This is my contribution to Neha’s (Forgotten Meadows) poetic collaboration “When Dreams Fade Away” Please take time to have a look at other contributions and perhaps join in. It is open until November 30, 2016.
Serenade me with your smile whist I drown
in unkempt autumn, wondrous and wild. Read to me
from tomes with dusted jackets and aching spines
while sepia images with feathered edges flicker
through my mind as you wrap me in your world.
Cry for me a river but only so I can bathe among
the lilies festooned on its brow; I will soothe the ripples
till you are at peace again, and when you warm
my shivering skin by awakening faded dreams,
will you wrap me in your world?
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Lovely, Anita. Keeping with our being a 2nd pair of eyes for one another, whilst or whist?
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You’re right, and I wouldn’t care I had edited it from ‘while’ then made the error lol Thank you, Michael.
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Very nice phrases here work well with the theme.
‘I drown
in unkempt autumn, wondrous and wild’. Yummy.
Cheers,
Frank
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Thank you, Frank Glad you liked it.
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Your words read like a lullaby Anita 🙂
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Thank you very much. Your works are very intoxicating, so it is praise indeed.
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Wow, this is breathtaking! I love “unkempt autumn”…and everything else, truly; the ending speaks of a mutually nurturing relationship.
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Thank you, Delyn so glad you enjoyed it
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Oh Wow Anita. What a beautiful poem. Definitely an ” I wish I had written that” moment here.
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Thank you, Elaine.
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I wish I could like this post twice. Breathtakingly beautiful work, Anita.
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Aw, much appreciated, Noora
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