The Gift
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Photo by Trella McMahon at Flickr
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When I gaze
at your parting gift
and its beauty disrobes
before my eyes,
I wonder why
you gave me
a keepsake to dust
when you
gave me
you
unadorned
multitudinous
times~
Besides,
I have lassoed
our laughter,
nurtured
our nostalgia
and carefully
kept our kisses
with other
vehement memories
in dust free
muted
places~
And,
on storm
saturated days
when wind-shift parts
my ravished hair
with enraptured
streaming
rhapsodies,
I harness
my stallion
and ride
verdure pastures
with thunderous
lightning
flashing
a climax
to Beethoven’s
Fourth
Movement
of his Sixth
Earth
Shattering
Symphony!!
Karin Anderson © 2012
All Rights Reserved
Raj Arumugam
very enchanting lines and sparked with strong emotion, Karin...memorable lines
very enchanting lines and sparked with strong emotion, Karin...memorable lines
Shashendra Amalshan
You starts slowly and then gradually builds up an exhilarating crescendo that leave the reader in absolute awe. the way you mesmerizes the reader with your exhuberant expressions is simply spell-bounding, another beautiful work!!
You starts slowly and then gradually builds up an exhilarating crescendo that leave the reader in absolute awe. the way you mesmerizes the reader with your exhuberant expressions is simply spell-bounding, another beautiful work!!
Susan Jarvis
Wow!! Exquisite, melliflous erotica in full poetic potency... encore! encore! :)
Wow!! Exquisite, melliflous erotica in full poetic potency... encore! encore! :)
narain, jay p.
Beautiful poem. Nothing beats it emotionally and poetically.
Beautiful poem. Nothing beats it emotionally and poetically.
Meggie Gultiano
another awesome write, Karin..this is a treasure!!
another awesome write, Karin..this is a treasure!!
Jenny Gordon
Beethoven's music is all too appropriate for the moods and sentiments beautifully conveyed herein. Delightfully evoking memories now replaying, the imagery is superb and this tribute too lovely in expressing reality. Awesome! Fantastic, a treat. Impressive. I quite enjoyed it.
Beethoven's music is all too appropriate for the moods and sentiments beautifully conveyed herein. Delightfully evoking memories now replaying, the imagery is superb and this tribute too lovely in expressing reality. Awesome! Fantastic, a treat. Impressive. I quite enjoyed it.
Andrew Blakemore
Another stunning piece Karin, oozing with fine imagery.
Another stunning piece Karin, oozing with fine imagery.
Kesav V Easwaran
Your eloquence beautifully decorates the romantic exuberance in this poem, Karin
Your eloquence beautifully decorates the romantic exuberance in this poem, Karin
Munia Khan
You are truly very gifted Karin.Long live your amazing poetry.I so much enjoyed the gift of words here in this wonderful piece of work.
You are truly very gifted Karin.Long live your amazing poetry.I so much enjoyed the gift of words here in this wonderful piece of work.
T A Ramesh
Tempo of riding on a stallion is vicariously felt in this verse!
Tempo of riding on a stallion is vicariously felt in this verse!
Dorothy A. Holmes apwlts2
Ah, love clinging to every line of divine substance...Another treasure from your poetic mind wrapped in veils of splendor....Please know, I speak in truth from my heart. Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing
Ah, love clinging to every line of divine substance...Another treasure from your poetic mind wrapped in veils of splendor....Please know, I speak in truth from my heart. Dorothy A Poet Who Loves To Sing
robyn selters
Wow! Stupendous, romantic, impactful... Karin, you are a genius with this style...
Wow! Stupendous, romantic, impactful... Karin, you are a genius with this style...
LightH2O
Karin, this is so original and romantic, greatly penned.
Karin, this is so original and romantic, greatly penned.
tom balch
A wonderful piece, Karin. Great imagery throughout.
A wonderful piece, Karin. Great imagery throughout.
nimal dunuhinga
A classical song!
A classical song!
carol
wow ride on karin awesome piece
wow ride on karin awesome piece
Fay Slimm
Oooh I feel that wind in your streaming hair on that stallion ride dear Karin - - wonderful piece.
Oooh I feel that wind in your streaming hair on that stallion ride dear Karin - - wonderful piece.
Philip
Hauntingly Good !!!
Hauntingly Good !!!
Lynda Robson
Wonderful write with great imagery, a symphony of words and music
Wonderful write with great imagery, a symphony of words and music
Sandra Martyres
What an extraordinary piece of writing Karin.. i am in awe of your imagery and the music woven into these wonderful memories poetically cascaded...
What an extraordinary piece of writing Karin.. i am in awe of your imagery and the music woven into these wonderful memories poetically cascaded...
stevenstirk
This is absolutely wonderful Karin. The visions end imagery you have created are unique and spectacular. A brilliant piece in so many ways.Music and theatre in writing (I have to confess that I misread 'laughter' for 'daughter' on the first read).
This is absolutely wonderful Karin. The visions end imagery you have created are unique and spectacular. A brilliant piece in so many ways.Music and theatre in writing (I have to confess that I misread 'laughter' for 'daughter' on the first read).
RAJ NANDY
By dusting you keep the old memories revived , the gift reminds of the bondage with time ! Thanks for sharing , -Raj
By dusting you keep the old memories revived , the gift reminds of the bondage with time ! Thanks for sharing , -Raj
This is an astounding poem, the best from you Karin. The impulse of the imagery is such with sparks. Recommended.