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Sunsets & Highways

Long avenues into bloodshot sunsets
shifting the soundtrack of extended fugues
of fossilised wind across desert canyons,

these are the scenes the eyes sedate
drifting thru the smoke of lone highways
juxtaposed over lizards & tumbleweeds,

how the soul echoes the western roads
just trying not to surrender
such as the bones of ensnarled exile,

but as gravity in the end the moon’s tide
transcends the weight of human breath
and into shadow the evening pales...

jon Lyndon

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On Friday June 2nd, 2006, Anna Helianthus (1160) writes:

well, this was perfectly gorgeous. so many lines i'd like to quote here, and it's only 4 stanzas..damn. "juxtaposed over lizards & tumbleweeds" and "the bones of ensnarled exile", among others..just beautiful, this really is an astonishinly wonderful poem

On Friday June 2nd, 2006, Anna Helianthus (1160) writes:

this actually reminds me perfectly of this sunset i saw when i was driving to las vegas..it gets really deserty out there, with nothing but the sun, the sky, the mountains, and tumbleweeds..it's really open, with a whole lot of spaces..

On Friday June 2nd, 2006, Anna Helianthus (1160) writes:

and i was sitting in the car, just sort of dozing..and then i looked up, and bam..the colors were just magical..the sun just seemed towash over everything, and i felt so calm..it was such a lovely moment..and i'm so happy to have remembered it..

On Friday June 2nd, 2006, Anna Helianthus (1160) writes:

so i guess what i'm getting at through my long chain of rambling (heh, sorry about that =/) is that this was magical, and really re-created a very content and calm moment for me. thank you for that. :)

On Tuesday January 30th, 2007, Bakkhus Unbound (1108) writes:

TA! and I am glad to help re-create a magical moment for you; I'd love to see a Western American sunset. I've seen many; sunsets in Florida, over the Gulf of Mexico are mad, they are so perfect. Sunsets splashing over the black silhouettes of NYC or...

On Tuesday January 30th, 2007, Bakkhus Unbound (1108) writes:

...Boston; seen from the red rocks of Mt. Tom on the E'hampton side; all sunsets are like different species, different lives; many seemingly painted by Dali[God]. Your chains of rambling are always welcome. Many thaNks.

On Monday November 7th, 2005, Railway_Butterfly (464) writes:

breath and into shadow the evening pales...' I'm quite literally astounded by this.. left wondering how I could possibly express my wonder of this art..

On Monday November 7th, 2005, Railway_Butterfly (464) writes:

theres something I find so.. I can't quite find the world i'm looking for.. just something that gets me about the stillness of this. Amidst so many words, it's just all so still. 'but as gravity in the end the moon's tide transcends the weight of human br

On Tuesday November 1st, 2005, suicideseason (2144) writes:

I always find myself blown away by the epicness of your imagery...you make the words dance..."these are the scenes the eyes sedate drifting thru the smoke of lone highways juxtaposed over lizards & tumbleweeds,"...

On Tuesday November 1st, 2005, suicideseason (2144) writes:

...so much palpable desolation...trippy and wicked...and the final verse was like black curtains closing together at the end of a tragic play.Bravo,sir.

On Sunday October 30th, 2005, manywalks (950) writes:

Mmmm, seductive indeed. This brought Van Morrison to mind, damnit, i forget exactly which piece, but now i have what promises to be an elongated earworm; and of course have to go and look it up now. elegant. ~ wen

On Monday October 10th, 2005, TwilightMelodies (1072) writes:

oooooooh, how very subtle and seducing...I agree with saintedmad completely...this pulled me by my eyelids until there was nothing left to read (although I vehemently wish there was). *Evangel*

On Wednesday October 12th, 2005, purr_verse (1437) writes:

Like the closing track on some epic album; moments of quiet grandeur and distance, absence and detail, stillness and travel...reads like sunfaded sepia; somehow ancient and secret...

On Tuesday January 30th, 2007, Bakkhus Unbound (1108) writes:

"sunfaded sepia" nice!

On Monday October 10th, 2005, saintedmad (1177) writes:

mmmm...this has such a seductive, nomadic current that pulls you along not only each line, but inside each image... concise elegance and longing; amen.... ~ness~

On Monday October 10th, 2005, mysticventures (546) writes:

brilliant !!!

On Monday October 10th, 2005, Solace (1424) writes:

A great stillness moves within this piece, a movement of still, like being on the edge of a precipice and feeling everything in the moment as a breeze passes...exceptional

On Monday October 10th, 2005, anth (1611) writes:

beautiful work, a whole ocean between inhale and exhale

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