Mandy Tams The Golden Girl Poet Verse

The Sweet Meadow Fates

Oh crushed the buttercups beneath our feet 
Hand in hand to walk the sweet green meadow. 
To hear the lark and nightingale so sweet 
Side by side, sit on the stile in shadow 


(A new sunrise, a new time, a new day) 
(Sunsets past, just a memory, time gone) 
To sing with the tinkle of the small stream
Here with you it is more than life’s true dream  
To laugh as the bees fall, sweet nectar filled 
A touch of hand, a thigh, leaves me thrilled
 

(Yesterday we cannot live for, or pray) 
(Tomorrows, there are many more, not none)

 
(One body, one mind, one love, never late) 
(To never love, how wrong, was that our fate)
An angel does touch your most loving face 
But no, not then and yet by who’s good grace 
 
(Yesterday we cannot live for, or pray) 
(Tomorrows, there are many more, not none)


(The fates cruel, or be they kind instead) 
(To die unknown alone in a large double bed)
To take you for their own I do believe
Twas not the time to go or time to grieve.
(Benevolent the fates have been to us) 
(To writhe in pain and swear and cry and cuss)

 
(Yesterday we cannot live for, or pray) 
(Tomorrows, there are many more, not none) 



(Though many years too late, never shed tears)
(Now we are one and will be down the years) 
In love a gentle kiss upon the lips. 
E’er more the fight to grasp at life he grips
(The fates were late, but kind when said and done)
(They gave us each other and we are one)

(Yesterday we cannot live for, or pray) 
(Tomorrows, there are many more, not none) 
Oh crushed the buttercups beneath our feet 
Hand in hand to walk the green meadow sweet. 

Mandy Tams

INTERMINGLED CONTEST ENTRY

Meadow Sweet 1/16/2014
The Fates 02/03/2014

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Andrea Dietrich August 2, 2015 at 10:51 AM oh I remember this contest, and am so pleased to see that you had made the winners' list. Congrats to you. You intermingled the two poems awesomely! Mandy Tams The Golden Girl August 3, 2015 at 11:20 AM Aw thanks Andi must admit I was quite proud of this one xx

Ndaba Sibanda June 28, 2015 at 2:31 PM Mandy, great work of art. Mandy Tams The Golden Girl August 3, 2015 at 11:21 AM its been a long time I know but thanks Ndaba xx

Richard Lamoureux June 4, 2015 at 9:41 AM Beautiful! Mandy Tams The Golden Girl August 3, 2015 at 11:21 AM Thanks Richard as I say above it's been a long time but thanks xx

Poet Destroyer A April 18, 2015 at 6:44 PM Mandy, Congratulations on your fine win. LINDA Mandy Tams The Golden Girl August 3, 2015 at 11:23 AM Thanks Linda, i know I am very late xx

Harry Horsman April 17, 2015 at 3:19 AM congrats Mandy, not an easy contest,

Jan Allison April 16, 2015 at 5:00 PM Dropping back with my congrats Mandy:-) Hugs Jan xx Mandy Tams The Golden Girl August 3, 2015 at 11:23 AM Hi Jan so many thanks and apologies for my tardiness xx

Harry Horsman February 23, 2015 at 3:11 PM Love this Mandy, truly poetic, written in a language true to it's sentiment,,and a poem which just gets better and better when read and re-read over and over.

Jan Allison February 22, 2015 at 1:51 PM this intermingles so so well Mandy - good luck in the contest:-)Hugs jan xx