"Don't whisper to me in twilight,
let not your breath just kiss my neck
in passing;
I want not your brooding presence
but Damascus rays to blind me,
to transfigure my mind
making eagle's vision mine:
radiant as Jerusalem's gleaming domes."
Blazing fire of your word
appears suddenly in my doorway,
consuming illusive shadows
by which you're otherwise known.
No way in or out but through,
gloriously drenched, baptised
in liquid streams of life.
Molten your luminous ink cascades
flooding my virgin page.
Not a sheet, not a leaf to separate or hide
as breath, words, ink and parchment
we unite.
Inspiration with illumination fused
becomes immortal holy light.
I have to agree with everyone else, I know it's a cop out but it's all been said, all I can do is just add more superlatives Kate...oustandingly superb.
Glorious! Masterful! Spectacular! Help me, here...I'm running out of praise--I concur with the board, one of your best (out of many). THank you, Poet and friend, for reaching out with this one--it is absolutely WONDERUFUL!!!!!!!!!
Molten your luminous ink cascades
flooding my virgin page.
Not a sheet, not a leaf to separate or hide
as breath, words, ink and parchment
we unite.
kate...poetry at its very best....I salute you for composing and sharing this rare gem with all of us here at the AD...kudos to you sister angel...love n luck....BHUWAN!!!!
LOL at Anita. But that aside, outstanding write. I agree with all and Jude especially. I see your work getting tighter everytime I drop by. You're such an insightful soul, Kate, with a most uncommon gift. ~~Nordette
With this poem you are immortalized, (or is that paperized;-)
Whichever, you most certainly deserve a panegyric!
All joshing aside Kate this is splendid!
Eileen
Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on June 15, 2005
Kate of Tarsus. Don't be in too much of a hurry, to become immortal.
I can see the light, speggetti, I mean pastor Kate..
Nice one Kosher Kate..
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
Selected poems from previous & forthcoming collections together with Q&R apps on each page to enable audio rendition simultaneously with the written text
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Glorious! Masterful! Spectacular! Help me, here...I'm running out of praise--I concur with the board, one of your best (out of many). THank you, Poet and friend, for reaching out with this one--it is absolutely WONDERUFUL!!!!!!!!!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :)
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :D
flooding my virgin page.
Not a sheet, not a leaf to separate or hide
as breath, words, ink and parchment
we unite.
kate...poetry at its very best....I salute you for composing and sharing this rare gem with all of us here at the AD...kudos to you sister angel...love n luck....BHUWAN!!!!
I am agreeing with the board...this is a keeper!
The imagery in this is stunning!
who inspired this!!
I want to jump his bones!
lolol
kidding!!!
this is magic!
lol
pax A
Jill
Whichever, you most certainly deserve a panegyric!
All joshing aside Kate this is splendid!
Eileen
I can see the light, speggetti, I mean pastor Kate..
Nice one Kosher Kate..
in living streams of life.
As is this marvelous poem, Kate.