Best This Night Poems

I’m driftwood, and I’m floating out to sea
as sun descends upon my home - the grove
of trees whose fragrance still remains with me.
And likewise, heaven’s work of art, a mauve
surrounding me, now permeates my soul.
Warm water, in the twilight growing cold,
is rocking me. Beneath dark...

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 My cherished one ,

Think not of this night with an absent moon

But think of those nights that we  used to know

Think of those nights 'neath the sky's window light

where we lay side by side .

Think of sea-scents  that wafted before

Think of ...

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Into this night for my love I went,
  for all its splendor and lush wines,
  and majestic tapestries that unfold;
  velvet sheens, sheets soft with each other...
  the world is lost to her heart held near,
  and the breath of...

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This Night Under Pale And Pallid New Moon

In sad moonlight I mourn for thy soft hand
for your loss, is more than I can withstand
you were my all, orchard's sweet fruited bough
alone in hollow realm, this heart weeps now.

This night under pale and pallid new moon
waiting...

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This night so soft, like warm cashmere,
I touch your face; you are so near!
You kiss me sweetly; in my ear
you whisper words that are sincere.
I pray the moon won't disappear.
Please - Make this last forever, Dear!

By Andrea Dietrich
April 10, 2012

For Russell Sivey's 
1-6 Lines of...

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The Magic of this Night


My precious love, my sweetest joy, please come to me this night
Make my beating heart your own to set my world a flight
Accept this dream which does come true of times long in the past
Memories of summer piers and wishes that...

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Beneath that frame you wear so well,
                                      ...

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Sleepless this night,
only dream of sleep

ticking of the clock
driving me mad

moonlight touching
your sleeping face--
gift of this long night....

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Lanterns on a black canvas.
Fireflies dance, prance like ponies on a carousel.

Ricocheting cricket-squeaks,
Bounce among the frog-croaked airwaves;
Bouncing from one wet tip to another.

Spectral trees in the distance
Dance their ancestral dance to this music;
The heartbeat of the waves, keeping time;
natures’ metronome.

One hones the spirit to perfection...

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This night is a dancer
In a dark, velvet dress
This night is a singer
With a deep, rich voice
We are sitting, we are silent
And suddenly, we remember 
Something and start talking
The window is opened
We are watching a small cloud
Floating beside the Moon
We are watching the stars
And their...

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Powerful and cold is the ocean
This night I sail, take me gently
For I like the sea now so old
And weary from the storm in me
Unlike you, so restless and free

Take my soul gently out to sea 
Onto your crest into sparkles of light
On your waves’...

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Travel…
down hill I go
like wingless bird through sky
with nostrils drawing air afresh
this night.



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The silence seems almost against the norm,
for nature is unnaturally still.
The proverbial “calm before the storm”
permeates the air, but some lightening will
appear, and leaves will quiver on the trees.
Stay not outside! The wind is getting strong.
This is not your usual summer breeze.
Get ready, for the...

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Snow swirling in winter air
birds take to crabapple tree in limbs
shaking the fruit everywhere

Red now spread upon blanket of white
still none view the snowcat in sight
carefully she creeps through that blanket of white

Yet her purr becomes disturbing this night
Just in time -- the birds take...

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The woe's and the why's,
Lay heavy on my eye's,
Making me feel alone,
As I lay awake this night.

Had done and would be's,
Cause me to squirm,
To toss and to turn, 
As I lay awake this night.

Dreams and fantasies,
Plague me relentlessly,
I wish they'd let me be,
As I lay...

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