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Michael Hatcher's avatar

I love the artwork, but your poem is like a fever dream. I especially love the last two lines!

Elizabeth's avatar

Thank you, it did feel like that. I appreciate your encouragement!

Adrião Pereira da Cunha's avatar

This poem feels like a small moment of drifting thought, almost like watching ideas move in moonlight.

I love how the “moonlit thoughts” carry both softness and a hint of self‑consciousness.

There’s something gentle in the way windows and paths seem to shift and line up for a second.

The image of a voice moving through a “flame‑infested tree” feels strange in a beautiful, dreamlike way.

It reads like someone trying to catch a feeling before it slips away.

The poem has the same quiet, hazy atmosphere that Iris Tomberg’s work often carries.

I felt that mix of calm and slight unease, like stepping into a moment that isn’t fully real.

The language moves softly, but there’s a subtle tension underneath it.

It leaves more mood than explanation, which makes it linger.

A delicate, fleeting piece that feels like a thought caught between light and shadow.

Elizabeth's avatar

Thank you. It’s an honor to explore these in-between places with you.

Brian.hadfield's avatar

The Ghost moon rising behind the hill

As daylight fades

A winter chill

Descends upon the valley

A gentle breeze

That stirs

The leaves

And signals day’s finale

The oarless boat

The pond

Afloat

Tethered to its mooring

The cottages with windows dark

Silent all

And stark

Await the morning

Behind the scene

Within

Our dream

The folk lie waiting

With crayon raised

And skill

Displayed

The artist keeps creating

Elizabeth's avatar

And creating. Timeless.

Brian.hadfield's avatar

We build and evolve. Never static.

Marilena Aquino de Muro's avatar

I so love the burning bush passage, thank you, Elizabeth for this beautiful poem 🙏🏻

Elizabeth's avatar

Thank you, Marilena 💜