6.29.2011

how our garden grows

ah love, we know not what tomorrow brings
as children's laughter lifts upon the air
what minor chord inside our sorrow sings
a song of love combined with dark despair

as visions wrap around your heart like vines
embrace me as you have for years on end
the darkness will recede again in time
leaving us tender shoots that we will tend

come dance with me around this fairy tale
like shadows dancing round our mountain's moon
when her light shines we'll set our course & sail
across the skies like birds in flight, & soon

we'll be lit up! all somber darkness done
wild blossoms basking in forever sun.
Posted by Marian at 2:59 PM
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30 comments:

  1. CDG @ Move Over Mary Poppins!June 29, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    Light and growth and laughter and adventure!
    And in such a pretty package.

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  2. MarianJune 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    a sonnetty package. whew.

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  3. AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    Sonnetty indeed, my little bard-lette. :)

    Adore that first stanza. It's so rife with bittersweet I can't stand it. And that ending couplet!!! (Forgive my exclamation point exuberance.) Sigh... totally needed this one right now.

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  4. MarianJune 29, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    sarah, swoon!

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  5. AnonymousJune 29, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    ver' nice.

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  6. MarianJune 29, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    aw shucks, you are.

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  7. Grace O'MalleyJune 29, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Lovely! What should we do for next week? Pick something terrible.

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  8. MarianJune 30, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    oh my love we will be writing spectacular sestinas! hee hee.

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  9. Kim NelsonJuly 3, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    And a beautiful sonnet it is, Dear Marian. Great work, both in diction and form.

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  10. Kerry O'ConnorJuly 3, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    I'm so used to your free verse that this sonnet took me by surprise. What a beauty it is - very reminscent of the classics in tone and content. Such a treat, Marian.

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  11. Sweetest in the GaleJuly 3, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    This was so rhythmic and beautiful...every line was lovely!

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  12. AndyJuly 3, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Utterly lovely, Marian.

    I'm always treated to something special whenever I visit here:-)

    Thank you for sharing.

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  13. MarianJuly 3, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    thank you, lovely friends.
    this was hard for me to write.
    i guess that's why it was a good thing to do :)

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  14. Jo BryantJuly 3, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    this was a lovely read. :)

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  15. Sherry Blue SkyJuly 3, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    I am way impressed, Marian. This is a really beautiful sonnet, perfection in its rhythm and form and the words! the WORDS! So beautiful. It has been a very long time since I attempted a sonnet!

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  16. Rinkly RimesJuly 4, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    You created a lovely atmosphere in this poem.

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  17. Gemma WisemanJuly 4, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    A fairytale springs alive! Beautiful!

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  18. MarianJuly 4, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    aw, thanks.

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  19. Eileen T O'Neill .....July 4, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    Marian,

    This was absolutely beautiful.
    Now what about a book of same said sonnets to follow!!!!

    Eileen :)

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  20. MarianJuly 4, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    hah! one sonnet does not a book of sonnets make, eileen :)

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  21. About Don MartinJuly 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    It's got sort of a Bonnie Raitt feel to it.

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  22. MarianJuly 5, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    tee hee. you are ridiculous but i still heart you.

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  23. bttrflyscarJuly 5, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    i love your style!
    http://bttrflyscar.blogspot.com/2011/07/wallflowers.html

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  24. MarianJuly 6, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    thank you!

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  25. Jo BryantJuly 7, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    I am envious of your talent as a sonnet writer. :)

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  26. MarianJuly 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    well, then i guess i will have to write some more :)
    (sheepish grin)

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  27. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    This is simply GLORIOUSLY beautiful. I love the mental images, the perfect words,the rhythm and metre. Now I want to try one! Wonderful writing, Marian. Wowzers!

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  28. Strummed WordsAugust 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    Womnderful verse and rhyme!

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  29. vivinfranceAugust 14, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    A beautiful, classic, sonnet, which I would like to keep and re-read.

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  30. MarianAugust 14, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    people love sonnets! i love sonnets!
    let's get busy and write some more :)

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