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Sunday 14 November 2010

Vision


Upon the farthest bank of legend’s secret lake,
At the very edge of a summer day
The last long corridors of light retract.
Bequeathing dusk his brief dominion
Over dreams and magic quests,
And there, upon the mind’s most distant shore
The ephemeral figure of an almost forgotten boy
Stood waiting for Excalibur to rise.


© James Rainsford 2011



Posted to Jingle Poetry's Pot Luck on Monday 30th May. Your views are very welcome. Please click on the comments tab below to have you say. 

16 comments:

  1. excalibur - wow - there's magic in those lines and the photo is breath-taking

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  2. Deep and intensely moving. The picture complements the thoughts so perfectly.

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  3. Powerful visions, breath-taking, moving... Nice.

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  4. super fine tuned survival image.
    well done.

    welcome and have fun.

    A++

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  5. Wow! Amazing picture and poem. The picture had such a magical appeal and the words only served to further enhance the magic.Nicely creates the setting for the legend of King Arthur.

    My Jingle poetry potluck post
    http://luciferhouseinc.blogspot.com/2011/04/grey-world.html

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  6. This is quite a stunning piece of work. The flow is amazing and is delicious to speak aloud.

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  7. Very powerful. Great picture as well.

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  8. Fantastic. Every line of this poem is a photograph! I love it.

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  9. A secret lake? On the edge of a summer day? I was swept along right into the water.

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  10. breath taking photo and poem

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  11. imaginative place to think about,
    Thanks for linking.

    :)

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  12. James...THIS is an eternal moment forever captured! Spellbinding. Short, sweet, but the fantastic imagery could fill a book...Made my day!(And what a photo!~)

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  13. Wonderful, mysterious poem..captures the essence of the picture brilliantly..

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  14. First of all I love the title of your blog. A beautiful poem and picture. I could almost make out King Authur in the shadows.
    Tigerbrite

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  15. You truly captured the feel of this wonderful image. "The last long corridors of light retract." I just love this line. Really well done

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  16. wow....I could actually see it. so beautiful!

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