own special feeling. Never been to Louisiana but it's on my list of places to see.

Robert Ludden October 12, 2012 at 9:52 AM Through your eyes....we cannot miss it.

Debbie Duncan September 29, 2012 at 4:27 PM Oh I love this,,,,, I wrote one called Bayou Morning,,,, I'll have to post it one of theses day,,, you have a blessed day ;}

Sara Kendrick September 6, 2012 at 9:13 AM The excellent poetic quality of this work is very entertaining..It brought me there through a word picture..Thanks for the kind review of my work..Sara

Debra Squyres August 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM You've described it so well ...our rural bayous...you took me to scenes I'd forgotten. It is indeed timeless !!