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Cadence - 3. Chapter 3

Too soon that well-worn path must I ascend,

which takes one to that land much written of,

where many of a paradise have penned

beyond the east horizon far above.

The grey ones who this pilgrimage once trod

with their unnumbered feet buffed every stone

and beat this trail into a highway broad

with guides to make the landmarks better known.

Yet once I climb up to that highest pass,

no cheerful sunlit prospects there await,

but swirling mists which rise from each crevasse

obscuring any glimmer of my fate.

Alone into that country I’ll come through,

with nothing but my memory of you.

 

 

In margins,

between the traffic lanes,

red-orange poppies and golden clover

burst in clumps amid the urban fields of concrete,

accepting as fact that life is hard,

but striving to outshine

all that is.



Here again, each of us wrote a poem.
Copyright © 2023 Parker Owens, AC Benus; All Rights Reserved.
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centexhairysub

Like both, but found the first one truly remarkable.  The idea that we truly do not know our fate until we have reached the end and look up that last great journey but felt so powerful here.

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Parker Owens
5 hours ago, centexhairysub said:

Like both, but found the first one truly remarkable.  The idea that we truly do not know our fate until we have reached the end and look up that last great journey but felt so powerful here.

Thank you. Perhaps if we look at our days as if they were out last songs, and our last notes, we’d love more and better. In any case, @AC Benus and I thank you for reading and commenting. 

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raven1

Beautiful poems both.  The first with it steady cadence and sweet rhymes was captivating.  The second one with its contrast struck my heart.  I love the analogy of beauty emerging from the struggle for life.  You two work so well together Parker and AC.  

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4 hours ago, dughlas said:

What fate awaits ...

Nature prevails.

Nature indeed prevails, and in its beauty I take comfort. Thanks so much for reading and for sharing your reactions. 

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3 hours ago, raven1 said:

Beautiful poems both.  The first with it steady cadence and sweet rhymes was captivating.  The second one with its contrast struck my heart.  I love the analogy of beauty emerging from the struggle for life.  You two work so well together Parker and AC.  

Thank you very much for your thoughtful response and for reading. I can’t speak for @AC Benus, but I very much enjoyed working together on this set of poems. 

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21 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

Thank you very much for your thoughtful response and for reading. I can’t speak for @AC Benus, but I very much enjoyed working together on this set of poems. 

It was a wonderful collaboration, and a great experience :) Open to it again any time you are

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Bill W

Another beautiful poem, but you don't seem old enough to be thinking about death so much.  I spent too much time fearing death and what I would miss if I were to die, but now I've come to terms with my inevitable end, which is probably due to my advance age.  Anyway, I found all three chapters very interesting.  

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9 minutes ago, Bill W said:

Another beautiful poem, but you don't seem old enough to be thinking about death so much.  I spent too much time fearing death and what I would miss if I were to die, but now I've come to terms with my inevitable end, which is probably due to my advance age.  Anyway, I found all three chapters very interesting.  

I cannot speak for @AC Benus, but events from the past five years have focused me more on how things and bodies come to an end. I’m glad you thought these three chapters were interesting and worthwhile. Thanks very much for reading and leaving comments. 

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