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Submitted to Jingle’s Poetry Rally: http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/thursday-poets-rally-week-37-january-13-19/
January in the Desert
I am
a wild strawberry
woven among
low-lying oleander branches,
I am
the fear that brushes
by your body in
the darkness of a dream.
I am
cloud-fingers
slipping over
mounded slopes
of snow-capped
Santa Rosa mountains
bringing rain
and night.
I slap
the rounded curves of
wind-stroked cheeks
turned skyward.
I am the hummingbird.
I wait outside
your window
with promises of joy.
Victoria C. Slotto, Author 
Beautiful poem! Great writing 🙂
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Such a beautiful one Victoria.. spell binding and so colorful.. full of Life.. 🙂
Wishing you a beautiful 2011
Hugs xx
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Thanks so much, Olivia. Same to you.
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I can feel winter’s cold in this piece. Thanks for visiting my entry, Happy Rally
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Thank you, Marlee.
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Wow.. I love the imageries here, Victoria 🙂 cloud-fingers… especially stayed in mind.. nice poetry..
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poignant, pretty and sweet 🙂
here is my entry: http://verseforthecynical.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-end-came-so-quickly/
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Aww.. such fine imagery, Victory… invigorating to the senses…
The title had a dreamy air to it.. something I absolutely loved!!
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hmmmmmmmm I enjoyed this one a whole lot. Chair de poule, real nice! Thank you, such a wonderfully sweet piece!!!!http://lynnaima.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/the-best-there-is/
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I love it: chair de poule. I’d forgotten that expression. Thanks lynnaima.
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Lovely, Victoria. Fanciful! 🙂
You are featured here:
http://jinglepoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunday-rally-dispatch-01162011.html
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Woke up ill-tempered this morning…poem make me smile!
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Then it was worth writing it. Thanks, Kolembo. Hope the day turned out to be lovely.
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This gives me shivers. Excellent!
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This is full of terrific images. I loved the cheeks turned skyward. Great write!
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Beautiful imagery, as always! Your love of nature is wonderfully depicted in your words.
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Oh, this is gorgeous.
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Beautiful poem with great imagery and much hope in the coming tomorrow!!
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I am
cloud-fingers
slipping over
mounded slopes
Beautiful!
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Excellent, very much open to perception.
I really like the last verse
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A beautiful poem, enough said I think, more words would detract from the sincerity of my statement.
The Lonely Recluse.
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Oh, I love this…giving a voice to the little acquaintances in this world. Wonderful.
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Nice..very poetic and beautiful
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gorgeous.
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have a beautiful weekend.
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missing your posts. 🙂
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I’m trying to catch up!!!
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This is a wonderful poem…
“I am the hummingbird.
I wait outside
your window
with promises of joy.”
Words that give us something to look forward to…thank you for sharing.
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I enjoyed the declaration…the way January is personified in the use of “I am.” Its interesting how you break from the patter on stanza 4 and 5. It didn’t disrupt the poem, if anything it was a nice break. I’ve never been in a desert, but it seems beautiful in january.
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yes! YES! haha liv! this is good! thank you for sharing. congrats on your perfect poet award wk 36.. here’s mine for this thursday.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/the-tears/
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January in the desert sounds like it’s filled with beauty. This had a very calming affect on me somehow. So lovely.
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beautiful imaginations..
you are a poem that is full of promises and beauty..
Happy Rally!
🙂
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