Over at dversepoets.com we are writing quaterns today; fun to do, but I plan to take a little time away from writing, a week or so, give my muse a rest and hopefully build up a reserve of work while working on another project or two around the house. Thanks in advance for all who visit here; I am learning so much from reading your poetry and look forward to many more meetings at d'Pub.
Distill yourself and be aware
Sense all around you as if blind
Hear the sounds of your dreams, I dare
Hear the sounds of your dreams, I dare
wake up to know deafness in kind
Silver linings everywhere
Distill yourself and be aware
Run hard from letdowns in this life
free yourself from such needless strife
Long shadows on the crusty snow
but purplish shade of your chateau
Distill yourself and be aware
the glint of sunlight need not glare
Yes, our minds want so much to know
Silver linings everywhere
Distill yourself and be aware
Run hard from letdowns in this life
free yourself from such needless strife
Long shadows on the crusty snow
but purplish shade of your chateau
Distill yourself and be aware
the glint of sunlight need not glare
Yes, our minds want so much to know
What cherubs whisper in the air
Abide the mysteries, let go
Distill yourself and be aware
Abide the mysteries, let go
Distill yourself and be aware
by klr
I am glad you posted. This is quite satisfying and an excellent example of a quatern. I actually think writing it in couplets is more demanding than in abab etc. This is quite "ethereal" - distill, let go. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your repeated line...very effective in your quatern. I also liked "Sense all around you as if blind," as I think sometimes we are so visual that we don't pay as much attention as we should to our other senses. A fine write. Enjoy your poetry break, and return refreshed!
ReplyDeleteA very lovely double meaning here with the distill and the idea of being still so a kind of concentrated effort towards awareness. Very elegantly done. k.
ReplyDeletethere is a really nice tranquility to this....the letting go a bit of the need and just being...distilled...cool use of that word...like a call to be in the moment and aware....i like that much...enjoy your break...
ReplyDelete"distill yourself and be aware"... wow, what a line. love the brilliance of your words... so calm they seem, yet carry such an important message. very good!
ReplyDeleteenjoy your time off!
I like the refraining lines, speaks deeply of reflecting in our lives.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful message and form ~
Enjoy your time off ~
breaks are good. they let us to breath fresh air and reset our minds!!!
ReplyDelete..excellent write... very compose and solemn to read... your refrain keeps on ringing into my ears like a psalm i will forever remember... enjoy your break and goodlucks ahead... smiles...
ReplyDeletelistening to the sound of our dreams and find rest amidst the things going on around us...love this message..esp. important in the busy pre-christmas time of the year..love the use of distilled in this..
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this poem, there's something powerful yet gentle about your lead line ~ most interesting
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I loved the message - "Distill yourself and be aware."
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post Dear Lady! You are quite the talented writer! Enjoyed my visit here! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully written, and I especially like that second line: "Sense all around you as if blind." Not blind, but AS IF blind, so that every sense is fully engaged.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas sweet and beautiful Kathy :) xxo
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