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Halcyon Day MAG

July 23, 2009
By Amy Wang BRONZE, Toronto, Other
Amy Wang BRONZE, Toronto, Other
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sweet summer air
sunshine-dappled leaves
hang off withered, peeling bark

Michelangelo clouds
painted across a pristine blue canvas
stretched out to reach the horizon

where the flimsy ends of foliage,
held in place by obstinate roots,
meet pallid gray mist.

expansive houses line the streets
each with its own singularity
yet one and the same in their purpose.

tastefully modest displays of opulence
glistening cars and gleaming windows
belied by sweeping, lush farmland

linear rows of twisted vines
austere in their calculated precision
house grapes-to-be, wines-in-waiting

hidden fruit imbued with anticipation
for Autumn to come breezing by
with her palette of rich, earthy tones

displaced brown leaves, crimson apples
perched precariously upon feeble branches
so easily snapped by awaiting hands.



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on Nov. 24 2013 at 10:22 pm
asofnow GOLD, Troy, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
Nothing gold can stay ~ Robert Frost

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coly33 BRONZE, Lyndhurst, New Jersey
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on Dec. 28 2009 at 10:18 pm
abeatlesfan65 GOLD, Stillwater, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
"My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down." - T.S. Eliot

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on Dec. 8 2009 at 11:31 am
ShernayB. DIAMOND, Southfield, Michigan
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on Dec. 4 2009 at 10:19 pm
laneyb GOLD, St Paul, Oregon
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I am a quote addict. I spend majority of my time writing down quotes I hear.

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on Nov. 30 2009 at 2:57 pm
AbbotRabbit GOLD, Abolana, District Of Columbia
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