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Saturday, 7 April 2012


Night Quatrains

         We enter one another’s dreams like mist           
An insubstantial lost protagonist
Trailing stardust, touching ancient lips
Returning life to those once kissed.


Infusing sleep’s nostalgic picture show
With images of lovers long ago
We wake to feel a sense of loss
Like a dying sparkler’s after-glow.

© James Rainsford 2012



Note to readers: Posted in response to the excellent Quatrain challenge by Samual Peralta at dVerse Poets. Please click on the tab below to leave a comment.
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5 comments:

  1. Semaphore7 April 2012 at 18:41

    Ah, I really like this one, a dream and its afterglow - painted with mist, stardust, picture shows, sparklers - and so subtle is the rubaiyat here that it flows with the gentleness of the dream.

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  2. James Rainsford8 April 2012 at 11:29

    Thanks Samual. Your comments are much appreciated.

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  3. Brian Miller8 April 2012 at 13:23

    nice...this is def one of those dreams you do not want to wake up from...the after glow of sparklers is a great ending image to this as well james....really some nice touches along the way...

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  4. Victoria8 April 2012 at 19:12

    Nicely executed form, James. And lovely photo.

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  5. hyperCRYPTICal10 April 2012 at 09:15

    Superbly penned James.

    Anna :o]

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