Saturday, March 27, 2010

Egrets Comments

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Once as I travelled through a quiet evening,
I saw a pool, jet-black and mirror-still.
Beyond, the slender paperbarks stood crowding;
each on its own white image looked its fill,
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Judith Wright
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Mahtab Bangalee 21 December 2020

nothing moved but thirty egrets wading - thirty egrets in a quiet evening. /// Thirty egrets were wading on the viscous substance of life; now all thought white plumage the life is; quiet surroundings; every time it seems it's evening, the time of setting down sun of life; no rising source there is in life; what a loneliness thrilling the around without beloved one the traveling path was; now darkness is impending//

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Edward Kofi Louis 21 December 2020

A quiet evening with nature! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Khairul Ahsan 21 December 2020

'I watched in silence, till my heart was full of clear dark water, and white trees unmoving, and, whiter yet, those thirty egrets wading.' - Oh what a beautiful imagery! Loved the poem entierly. Heartiest congratulations on the poem’s selection as the ‘Modern Poem of the Day’!

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And nothing moved but thirty egrets wading - thirty egrets in a quiet evening

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