Soft jade green and mellow amber
are the colours of these days,
soft green like finest cashmere
I’d wish to wear in special ways,
liquid amber of runny butterscotch
poured gently smooth on silky creams
calm like soothing sax at midnight
seems to be the current scene,
days unfold like gentle ripples, lapping
clear against the shore and you
as peaceful as the morning vista
that glistens across land we adore.
Calm and peaceful for a while
like soft vowels in lovers breath,
warm and sweet like feather touch
a pause infinite and needed
Oh! so very much…
Then days that came like brightly coloured
Peacock that arrived in view,
we sat together admiring beauty
no ‘grey life’ was meant for you!
Colours shimmering a Midas touch,
treasures of the purest nature
“thank you Lord” this means so much.
Soft jade green and mellow amber
are the colours of these days,
then turquoise blues of dazzling splendour
arrived for us along the way
like prismatic rainbow over Maui
or amber sunsets falling West
just as clear as morning dew
with glistening eyes – I drink this view.
All Rights Reserved @ June 2009.
Photo taken by Susie Hemingway
( The Peacock visted for three days )
Oh Susie this is exquisite! I love the way you weave your words…so expressive and far more than just descriptive, though everything is so perfectly picturesque in the mind's eye. ALL the senses are caressed by your words. So very beautiful in every way. And a peacock visited Hemingway for 3 days? Like visiting royalty enjoying your hospitality while blessing you with his regal, graceful, colorful beauty. Thank you for sharing your precious gift!
I love your poems,much love to Hamada from Clive and myself.
Susie – "Calm Are These Days" painted a breathtaking aura of color and serenity that floated me above the clouds so I could envision it in slow motion – breathing in every word – it was magical! Especially for those of us who share Multiple Myeloma with Hamada, poetry gives us an escape from "over thinking" our situation. With a beautiful name like Susie Hemingway Moursi, it is no doubt poetry flows as freely as a river from your pen. Some things are just meant to be. Thank you for making our world a better place and creating a blog we can escape to in our own days of needs! You are a treasure. Much Love & Respect, Lora
Beautiful poem to take you away from the pain and sadness of Myeloma.
Thank you for this lovely poem I am a multiple myeloma sufferer and you poems help me a lot.
This is such a pretty use of words and captures the picture perfectly. We so love your poems and it has helped us deal with some problems we have. Thanking you from the bottom of our hearts Susie.
I love the images this generates… This is beautiful, Susie.
I loved reading this so much I did so again and again. At times I felt as though I were an artist at my easel painting the day away.
Thank you!