Across a velvet backdrop
softly glowing slivers
stream across the heavens,
tapers of candles that wax and wane
with the out-breath of sighs.
In a spectrum they plummet
streaking through darkness to
vanish over mountains or
plunge in to the sea.
You and I are stars,
tumbling spheres of unrest.
Stellar shards held hostage to
the moon until the heat of night
inflames our primal hearts.
Come out…ignite
be the fire.
art by Karol Bak
A pome that makes me think of dancing sparks of light!
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Oh! I like that! Thank you Erika.
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You are so welcome… and sorry for the typo. Just saw it 🙈
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What typo? 🙂
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Hehe… thank you 😘
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😘
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Thank you Ian.
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Your welcome Hollie still cant reblog on app due to WP – updating 🌹
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That’s a shame, I really appreciate your sharing and support Ian. 🌹
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Well l have just added this in full ……. https://acefriendsnews.wordpress.com/2019/04/11/wilding-house-of-heart/
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Thank you so much Ian, you are a gem of a friend! 😊
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Wow now that is on fire my friend! I love the way you do that. I like the being held hostage by the moon. ❤ xo
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Doesn’t everyone ❤ xo
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Seductive and sensual and the art piece is awesome, too. Love this, Holly!
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Thank you Angela, Karol Bak is one of my favorite artist. She only paints female subjects and is amazing.
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You’re welcome! I looked her up and it’s lovely,
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Thanks Angela, her paintings are beautiful.
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Wow! “tumbling spheres of unrest” is just so descriptive and beautiful! Wonderful poem!
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Thank you Ethan! A lovely comment.
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Everything is fire and every man woman and child is a star. Beautiful Miss Heart.
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Mr. Cake, thank you for the lovely comment!
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Thank you for the poem Miss Heart.
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I hope you enjoyed reading it Mr. C.
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Another exquisite scene painted with your magic brush and Karol Bak’s too. Your poetry and Ms Bak’s art go well together. Now, to lay out on the lawn tonight and watch the stars and meteors and dream.
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Thank you Dan. It’s a beautiful night to watch the stars and dream. As a matter of fact I just watched the Space X Falcon Heavy rocket take off form Cape Canaveral, it was awesome.
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Oh Eem Geeee! That is a scene worth waiting for. I am sure that evokes a hundred lines of poetry. Well, call me jealous.
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It was inspiring, It was scheduled for last night but it was cancelled due to high winds in the upper atmosphere.
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I can only imagine. They test the rocket engines here and when they fire them off it shakes the earth for several miles. It’s an amazing and powerful thing. I’d love to watch one race to the heavens.
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You can see for miles. I don’t know if it was televised.
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I’ll bet there is a youtube vid on it. I’ll look and see.
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There has to be.
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They do indeed have it on youtube and I’m watching it now. Thank you so much for the inspiration!!!
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I’m so glad you found it. It’s it exciting.
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Oh my this is thrilling. The side boosters are flying back to the Cape and the payload is flying at over 12,000 mph. That is screaming fast.
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So awesome..
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I singed my eyeballs reading this stellar poem by the Poetess of the Universe.
She should be a neo-super-hero! Imagine, a heroine, in a costume I would design from bee’s wax and mountains, who challenged the evils of earth with poetry. Of course, she would always win. Sure she would have to listen to a bad poem or two, but in the end good would prevail! xoxo
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Bees wax and mountain, that’s dreamy! I am challenging all things unkind. What’s a few bad poems with so much at stake? You are good! xoxo
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What a lovely complement to the artwork~
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Thank you!
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Thank you very much.
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Love the lines “tapers of candles that wax and wane / with the out-breath of sighs.” Great work!
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Thank you for the wonderful comment!
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
I LOVE THIS REDHEAD—BOTH PICTURED AND THE [POET—FOR HER CREATIVITY! WRITE ON, HOLLY, MY DEAR FRIEND!!!
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Thank you Jon!
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I love the images you paint, held by the Moon until the heat of the night 🙂
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Thank you so much Si 😊
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Always Holly 🙂 xo
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xo
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es ist kalt geworden, da machen wir uns warme Gedanken und bleiben zu Hause
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Herzliche Gedanken, Klaus, habt ein gutes Wochenende.
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Reblogged this on lampmagician and commented:
You and I are stars. by @hollyrenehunter 🙏❤🙏
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Thank you so much 🦋⭐️⭐️
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I like all these pictures i see in your words 🙂
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Thank you Gyslaine! 🙂
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Wonderful words with a fabulous illustration
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Thank you Shiva!
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“Be the fire.” What a line. OMG…what a line.
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Thank you Gigi!
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Loved your painting and imagery – especially “Stellar shards”!! Bravo!!!! Hope your weekend is getting off to a great start???
xoxoxo
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Thank you Chuck. xoxoxo
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Wondrous words!
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Thank you 😊
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Full of light and fire–lighting and igniting!
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Thank you Merril. I’ve got big time problem with my PC, I’m ready to ignite . 🙂
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Oh no! Sorry, Holly. That’s no fun at all. Our computers and phones are so essential to our lives now. It’s more than a pain when they’re not working.
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We used the “cleaner” on it and wiped out a lot of good things, I wasn’t able to get into my blog for awhile.
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Oh no! I don’t know what that is, but I won’t ever use it. Haha. I’m glad you were finally able to get back to your blog.
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I was relieved because I was messaged that address was taken by someone else, yes, me!! I finally worked it out. I have been avoiding the Cleaner but was talked into it this morning…never again!
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I’m glad you got it straightened out!
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Me too, thank you …whew! I thought I had lost 2 years of poems and whatever I have here!
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That would be awful!
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It would be.
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Beautifully sensual and powerful!
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Thank you so much.
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You are welcome.
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There is a much better poet than me, so talented like you, whom I strongly recommend to you and all your followers. It is my friend Mario Savioni. Perhaps you could reblog some of his poems. This would be much more important to me than your reblogging my humble work. It would also mean a lot to Mario. These are some of my favorite poems:
“A Dream”: https://savioni.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/a-dream-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1330
“Reclusivity of Silence”: https://savioni.wordpress.com/2014/03/05/reclusivity-of-silence/
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Mario is fortunate to have such a generous friend. 🌹
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I hope so and I also hope you like his work as much as I do.
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I’ll be visiting his blog soon ♥️
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Yes, please. 🙏 Mario is a far better writer than me, like you, but he gets too litlle attention, which is not fair. I am posting humble poetic attempts thanks to Mario. If it weren’t for him I would never have started to write nor create my blog.
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Loved every word of this romantic dance in the heavens within the stars Rene. Such poetic motion symbolizing two stars among many but the two are standing out bright, your words illuminated their dance floor. Great job.🌹🌹
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Beautiful comment as always Roy. Very appreciated! 🌹🌹
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Gorgeous image… gorgeous penning!
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Thank you so much Lance.
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A sincere pleasure, Holly.
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This writing is very good. Thanks for posting it.
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Thank you. I haven’t seen you around. Hope you are well!
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You are very welcome; I am doing well. Thank you. Please keep up your good work.
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Thank you
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Thank “you”
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Love it and love Karol Bak. I used many such illustrations in my poems in the past.
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Thank you Geetha!
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You are so welcome. Hope you are doing well
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All is well. I hope you are doing great !
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Good to hear. I am doing well thank you.
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Glad to to hear That, it’s good to read you again.
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Most welcome. I hope you are doing well
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