“Speak to her, she is from the countries of the moon.”
From where I was sitting I heard her speaking,
saying love only comes from those far lands,
where half naked warriors dance upon the horns of great beasts.
“You can hear her voice in the sea.” — said She.
Distinctly I heard the roaring of the ocean fall,
the white froth of waves on rock and sand; the call of gulls,
the alcoves of shadows hanging over me, and the wall between us
keeping pace with music of some strange speech of birds and sea;
possibly a Mother and Daughter disagreeing, disputing
the vagrancies of men, while I sat here watching on,
listening to those pulsations of woman and ocean quickening.
– Steven Craig Hickman ©2014 Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author is strictly prohibited.
Outstanding piece – lovely emotion and imagery 🙂
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Thank you… yes, it came from a memory of a trip years ago to the Mediterranean among the various isles we visited. And happened after a day in Crete we were staying a small village in a makeshift shelter shared by several families. Strange how these memories get triggered, too.
I happened to be reading a poem by George Seferis that triggered this memory … 🙂
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Strange indeed. Many thanks for the follow, I’m in the middle of composing a comment on your About page – in the mean time, if you feel so inclined, my short post on “Recollections”…
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Oh, sorry… maybe in the morning, I was just nodding off 🙂 been a long day here! I’ll check it out first thing.
thanks! 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Mirror Obscura and commented:
There are countries beyond imagination. >KB
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This is lyrical S.C. I particularly liked the way this reads
…”possibly a Mother and Daughter disagreeing, disputing the vagrancies of men, while I sat here watching on, listening to those pulsations of woman and ocean quickening.”
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🙂 thank you!
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Sometimes there are poems and you don’t know which line you like most because all of them go right through the skin. This is one of them. Outstanding, really.
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🙂 I appreciate your input, thank you!
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Everyone above me has commented what I myself would have said – leaving me a bit lost for words, if not it would case impersonation – so I’ll just leave you with one word.
Beautiful.
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thank you 😉
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You’re always quite welcome. 🙂 Check email?
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Yes, I received both emails and read them. I understand.
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Thanks for yours – it did a LOT of good. Thank you!! ❤ Did you see the FYI from this morning?
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I just did a return on you. fyi… 🙂
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Tag you’re it 😉
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Impressive coverage from mythology, through nature-writing to domestic relationships.
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