Silence, my companion, walks with me
Together we watch spring ferns unfold
And moss and the green bloom of apple trees
And smell last autumn's leaves in the spring earth
We step like Indians through the piney place
No twigs are broken, nothing is disturbed
The mossy footpath rolls beneath our feet
And oak leaves brush against our face
Our hearts are full of the expanse of sky
That sends a wind song to invite a dance
The tumult of the world rejects us both
But we can hear the music in the grass
(9/08 - I submitted this to a Prairie Home Companion poetry contest and won it - however they own the poem now - but I've seen it floating around on the internet so I'm hoping they won't put me in a paddy wagon for putting it here with this disclaimer......)
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Lorna (
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Such a wonderful piece.
I don’t think they’ll notice:)
Resa
Thanks Resa - I'll post from jail if they do!
A lovely write Lorna. That's a bit much, that the competition organisers now OWN your poem.
Surely you can't pinch your own poem?! You know, that big word, if we nick anyone else's work - plagi-wotsit. Plagiarising! It sends poets into a mad fury, and rightly so I think. Elsewhere they 'outed' a poet who was pinching other's work. He got hellfire and damnation comments. But that's YOUR work!
Hi Orchi - Well they didn't tell me until AFTER I got a win...... so I never sent another - not that I'm doing this for money or anything like.........
That's bad of them. Don't blame you not sending them anything else. There might be something legal - can you claim copyright of your poem or something?
Oh Orchi - all I want is for my poems to "be out there" so they might make someone smile if I'm lucky............ Copyrights and all that are for the "real world"............
hi lorna , seems a bit strange to me, that they own your poem lol how random i wouldnt post work to them again . a beautiful piece of writing lorna,
Thanks Yellowrose......
Don't mind.... your work is so pure!it touches my heart.....keep it up ....your writing style explores your simplicity and strength.
Thank you my friend...... so kind.
Super piece, I am not surprised that it won.
Nice comment Goldfinch...... it's wasn't the "Literary Review" or anything but it made me happy...........
Yes copyright laws can get a bit 'deep' in both the States and here in the UK. On another site I am always contributing to any queries raised having lectured in copyright in my working life. It would appear that transfer of copyright appeared in the terms of the competition which you effectively accepted when entering. I doubt if they'll pursue you for posting it here - it would be churlish of them if they did especially as you have acknowledged their rights. Anyway that aside I can see why it won - a superb work Lorna
Copyright must be very important for you as an artist! It's your livelihood! I don't even really know why they want to "own" the poems they pick - unless they were thinking of compiling them for a book or something - however that was 10 years ago and no book. And it's floating around on the internet so someone put it there at some point........ oh well, criminal me........ ha ha.
It's not unusual - it means they have the poem free of any encumbrances and can publish it at will.
Off with her head....!
No worries, Lorna,
we’ll bail you out!😉
Seriously, as all the
others have commented,
an EXCELLENT piece!
I enjoyed it very much!
Congrats!👏🏻
~Laura~
Thanks Laura.........Jail would be a good place to write..............
Only if I can join you!🤣
That would be a giggle.............
Yes, L & L! 🤣🤣
A well-deserved winner of any poetic competition to express the feel of Spring in the air - - I love the title and subject dear Lorna and could see you and Silence walking those pine-woods.
Thank you Fay - it's Spring tomorrow! Maybe we will be able to walk in the sunshine soon! I spent yesterday in 35 degree weather picking up and hauling large branches out of the icy snow that had broken during the last storm....... very bracing!
Will that be 35F or 35C, or even -35 Lorna? I would prefer it be 'plus' and 'C'. lol.
"F" for FREEZING.............. Me too but I'm stupid and don't understand Celsius..........
Ahh, 32F is 0C = freezing point. Ooohh that's quite warm 35F. It's nearly 2C. heehee. But wind chill of about -100F, or feels like it?!
Good - so when I need to convert in future I will ask you! My brain is full........
Thanks for warming up my day with a beautiful picture we painted together 😉
There are the good days!!!
They can lock you up Lorna, but they can't stop you from writing. If they did you could write them into the fires of Hell. An excellent write among all excellent writes.
Stop it will go to my head.......
And that's a bad thing? LOL.
Lorna
A truly wonderful poem, reflecting images of nature
M:)
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