Campfire Light (poem) by Dale Clark on AuthorsDen

Reviewed by Chrissy McVay

Reviewed on December 6, 2005

Lovely poem with a 'western' feel...
Chrissy K. McVay

Reviewed by Birdie Houston (Reader)

Reviewed on November 7, 2005

Hair rising write ! Well done.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on November 7, 2005

A campfire can have a magical aura, Dale. Well-expressed. Thank you for sharing this offering. Love and peace.

Regis

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Reviewed on November 6, 2005

We see redemption in the campfire light

Marvelous, Dale, and one of my great pleasures on my treks to the woods is sitting around that blazing campfire at night.

Reviewed by Kate Burnside

Reviewed on November 5, 2005

JUST FANTASTIC, Dale. So much, as usual, in so few words, but thoroughly lingering and enduring. I hope you will publish this somewhere. It has ethereal, mystical and yet deeply grounding and stabilising qualities that bring hope for the future as well as reconnecting us with our past. I am continually awed by your gift of articulating so many different levels and depths with such "sparse" and deceptively "simple" lines. Poetry at it's best. TY Kate xx

Reviewed by Alexandra* OneLight*� Authors & Creations

Reviewed on November 5, 2005

Dear Dale,
This beautiful, entrancing poem, reminds me of the ancient celebrations of Samhuin, when the Druids covered the embers of the "old" fire - as the end of a Cycle - and which they would keep in their care till the next Spring Equinox, when they would rekindle them again, thus giving birth to the "new" fire - or the beginning of yet one more Cycle of Life.
Bravo, Poet!
Love&Light*
Alexandra*

Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

the campfire is a magical experience where people could gather and share life experience ... unfortunately, in this present age the tv has become the campfire for most ... your poem rekindles the wonder and mystery of the spiritual essence of the campfire ...

Reviewed by Carmen Ruggero

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

What came to mind in reading this poem is the campfire light being our source, our life. The stories are passed down through generations -- guidance. "The circle tells of our spirits A warrior's tale the great hunt to survive" Our struggle. They fire dies -- ashes to ashes and the earth takes us in but the light still burns -- redemption and rebirth. Great use of metaphor. I like what your poem conveyed to me.

Carmen :-)

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

This poem brought back many memories......well done Dale!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

Ah, took me back to my pre-teen years when the neighborhood boys would sit around a fire at night and tell horror stories and pretend that we weren't scared shitless. Thanks.

Reviewed by Joseph* OneLight*� (Reader)

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

Sitting 'round a campfire

Brings the soul such delight.

I'm not sure if it's the embers

Or the stars that glow so bright.

�2005 Joseph* ~ OneLight*�

It seems we've moved so far away

from these simple pleasures of Life.

Thanks for re-kindling the fire CJ.

Love & Light,

Joseph

Reviewed by Robin Ouzman Hislop

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

hi dale thanks for visiting my site & noticing, few bother so i guess im out of their good club. just reading this one off, to start well theme campfire & the collective & personal hallucin, perhaps, is just a great theme for a poem to start out from & of course speculative what might rise therefrom. in your info you stress you interest on beat in poetry in free verse, i'm into that, i like the idea of liberating poetry from form as much as containing it, if possible, saludos

Reviewed by Joyce Hale

Reviewed on November 4, 2005

What a wonderful write on a thoughtful subject - the mesmerizing, though-provoking, journey into the fire of memories and the past. Thanks for a great write, Dale.

Peace. Joyce