Thank you, Ivan, for the wonderful gift of beautiful imagery, and the
warm wish of Peace for our community!

Best wishes, and a Happy New Year to you, and one and all,

Charlotte Mancuso

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Ivan M Suzman wrote:

> ^^^^^^  WARM GREETINGS  FROM  ^^^^^^^^^^^^  :-)
>  Ivan Suzman        51/39/36       [log in to unmask]      :-)
>  Portland, Maine    land of lighthouses       10  deg. F   :-)
> ********************************************************************
>  Dear friends,
>
>    On Saturday,  I walked on the beach
> about 20 miles southwest of my home,
> at Fortune's Rocks, Maine.
>
>     Out of my memories comes
> a new, 4-part poem , "Milennium
> at Fortune'sRocks,"  which I am placing
> here on the PIEN list, to ask for peace
> for all of us in the PD Community.
>
> Best wishes for 2001 to you all .
> Sincerely,
>
> PWP Ivan Suzman  :-)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Millenium at Fortune's Rocks
>
>                  1
>
> A tooth-chattering wind
> floats bits of seaspray
> upon a storm-scoured shore
>
> I am cleansed, and awed
> by massive, cold,  blue waters
>
> which stretch limitlessly
>  to Rejkjavik, and equally to
> Gibaltar,  Dakar,
> and Cape Town .
>
>                 2
>
> Ice-embedded stems
> of winter dunegrass
> sparkle, silvery-white,
> mirroring the sunlight.
>
> They lean,  they oscillate,
> shimmering in the solstice's
> low, piercing sunlight,
>
> against a peach sherbet sky.
>
> Brilliant,
> and  blinding,
> they are bright like chandeliers
> multiply reflecrted
> in a fairyland of gemstones.
>
>                     3
>
> Just ten yards from crashing waves,
> a sea gull sits,
> seemingly  obliviously,
> motionlessly
> and almost oceanlessly,
> one webbed foot upon the fine-grained sand.
>
>                    4
>
> At the horizon,
> sea-greens blend with blue-grays
>
> and ice-green skies are floodlit
> behind pink and lavender sea clouds.
>
> A single skein of Canada geese
>
>   >
>
>                   >
>                              >
>                      >
>                >
>
>      >
>
> floats over a few human footprints
> which lead the eye
> to the water's edge.
>
> The trail disappears in  bubbling salt water,
>  fizzling upon the sand .
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> copywright@12-25-00
> ivan suzman