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The Lake Effect
Contributed by
minnesotarose
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Friday, 30th August 2002 @ 01:36:49 PM in AEST
Topic:
LovePoetry
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A thousand years ago I was an Anishinabe maiden:
Her deerskin shod feet make silent footsteps
Over virgin forest ground
Strewn with columbines, honeysuckle, and the
Gnarled roots of now-ancient pines;
With the autumn-dark eyes of a doe
She searches for her One Beloved
As she moves noiselessly under an indigo sky
Lit with aurora borealis and falling stars.
In the chilled dampness of the evening mist
She breathes in the acrid scent of juniper and spruce
As Kitchigami calls her by name:
"Behold, you and your Beloved are Mine, Earth Daughter.
Like generations before you, and generations to come,
Embrace Me as your First Beloved,
Feel the power of My restless waters
Stir like the blood in your veins.
Love Me as you love your Chosen One:
Yours is a love with the fire of the She-Wolf,
More constant than the wind. You are the Handmaiden
Of the Spirit of the forest and the hills;
Your daughters and your daughters' daughters
Will be born of the blood
Of your Natural Man of the forest.
Feel your heart soar with the joy of My Spirit
As your eyes follow the flight of a falcon
Over Hawk Ridge, then look to the east
As the sunrise blazes vermillion on My horizon,
And in the wind you will hear the voice
Of the One you have chosen call to you on shore.
Hold him fast to your heart, My Daughter,
And believe in the perpetuity of love.
In the supplication of the mourning dove
And the beckoning of the loon
Hear My promise to you: Love cycles through time
Like the waxing and waning of the Moon,
But like Her, your Sister of the Night,
Love forever remains. Your love
Has captured My Spirit, once roaming free;
To you and yours to follow, I give you My Soul
And My Strength for all eternity. In your hearts
And in all Creation you will forever find Me;
And when the winds of the Seasons blow cold,
And the snow falls like clusters of down,
Though my Spirit sleeps till Our Rebirth in Spring,
Remember, My Children,
I am with you always."
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Re: The Lake Effect
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by Lia on
Friday, 30th August 2002 @ 02:25:02 PM AEST
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| Bravo!! Absolutely, positively magnificant!! What an awesome poem. |
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Re: The Lake Effect
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 12th March 2004 @ 01:22:20 PM AEST
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Utterly mesmeric. This is as imaginative and vivid a write as I've seen on this site.
Remarkable. |
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Re: The Lake Effect
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by Vitreous_Soul on
Thursday, 15th April 2004 @ 05:51:50 PM AEST
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Wow...it's not often when the vocabulary of another poet impresses me! I had to mention that..
It's odd, I don't normally dig free verse poems, but this is soooo good, I couldn't help but be enamored with it. Every line just teemed with vivid, realistic descriptions that captivated me, and held on for the entire piece. Even the title, with it's initial ambiguity prior to reading, makes this poem a gem through and through. Magnificent is an understatement.
Truly,
-V.S.
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