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In the sea

foam bubbles burst,

snowflakes each lose

six arms,

fire leaves behind its flame,

Mother Earth drifts slowly

downward to the ocean floor.


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Footnote: The above poem was inspired by a line in Stephen's poem

"Viking Rite".

https://www.postpoems.org/authors/letgetgo/poem/955747

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Charles Dickens: The sea asks for

nothing but those who stand by her shores

gradually attune themselves to her rhythm.

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lyrycsyntyme's picture

An ethereal translation of

An ethereal translation of tragedy. A slow sinking in the calm.

patriciajj's picture

A magnificent interpretation

A magnificent interpretation of a magnificent poem. 

 

"Fire leaves behind its flame" What an inspired translation of our inner language, our spirits' highest aspiration. Awe-inspiring.