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The Behaviour of Fog

August 11th 2007 00:43
Winter blew in bullet-hard
across the glacier-blue skies
crystalline cloak looming

Succumbing to the lash
she wept through the gullies
her heart in a sylvan wash
dripping on the mirror-ponds
forming shapes of grief

Huddled-up forget-me-nots
are shrouded in their titters
they do not sense her colour
instead recalling the behaviour of fog

~Lily 2004


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Comment by Louie

August 13th 2007 01:02
love this too especially

dripping on the mirror-ponds
forming shapes of grief

shapes of Grief is so sad yet so pretty combined with the image of the dripping on the mirror ponds, like tears...ouch

Comment by Lily

August 13th 2007 06:34
yes, tears, the sylvan wash...
grateful you connected with the poem, Louie...

~Lily

Comment by Ash

August 13th 2007 08:58
Hey Lily

wow I loved this one.... what a thought -

crystalline cloak looming

just the imagery of something which is supposed to keep you warm and feel secure that can be so icy and 'loom'.....

I have never heard the world sylvan before.... thanks for the introduction to it, such a great word to conjure up such interesting imagery.

great job Lily.

ash

Comment by Kleonaptra

August 15th 2007 03:19
More weather!

Comment by Lily

August 17th 2007 23:11
Ash, funny how you thought of a cloak as only warm. The sylvan wash -- i had in mind water strewn with fallings, gatherings from a forest.

Weather guaranteed Kleo.. bring on the sunshine. i know you'll hate hearing that, but winter is different for me, winter IS mostly a suffering.

ThankU's for your visitaaaation,

bless,
~Lily

Comment by Mountain Fog

October 21st 2007 14:10
HOW ON EARTH DID I MISS THIS POST???
This proves just how FAR my head had been, up my own fundament!

I loved this poem, you anthropomorphised the weather changes and the flowers without making it seem ludicrous or inappropriate...loved it...particularly the last stanza:

Huddled-up forget-me-nots
are shrouded in their titters
they do not sense her colour
instead recalling the behaviour of fog


cheers Lily and fond foggy thoughts!!

fog

Comment by Clementine

June 5th 2008 06:56
very pretty

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