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Helix

Helix



When sun rises through a cold October morning,
grasps breath as it explodes,
impels to begin a new day;

I am my muse!  

Light scintillates,
shimmies beyond water surface,
and ascends its magic to the sky.

My song's energy exudes;
mute motion fondles fascination,

and learns.

When chill surrounds,
rounds circular,
white-cool on a winter night
with Orion's mighty bow arched,

I am the full moon!

I am life energy
 
and death
when it pulls.

Like the dance of a cherry blossom,
to sonnet song and child laughter,
I am lulled silent.

I preserve longevity's cadence upon spring air;

charmed aria,
spiraled petals on the wind.

— Pamela A. Lamppa, Jan 23, 2010

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: New England - USA, USA

Favorite Poets: Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Butler Yeats, John Keats, Pablo Neruda, Algernon Charles Swinburne, T.S. Elliott, and too many more to begin to cover them all.

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ziggy

16 years 4 months ago

hi

hi i do like this , maybe cos of the imagery nicely put together , reads like a piture, i like this,,,,,,,ziggy
Pamela A. Lamppa

Pamela A. Lamppa

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you

Reads like a picture ... I think I like that. *smile* Thank you so much. ~Pamela
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 4 months ago

Oh Orb of beauty pierced by

Oh Orb of beauty pierced by sunlight dazzled with dawns awakening trumpet beams you make your presence, muse, step into pleasant dreams to ponder the hill, its bent, its fill of streamed content those melodies we love, sent from that sky above the world so spent, how beautifully you soliloquise Pamela you clothe us for this morning in gowns of words we stride out refreshed, renewed and happy. Just look NOW outside this big wide window to those hills all clad in frost, pink lit in the mornings 'cold' sunlight, then they turn white, each fir tree can be seen in the mass with its slight shadow beside, fading below into darker tones of colour where the upright birches take over in the foreground, their white barks shining against their dishevelled hair in rusty browns beneath, some bushes darkest green their base. Oh your lovely arc leading to the moon, its shape, the helices are spiralled round you words so gracefully seen. Ah 'tis good to be alive in such beauty, thank you Pamela you woke my morning reveries and so beautifully too. Ann of Norway
Pamela A. Lamppa

Pamela A. Lamppa

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you.

That my verse could inspire such lovely rhyme from your magic pen is a compliment indeed. I too have seen the snow sparkle pink to lavender on a winter's day. when I was young - pines black against the white snow with nary a hint of green ... Your words have taken me back to a place in time - quite long ago - and the paper birch lit by moon-glow to shimmer in hues of tender peach and tanned gold ... Thank you from my inner most me for your most wonderful words. Most appreciated. ~Pamela
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Ink Dragon

16 years 4 months ago

Dear Pam,

I am reeling in the feeling from this write. I needed something positive and beautiful today :) I particularly enjoyed the lines you set off separately and punctuated with exclamationmarks, they were uplifting, it was like a voice jubilating. Yours, ~Nina
Pamela A. Lamppa

Pamela A. Lamppa

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you

Oh dear Nina, I am so pleased this poem was able to lift your spirits some. That means I have met my mark, as this is meant to be uplifting; joyful of all that surrounds. *smile* A feel good piece. Thank you again dear poetess. ~Pamela