Saturday, October 11, 2008

gold .(osi)

sunflowers and callendulas
let this gold sprout,spring and blossom
drink and dance on the flaming hues
what hummingbirds what butterflies

memories like a retriever
fetch the spinning frisbees of time
they wag a golden tail and bark
to fill silences with fondness

a sundowner's glowing amber
sipping the dusk till it is dawn
a river of gold becomes the bridge
across the night and sees it gone..

/original/z.g.

21 comments:

  1. This is just beautful as always. And you and I were thinking along similiar lines-the beauty of nature.

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  2. I love the idea of memory as a retriever.

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  3. Absolutely stunning! And loved the image of "frisbees of time"!

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  4. Beautiful words tying memory to the world.

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  5. An excellent evocation. I especially adore the final stanza.

    love from mandy

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  6. The idea of sipping the sunset till dawn is very beautiful. Thanks for your beautiful work.

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  7. To me, this is one of your best yet, Zoya! I simply love the second and third stanzas! Exquisite!

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  8. this reads like a beautiful lullabye...i love the thought of 'sipping the dusk'...i can see the gold twilight & lengthening shadows

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  9. This is a beauty! I love "a river of gold becomes the bridge". Thank you!

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  10. A golden moment captured with your wonderful words, I love the way the main metaphor travels through each stanza.

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  11. Hi z.g.--
    As having worked for a long time with dying patients, the reference to 'sundowners' made me look at the poem anew and perk up my ears.

    I may be all wrong, but...

    Thank you for this loving tribute to someone (I think you must love that person a lot) whose memories are now amber and slipping away.

    Than you--

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  12. Beautiful, especially loved the idea of retriving memories.

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  13. 'a river of gold across the night' - vivid and lovely! Nice work!

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  14. Beautifully written. Evocative and very descriptive use of this great prompt. Bravo!!!


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  15. I am in love with the last stanza! It's super.

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  16. There is just so much here to appreciate. Your imagery is spectacular.

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  17. I really love the last stanza of this poem. . . what wonderful images. Morphing the river into a bridge is such a clever twist.

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  18. golden memories are always powerful

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  19. So much beauty in your writing, what a gift.

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..namastey!~