this greyly patterned prayerful sky
pendulous above the shadowed trees
pleases me this morning, to be sure
it seeps life and care even while
it baleful stares soulful and sage
across this yet tumultuous land
and i muddy-headed and alone
mourn the passing of time as these
tremulous whispers wire my heart
however long the days, the years
imperious proceed, i unmanfully
remain, as every leaf, lie, star falls
without making a sound
George Ellington 
It is possible I have read this piece, oh.. I don’t know, four or five hundred thousand times… and still cannot get enough of the exquisite piercing dull aching mood of it. .. ‘tremulous whispers wire my heart’, I want to scream and cry and be silent as trees before this single line, let alone the rest.
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That is stunning to me, Allison, because of the entire verse, that was the line that I felt somehow you would appreciate the most. I thought you would feel that one.
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Ah, but of course you did. It’s something about the metal and the flesh of it, the blood. You can taste it. Just brilliant.
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Beautiful beautiful beautiful
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Oh, thank you, dear Cassa.
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I love this. Wowwwww!!!!! So much. Just so perfect. Every line. Wow!!!!
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You are so kind, Lia. Thank you, thank you.
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this is written so beautifully my friend! you are most def on a whirlwind roll! keep it up :))
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Cheers, Jay. I really appreciate that. It seems you’ve been a bit quiet on the poetry front. I love what you do, but I imagine you’ve been spending more time with your art lately, which is excellent. I loved Subliminal Light, and Fluid Sky in St Petersburg made me want to compose a verse about colors dripping from the sky. Beautiful stuff, Jay.
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You should I would post it alongside my art! 😉 and yes I’ve been busy submitting some new poetry in a chapbook and yes doing a wee bit of my art as well, thanks George 🙋🏻♂️
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This is so beautiful 🙂 You have got a wonderful blog!
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Thank you so much, Malavika. So kind of you.
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My pleasure 🙂
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