Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Amber Soul..

as fossil petrified in amber
so sits my autumn soul
held within the seasons timelessness,
within its liquid gold

chained with a heart of promise
suspended, moving with each breath
I will guard it through the winter
and months of winter's silent rest

awaiting  sign of movement
in thought and in the stone
giving rise to my souls renewal
and its return to heart and bone...


bkmackenzie
copyrighted 2010

Posted for Magpie Tales #35

42 comments:

  1. Beautiful, BKM. I love especially the first two lines!

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  2. this is gorgeous and frozen in amber, lovely

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  3. nice. i like the pick up of the amber...and how you used it...very nice.

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  4. Oh I like this! It's quite lovely .. a very elegant Magpie!

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  5. fall is beautiful...but I wait for spring.

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  6. Such a beautiful season, portrayed with such elegant wording.

    Excellent magpie.

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  7. Beautiful. I love the image of a soul caught in autumn amber.

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  8. Those first two lines are so beautiful!

    A wonderful Magpie.

    My Magpie

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  9. A fresh, original treatment of the prompt. Barely a leaf in sight, but "amber" reprising all the colours of Fall. Well done.

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  10. My autumn soul encased in amber! This is me! I'm claiming this one for my own!! Gorgeous metaphor.

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  11. Wow! I love this one! Thanks so much!

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  12. as fossil petrified in amber
    so sits my autumn soul

    Loved these lines...

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  13. I love each and every line of your poem!

    beautiful

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  14. Your poem is lovely, each beautifully crafted line.

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  15. Lovely. Amber's liquid gold. I love Amber!

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  16. Yes, we all lk 2 spring & the reawakening.

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  17. "..as fossil petrified in amber
    so sits my autumn soul.." Quite beautiful.

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  18. What a beautiful poem. You always deliver such wonderful poetry!

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  19. Sensual and gorgeous write, encased in amber, stunning metaphor.

    Lovely poem...

    Joanny

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  20. I loved that feeling this created, as if i were being pulled into the still wet sap of amber.
    Love this. Love your site.

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  21. divine,
    spring comes soon after winter.
    love the message in it.

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  22. I just love the flow and beautiful rhyme in this one Bkm...truly lovely! :-)

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  23. Love the colors in this, the amber, the liquid gold, and the uplift of the souls renewal, sign me up, I'm in! :)

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  24. The first two lines open so beautifully and draw me deep into the next. A lovely piece of work!!

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  25. There is a timelessness about your poem. A sense of the richness of life. Memory and time are woven together. Lovely.

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  26. I love the way you write. I think I say that all the time to you. But it's true. Love and Light, Sender

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  27. Oh, I think this is my new favorite of yours. So vivid, and such a great metaphor. Those first two lines, as others have said, really rocked it. And such a gentle rhythm, which doesn't feel forced at ALL. (It's my opinion that when you force the rhyme, others can sense that in the read) You somehow made it just flow, and then the rhyme was such a quiet surprise.

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  28. ..the autumn soul petrified in amber..beautiful imagery

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  29. This has a gorgeous, engaging rhythm and rhyme. Lovely, strong ending.

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  30. Just lovely & such wonderful imagery. (but I adore amber) Thank you.

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  31. "as fossil petrified in amber
    so sits my autumn soul"
    great opening lines. "fossil petrified in amber"
    creates a timeless image of autumn and waiting.

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  32. I love the fall...and you write about it so elegantly :)

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  33. Beautiful images of waiting. Lovely!

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