LARKSIGHT

LARKSIGHT

A Poem by Lynne Murphy Miller
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Summer night, outdoors with friends, candles, stars...

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THIS WAS AN AMBER NGHT
AND ALL THAT MET MY SIGHT
BECAME AS DELICATE AND MILD
AS THE TASTE OF CANDLELIGHT


FOR AMBER NIGHTS AND YOU ARE LIFE
WHEN LIFE IS LIQUID, RIVER-RIGHT
WHEN THE AIR IS SMOOTH AND SWEET AND WILD
AND WONDER HOLDS ME LIKE A CHILD


WITH AMBER NIGHTS, WITH AMBER NIGHTS
I BLESS THE WORLD, AND HOLDING TIGHT
TO EVERY ANCIENT JOY, I GIVE YOU
ONCE AGAIN THE BRIGHT LARKSIGHT

© 2022 Lynne Murphy Miller


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This brought a smile... a memory of mindsets.

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Added on December 10, 2022
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Lynne Murphy Miller
Lynne Murphy Miller

Vancouver, WA



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Vociferous reader and lover of words & language, literature, poetry, fine & performing arts, the natural world... In my youth a dancer and teacher, musician, then ASL interpreter, storyteller, and now.. more..

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