Hold me in fleeting hours
while we are beautiful and wild
winged creatures of the night
sipping honeysuckle vines
sustained by the sun and rain.
Stay when summer departs and
butterflies flit at teardrops pooled in
the corner of my eyes.
Lie down with me in winter when
hoar frost coats the rose buds
and blue birds cease their song
tiny skeletons of hollow bone
indifferent to the cold
These lips are petals
reminders of lost flowers
If you do not return
but fly on to distant gardens
my body will seek shelter
beneath the feathers of
tongueless birds.
Translation by Bernd @ neues vom Hutschi
Halt mich fest in flüchtigen Stunden den schönen und wilden, unser Fleisch ist voll und reif, geflügelte Wesen saugen die Nacht auf, Jelängerjelieber, die von Sonne und den Regen gespeiste. Bleib, wenn der Sommer vergeht und der Garten vom Lächeln nippt, das aus der Iris deiner Augen blitzt. Lieg bei mir im Winter, wenn die Vögel zu singen einhalten, winzige Skelette aus hohlen Knochen, gleichgültig der Kälte gegenüber. Für dich sind meine Lippen Blütenblätter, süße Erinnerungen an verlorene Blumen. Wenn du nicht zurückkehrst sondern weiterfliegs, wird mein Körper Schutz suchen unter den Flügeln zungenloser Vögel. translated by Bernd Huschenreuther

art by Steve Hanks
Lovely poem. Greetings ❤️
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Thank you Georg ❤️
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Quite lovely
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Thank you so much Derrick
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Songs of seasons, seasons of song.
That’s your follow up title. I’d also like to see you do a gangsta rap rhyme. Uh huh, yeah.
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You got it. Watch this spot! 😉
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Thank you 😊
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Beautiful Hollie ……Happy New Year ….shared here: https://acenewsdesk.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/song-of-seasons/
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Thank you dear Ian. Happy New Year. 🎈
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Love finds beauty in all seasons. Wonderful, Holly!! 💖🤗💖
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Thank you sweet Marina 💖
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💐🐣🍄💝🐾💫💖
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🌸💝⭐️🥰🐶🐺🦩🐾🐾🍄💐🌸
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❤️❣️❤️🎶
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🎶☕️☕️🍩🍩🎶🎵🤗🌹
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Yum yum!!! 😘🤗😘🤗🍷
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🍷🍷cheers to a happy day! 🥰
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…a very very happy day!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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To you too xxxxoooo
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🥰😍🥰
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🤗😊🌹❤️
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🌟❤🌟
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Today’s activities: 🎡🎠🪁🧁🧁🌼🌼🥂🏸🧘🏍🛶🎈🎊
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A ha ha ha…. wouldn’t these be great! …sigh!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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xoxoxo
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❤❤❤
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❤️🤗🎈🌹😘🌼❤️
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❤☀️❤
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Baskets and bushels!
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🌟☀️🌟
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⭐️🌻⭐️
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How cute is that?!! Blue notes!
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Gorgeous magical prose, Holly! ❤ You always weave such an enchanting tapestry of imagery invoking all the senses that sweeps the reader along and leaves them spellbound.
'butterflies flit at teardrops pooled in
the corner of my eyes.' – beautiful wistful lines! 😀
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Thank you dear Tom. Such a beautiful comment, ❤️
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My God, this is epic.
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Thank you dear Shey , you’re lovely beyond words.
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Your talent is beyond words.
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Your’s is! But I’m saying it anyway! You are a first class novelist! xo
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Too kind xxxx But truly, this IS epic, mood, words, language, imagery.
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Thank you so much Shey, your words mean a lot xxxxx
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Reblogged this on John Cowgill's Literature Site.
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Thank you John 🌺
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🌺🌺You are welcome, Holly!!!🌺🌺
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Thank you dear friend. 🌺
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🌺🌺You are welcome wonderful lady.🌺🌺
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🌺💝
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🌺💝🌺💝🌺💝
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So sweet!
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Oh yes.
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Beautiful, Rene!
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Thank you for all of your support and lovely comments Merril. ❤️
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You’re very welcome, Rene.
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🌹
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Totally Holly! Sensual, romantic, poetic, and captivating!
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Smiling dearest Erika. Thank you 😊
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You are so welcome 😊
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🌺😊
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Scoop me up
from dewdrops,
from rock pools
and from me.
When these eyes
at last decide to cry,
scoop me up before I die.
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So poignant and beautiful, thank you John. Your words are unforgettable.
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How sweet ❤
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Lady Sag, I’ve been following your blog. Very sweet! Thank you.
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Thank you for your support and ❤🤗
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Beautiful, wonderful poem, Holly. That could be you in the picture.
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Thank you so much dear Tim.
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Wonderfully melancholy!
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Thank you Orville!
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Swoon
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Thank you so much 😊
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My pleasure indeed.
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Mine too! 😊
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🙂
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I really love this Rene. The connection to nature and metaphor is mesmerizing. The hollow bones and tongueless birds paint a picture like the seasons of earth and life, the cyclic universe all yearning for rebirth of spring beginnings and beautiful remembrances of love hopefully returned and renewed.
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Thank you Dan, such a lovely comment.
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Thank you Rene, for the meditative bliss The House of Heart always serves. 🤗
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Thank you
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Fantastic poem. Every word perfect in it’s placement. Beautiful.
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Thank you Gigi 🐾🐾❤️
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Thank you 😊
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so soothing for the senses Holly!!!! I love this! ❤️
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Thank you Cindy, your beautiful comments are so appreciated ❤️
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you are soooo welcome Holly! Have a blessed day!❤️
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You too Cindy 🤗
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Thanks much!!! ❤️
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❤️🌹
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❤️🤗
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Beautiful weaving of words.
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Thank you Kritika. 🌺
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Welcome 🙂
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This is beyond beautiful. Rene, honestly I want to frame this and read it over and over:
“Your quill spins a spell
A spelling from the soul
The embrace of imagination
In the creation of poetry.”
xoxoxo
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Such a beautiful compliment and such high praise dear Gabriela. I so appreciate it, it really means so much to me. xoxoxo
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My pleasure Rene. You are a wonderful poetess. I love reading your work ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Likewise, the feeling is mutual, I’m blown away by your prose and poetry. Always❤️❤️❤️ superb.
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xoxo
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I had an auto correct blip, fixed it! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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This is gorgeous, Rene. Love through the seasons and hope that it won’t come to an end.
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Thank you for the lovely comment Dale, it’s really feeling like winter here today for a change. xo
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Of course your winter and my winter are not cut from the same cloth. 😉
Have a wonderful day! xoxo
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I’ve really been enjoying your photographs Dale, I have to live winter vicariously. It’s very beautiful up there in Montreal. xoxo
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Thank you, lovely lady. I’m off to capture more… And then, just maybe, the post I wanted to start last Sunday will come into being (with lots of photos)
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I hope so, just stay warm! Be safe lovely Dale!
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Dear not! It is only 30, feels like 25. I’m already overheated .. my body. Not my hands. They are more wimpy…😘
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It was 58 degrees this morning , I had the heat pumping away! lol. Have fun!😘
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Everything is relative!!
I am!
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🙂
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Yes, I’m with ‘Oron, this should be turned into a gangsta rap poem, NOT!
On another note:
This is the most beautiful passing of time through the seasons. You have calmed me, with this lullaby.
You have stirred an urge for me to be more creative!
Funny how things work.
xoxoxo
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You are always creative…I am working on a gangsta rap for you and ‘Oron. It’s going to hit the charts and shoot up to #1.
I will give credit and let you two in on the profits.. Back to work now!
xoxoxoxo
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….hmmm….
Shoot that winter shit, man! Drive by an’ clip those snowflakes…
Sorry, I couldn’t control myself!
xoxoxoxo
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Getting the clippers. Sick of the cold weather. I had to wear a sweater today. xoxoxo
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LOL!
A sweater? right!
I’m wearing a hooded parka, with extra under layers, when outside. Oh, and my fluffy ear muffs are all the rage.
xoxoxo
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It’s 60 here on Merritt Island, I should have stayed in Miami.
Such an adorable outfit, it’s dangerous to wear hoodies in America.
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Maybe there is less Covid on Merritt Island?
Funny how hoodies became gangsta.
Not too bad here, but the pot dispensaries won’t let you in with a mask and a hoodie, or a mask and a baseball cap or a mask and sunglasses.
I must say the whole pot dispensary thing has mushroomed out here. We have 3 on my block alone, and 1 head shop that sells all the paraphernalia.
I hear once Covid is in control, we are getting a Pot Cafe, which could also be a Sad Cafe.
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They are still fighting the legalization of pot in The US. The Republican s … even for medical purposes. You can sometimes get it in pill form, I had a friend who had a chronic back problem and she got a prescription. The Sad Café indeed. It’s really a rockin hangout.
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RR needs to do a boho torch set at he Sad Cafe.
We should work on that. Hmm, perhaps one of the upcoming Tangle posts could be set there?
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You know RR loves the Sad Cafe! ❤️
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Yes!
We must do something!
Hearts – black sheath gowns – hi-heels- tears – flasks – torn silk, torch songs – smoke gets in the eyes.
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Oh I love that. That is the Sad Cafe. Cigarette smoke and lipstick stained wine glasses…smoke does get in your eyes! xoxoxo
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A perfect torch song!
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Yes, today I was listening to The Way You Look Tonight. So beautiful, oldie but goodie.
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So much great music!
When I get the Antlers rough draft done, add an RR song for Marina!
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Yes, gotta get a good one! xoxoxo
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Nature and free,creative and the mind runs like the cup overflowing with your fresh and innovative creativity,respect and peace
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That is such a beautiful comment Mr M. Thank you!
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I love it
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Thank you!
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If poetry was a beautiful picture, this would be it.🌹. Wonderful Rene.❤️
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Thank you, that is so appreciated Roy! ❤️🌹
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Beautiful post Rene, you are so welcome.❤️🌹
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Gorgeous to it’s extreme. Lovely write.. Your lines flow like breeze. . Thanks for sharing
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Thank you! That is lovely!
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So sweet
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Thank you!
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Beautiful poem 💓
check this out https://littlethings001.wordpress.com/2020/12/30/because-you-can/
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Thank you, that’s very. Sweet !
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Beautiful “butterflies flit at teardrops pooled in the corner of my eyes.” So happy I took a sip of your words of Nectar this late evening here Holly.
Have a blessed Thursday.. Sending love and well wishes your way for 2021 🙂 💛
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It’s so lovely to hear from you, you bring the gladdest tidings so appreciated these days. Bless you dear one. 🧡💛
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