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Poets and Story tellers had the prompt of 'dance'. I snuck it in, briefly.
dVerse Poet's Pub has an open night. Serves them right, they should be more careful
The Pilgrim
"Not all those who wander are lost"
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
He travelled on a promise,
On a hope, maybe a prayer,
It seemed to be solid ground
And yet, he wandered—
Not lost, just wandering.
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His tracks trailing behind him,
Slowly stolen by the wind.
Time passed, punctuated by the cycles
of the moon and sun—
Tangible but ephemeral
Symbols of his wanderings.
Wanderings, for his goal was not clear,
The promise was there but shrouded too,
Dancing tantalising on the edges of his mind.
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Trees, rocks, water, savannah, snow
Deserts, swamps, forests,
Fields filled with spears of hollyhocks,
Temples of monkeys,
Lakes filled with lotus,
The wide steppes of the tundra—
He had crossed them all.
And still he wandered.
And that was enough.
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A most sophisticated pice of writing. Worthy of several readings. I like the first line, the trails stolen by the wind line, the cycles of moon and sun, the shrouded promise, the trees, rocks, water, savannah, snow etc lines, the monkey temples and the wide steppes. Lovely. Thank you for it.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully realised. I'm always impressed by how well , and seamlessly, you weave the given words.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem I especially loved the second stanza with some beautiful lines and the very last two lines
ReplyDeleteFor some reason it made me think of Johnny Cash - a truly engaging poem - Jae
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