Luminescence (Repost)

...dedicated to Hart Crane (1899-1932)


From dark to light transfusing in a flash,
your silver-sequined mystery
that breathes new electricity,
it shines where none has shone before,
this trembling luminescence,
through waves refracted with your sheen
yet shows no movement readily,
no broken sea reveals your rippled hand.

Layer on layer endlessly,
the waves preclude all semblance of your face,
and roll, so indeterminate their swell,
that light cannot quite penetrate the gloom;
and sun and stars no energy can gather
to clarify your loveliness for me.
Yet in the dusk your light still lingers, 
bright and undeniable, the mystery
still haunts my dreams and will for evermore.

Until I walk with you in light once more.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Ryusaka Avatar
June 1, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Absolute genius... your descriptions are breathtaking, Keith! I love this "no broken sea reveals your rippled hand." Amazing job!
Guzzi Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 2:11 PM
The second verse stands all on it's own as a marvel! Light & Love
Joe Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 8:22 AM
This is great Keith. A very romantic poem without the mushy bits. To me it reads very much like a sonnet and I wonder if you were to put the final, stand-alone line in between the stanzas. It would probably give a different slant to the poem but it would flow just as well.
Golden Avatar
May 30, 2009 at 2:23 PM
This is just incredibly lovely, Keith. So many things about "Luminescence" draw me in. The mystery, the longing you evoke with your words, and the overall beauty of the scene rendered here captivate my imagination. You've reminded me once again why you are in my favorites. Fondly, Donna
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