how do they manage
migrating geese taking only
their shadows
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Sylvia Forges-Ryan
Sylvia Forges-Ryan recently received the International Azsacra Poetry Award from the Taj Mahal Journal in Allahabad, India which published her poems in December 2014. Also, she won Third Prize in the 2014 Robert Frost Poetry Contest. Her book, Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace, which won an R. H. Blyth Honorable Mention for Outstanding Books in Haiku Literature from the World Haiku Review in 2013, was selected for permanent inclusion in the American Literature Collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University.
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When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
Whoa-oa.
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
hard to say:
which day did the robins
leave town?
Wish we could all travel so light, Sylvia!
patriotism
not an inch of land
to call my own
Very atmospheric.
lifting me away
from the computer
to my kitchen window
the early morning honks
of canada geese
Alan Summers
Blithe Spirit September 2010
vol 20 no 3 issn 1353-3320
When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.