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		<title>A Pristine Spring</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Louima Cunningham]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue 80 (March - April 2011)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[days]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A skyline of lively hills and purple mountains appeared As sleepers floated in their deepest slumbers In purple and pink, successive dawns were swelling While in waters swans were elegantly gliding We felt the shivering breaths of a new spring. A cerulean serenity had enveloped our dreams And the sky winked with hope from a [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A skyline of lively hills and purple mountains appeared</p>
<p>As sleepers floated in their deepest slumbers</p>
<p>In purple and pink, successive dawns were swelling</p>
<p>While in waters swans were elegantly gliding</p>
<p>We felt the shivering breaths of a new spring.</p>
<p>A cerulean serenity had enveloped our dreams</p>
<p>And the sky winked with hope from a distance</p>
<p>In a moment, we were left without defenses</p>
<p>At the point where providence meets resolve</p>
<p>God made our dreams bloom.</p>
<p>The overflowing fountain has come to life again</p>
<p>Breezes high and low promising a bright future</p>
<p>Everywhere embraced by a blessed joy</p>
<p>And the happiest days of life I longed for</p>
<p>Were being lived in the deepest sense, once again.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>A pristine spring, with its fresh verdant hues</p>
<p>Like the patterns and colors of the past</p>
<p>The people found the touchstone they had lost</p>
<p>Making up for the great loss they sought</p>
<p>Purple rosebuds on heavenly hills.</p>
<p>With the breeze blowing, now grasses atone</p>
<p>In the lands, once struck lifeless by autumn, are new roses</p>
<p>As if the Trumpet has blown, the dead are resurrected</p>
<p>Along with them in this azure dream</p>
<p>Grieving hearts attain reunion. </p>
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