Oh Muse,
source: wikipedia
into our empty lungs
blow deep
the lucid sky.
Inside these brimming
unsung hearts
pump earth
and trees and fire.
Smooth the scars
that line our veins,
infuse them
with the sea,
till we inhale
your playful light
and breathe out
poetry.
.
(c) 1994, 2011 Betty Hayes Albright
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Oh now that is just poetry, superb.
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Thanks for staying with me Betty, much appreciated.
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Thank you again, Martin!
Wordpress is acting strangely – I was already “following” you but it suddenly showed I wasn’t, so I resubscribed. And now WP is showing that your blog is “unavailable”. I’ll keep checking – must be a temporary glitch.
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It’s no glitch Betty, I deleted my poetry site, Wordshelf. I wasn’t happy.
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Alas, Martin, I was enjoying it! Glad I found your other blog – in whatever form, I think you have lots to say. Your spirit shines through your words very nicely.
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Betty, I have found I CANNOT “breathe out poetry” without “inhal(ing) PLAYFUL light”. I find that I must keep the act of absorbing the light very light-hearted, indeed, lest it be smothered into darkness. Thank for another lovely post.
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Glad you could relate to that, Granbee – thank you!
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Very nice prayer to the muse, whomever she may be. Excellent…
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“infuse them with the sea” – beautiful! lovely flowing lines, I so enjoyed this.
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Thanks Lindy Lee and Planaquarium!
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Wonderful! Resuscitation is the perfect word.
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Thank you, C.L. !!
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Beautiful work Betty! I love this one! Your vivid descriptions and deft use of the closing lines is just perfect. Everything I could want from a poem! Beautiful!
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Thank you, Vampire Weather – and that could be said about your own poetry, which I find extraordinary!
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Superb Betty, a poetic masterpiece 🙂
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Thank you again, “Poetry” – not sure it’s a “masterpiece” but it’s so nice of you to call it that! 🙂
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Simply lovely words, Betty~
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Thanks for all the nice comments, L Scott! 🙂
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the original was much better!
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Amen! – So let it be!
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