Saturday, February 23, 2013

I carry secrets...





I carry secrets:
whispered messages 
from distant flaxen shores
ebbing in faint aqua tides
turned and retold
in watery grooves of sand
Energy connecting waves 
sing verses of the sea,
nourishing my poor soul, 
returning you to me
and me to you
 In ocean's lulling foam
beneath beaming rays of sun
 laurels float about my head..
brackish marine life
clings to my nakedness 
my feet become the stern
Life moving in 
and out of me
turning me inside out
willing I am to be
a prodigious vessel
patroness
empirical link to 
the cosmos' 
natural harmony


by klr

 Today Kelvin at dversepoets.com has introduced several of his drawings to inspire us to write descriptively..not hard to do on a day where the the sun is out and one is in the writing mood ,,,




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24 comments:

  1. MaryFebruary 23, 2013 at 3:27 PM

    Ah, yes, I am sure the shell carries many secrets. It has had quite a journey before it comes to rest. And it is not likely to share.

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  2. Laurie KolpFebruary 23, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    Lovely... especially:

    Life moving in
    ..and out of me
    turning me inside out..
    willing I am to be..
    a prodigious vessel..
    patroness ...
    empirical link to the cosmos'
    natural harmony

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  3. JayGFebruary 23, 2013 at 3:53 PM

    Ah, the secrets held in the spiralling channels the deeper one goes. I like the movement and harmony in words associated with nature. Beautiful.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2013 at 3:54 PM

    What a lovely poem, yeah what secrets would they carry and for how long, I love listening to their secrets. I just feel like getting lost in this one...ah feeling!

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  5. ScarletFebruary 23, 2013 at 3:54 PM

    I like the secrets & soul's nourishment ~ Specially love the ending lines:

    a prodigious vessel..
    patroness ...
    empirical link to the cosmos'
    natural harmony

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  6. DelainaFebruary 23, 2013 at 3:56 PM

    Very moving I love these lines the most: "Life moving in
    ..and out of me
    turning me inside out..
    willing I am to be.. "

    Cheers!

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  7. Brian MillerFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:04 PM

    life moving in and out of me...i like...you capture a bit of the movement of the ocean in your words...i love going to the beach..to feel that rhythm of life...there is something magic to it....

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  8. Sabio LantzFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    fascinating love poem to what is more than a shell! [I'm around, just busy on another blog]
    PS - what are the ".." on the ends of various lines -- I don't see a pattern, and for me, they were distracting for an otherwise fantastic [tidal] flow.

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    1. Kathy ReedFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:45 PM

      Ha...that's a bad habit I suppose..I use it all the time as a pause instead of other punctuation...suggestions?

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    2. Kathy ReedFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:46 PM

      Thank you, too.

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  9. UnknownFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:37 PM

    Beautifully written

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  10. henry clemmonsFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    I woould never have seen it, if you hadn't writtten this, but a shell is a perfect metaphor for something kept secrete. bravo. Nicely done.

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  11. ninotazizFebruary 23, 2013 at 4:49 PM

    I could not see the artwork, but loved the flow of words nevertheless. Always calming to be here, Katy.

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  12. kelvin s.m.February 23, 2013 at 6:12 PM

    ...returning me to you...and you to me... --- ah, that shows how oneself is interconnected to the element... sea shells are always a mystic thing or creature...the silent listener to every conversations... the unnoticed guest to every moment... the faithful keeper of hidden memories... listen to it and you'll hear thousand voices speaking languages of nature.. you will def not understand but feel connected to each voices like you're listening to your own voice in a rather different city inside the shell... smiles... thank you katy for a lovely offering...

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  13. Susan DanielsFebruary 23, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    Beautiful, katy.

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  14. Amrit SinhaFebruary 23, 2013 at 11:25 PM

    Secrets have a story of their own !!!

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2013 at 11:42 PM

    Gorgeous ~ all shells carry secrets and whisper them to you if you will only hear :)

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  16. ClaudiaFebruary 24, 2013 at 12:00 AM

    willing I am to be
    a prodigious vessel....very cool...life moving in and out of me...a passage..open to receive and give...that's what it speaks to me about...very cool katy

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  17. brudbergFebruary 24, 2013 at 1:02 AM

    Wonderful, what's inside can only be heard as faint echoes, like that inside a shell.

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  18. lucychiliFebruary 24, 2013 at 2:57 AM

    this is very beautiful, and the flow of life in and out is wonderful

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  19. ManicddailyFebruary 24, 2013 at 6:04 AM

    The shaped lines work very well too here. k.

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  20. UnknownFebruary 24, 2013 at 11:45 AM

    really like how you stuck with the image of water and worked it into each part of the poem. Very nicely done. Thanks

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  21. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 1:40 AM

    I really enjoyed the flow and rhythm of the lines k. They seem to flow gently in and out, just like the ocean tides that the shell has known throughout its existence.

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 8:30 PM

    This is beautiful! Your opening lines roped me in.

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