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Valerie Dohren (13 January 1947 / Southport)
Birds Eye View
Looking down through misty spheres
To visit wondrous lands
Hewn through time, through endless years,
Green fields and golden sands
With glist`ning spreads of sapphire blue
Unfolding `neath my gaze
Then lofty heights of sombre hue
Ascend through misty haze
Beneath the soft and feathered clouds
Rise peaks of emerald green
All topped above with twisting shrouds
Of mist, their tips unseen
And golden plains reach wide and long
Which sparkle in the sun
To then be licked by silv`ry tongues
With threads of silk unspun
Then hov`ring over range and heath
Where roaming creatures dwell
As veils of purple stretch beneath
Enrobing dale and fell
(And yearning, hopeless, specks of dust
Behind confining walls
Beset with envy, greed and lust
Chase dreams in concrete halls)
To fly where beams of gleaming light
On icy rises play
Where fields of pure and dazzling white
Meet deeps of steely grey
And here green curtains hang above
The apex of the world
Dancing as two wrapped in love
With glorious beauty swirled
Then soaring high, beyond, to go
Above all, looking down
At this `blue marble` set below
In her black velvet gown
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I'm amazed at how your imagination can create these vivid scenes, perfectly portrayed in perfect rhyme, this one is a real beauty......
Had to grin when you mentioned PH tricks. Have seen a few. Thought this one might have an Escher theme. May not be Escher but still a treat to read. An Emily Dickenson Theory is now on my site.
Adeline
Bird's Eye View provides an excellent view of the surrounding place in wonderful rhyme scheme! Beautiful! !
Wow! I love the view from space you painted for me... :)
excellent write in these lines
At this `blue marble` set below
In her black velvet gown
I like not only the beautiful verses but also the style!
Pls have a glance to my poem Life Vs Land and advise me!
Regards! ! ! ! !
A great travel poem with wonderful imagery.
As already stated, this poem has a musical quality to it. I really enjoyed it.
Indeed a visual treat...nonpareil! ! !
It's poems like this that inspire me to write! Beautiful! ! ! Dawn x
One of your best. I thoughly enjoyed the theme,
the descriptions, the language use and rhyme.
Masterful handling.