I AM WIND
SEE HOW GENTLY I CARESS THY CHEEK;
YON FAIREST OF EDEN’S MAIDENS.
I FILL THY SAIL WITH MY PRESENCE
AND SEND THEE ON A JOYOUS RIDE;
I BRING THEE A FRAGRANCE OF A THOUSAND
LAVENDER BUSHES FROM ACROSS THE WAY
FORGIVE ZEPHYR IF HE LIFT THY HEM,
I SELDOM HAVE TIME TO PLAY;
FOR I AM WIND
THE LEGIONARY MARIA.
IT IS SAID THAT I EJACULATE THE BIRDS ACROSS THE SKY,
AND THAT MARIA, THAT’S ME,
MAKES THEM MOUNTAINS SOUND LIKE GHOSTS UP THERE –
A-CRYIN.
AND WHEN I’M IN A FRENZY,
I’M CALLED BY MANY A NAME;
SOME FOLK CALL ME DEMONIC TWISTER,
AND OTHERS, ARIEL;
ANCIENT WHALERS AND OCEANAUTS CALL ME,
THE IMP OF HELL,
WHILE INHABITANTS OF THE OCEAN’S SHORES
SAY THAT I GIVE THE HURRICANE ITS GALE.
AND WHEN I’M TAKEN FOR GRANTED,
IN ANGER I UPROOT TREES.
IF I SHOULD TURN COLD SHOULDER YOUR WAY,
I MAY CAUSE YOUR KNEES TO FREEZE.
DENY ME IF YOU CAN;
DEFY ME,
IF YOU DARE!
WHEREVER YOU GO,
WHATEVER YOU DO,
REMEMBER,
I AM ALWAYS NEAR . . .
I AM WIND
BY
Sammie L. Carter
Copyright 4\12\1971
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this one is pure heaven sam. its so very beautiful. loved reading and feeling it.
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beautiful wind poem..
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You really placed on display the wind’s power! nice!
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what I liked most about this piece was the old english venacular… I pride my self on being a noble.. so this was very refreshing to read….
.Mase Da Rula.
The Ruler’s Kingdom
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Shakespeare, myth, touch of Milton. Great work. Simply awesome. 🙂
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Happy Poets Rally.
I picked this one and love the title of it.
dynamic and fun flow.
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Wow…I would never have given this much thought to the wind and you did excellently well…nice one!
Cheers!
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wow…this was nature at its best…
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Sir, I will remember you! XDXD~ Who would dare to forget =X You are the wing after all! Great write!
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Happy Rallying! 🙂
This is an awesome piece. your style is wonderfully classic and it is def a must read over and over again. nice work!
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“ejaculate birds across the sky” interesting choice of words. 🙂
It certainly creates some powerful imagery.
Thanks for sharing it.
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Your use of words are amazing 🙂
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cool one. Love the rhymes
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This is so powerful, and there’s so much here. I’m going to read it a couple times. Thanks for this.
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I loved the power that is evoked, the personality of the wind is well-shaded.
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That was such a powerful writing…
Loved the language and the words you used!! Thank you for sharing…This took me back to those days when I used to stay up till late at night to read those classic literary novels…
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Superb, excellent, fantastic, brilliant…
I love it so much 🙂
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Nobody in this world can defy wind as it contains the precious oxygen, life line of everybody.
Very well said.
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I really appreciate the way you started off with the gentle aspects of the wind, it almost felt like you were speaking of a lovers embrace, but then you completely flipped it and I could feel the rough tosses of the wind. Great job! Happy Rally!
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