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Nan
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0 posted 2001-01-09 08:33 PM





I hear "My Day of Beckoning"
From Muses to my lair
'Tis long enough my Reckoning
Life's Sirens fill the air.

Enough Responsibility
I've been grown up too long
I'm ready for Frivolity
To sing that Siren's Song

No more of this hibernal game
With tufted quilts and snow
I hear Adventure call my name
With all it shall bestow.

A fortnight's nurturant avow,
Time now to shed that skin
My burdens all are lighter now
New Journeys to begin.

My Quest in life to have some Fun
And write of all I see
I'll tell you when I've touched the Sun
Thence Siren's Song I'll be.

So, heed me well, I have forespake
I'll venture to and fro,
I know not now which roads I'll take
I'll pave them as I go

Entrust in this, loved ones and friends,
I and my Travelin' Van
Will forge new trails by this year's end ~
I'll be a Travelin' Nan.

Is Irony in Hearkening?
Life's Siren's luring word?
I hear "My Day of Beckoning"
The Sweetest Song I've heard.


I feel a strong case of cabin fever coming on here...







[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 01-09-2001).]

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1 posted 2001-01-09 08:45 PM


Nan~
Marvelous ~

I giggled at this ~

'Entrust in this, loved ones and friends,
I and my Travelin' Van
Will forge new trails by this year's end ~
I'll be a Travelin' Nan.'


LOL !
Gopher-Broke !
LOOK !  It's a REAL smiley again !

Nanner-Nanner-Nanner !
~*Marge*~



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2 posted 2001-01-09 09:26 PM


Ever seen me with a REALLY big smile?  Well, you should see me now!  This one is great and you knew I'd love it!  You knew it...you knew it!!!!
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3 posted 2001-01-10 10:21 AM


Go for it   Love it as you can well imagine  
Sunnyone
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4 posted 2001-01-10 11:21 AM


Oh how I can identify with this right now!!!!
I, too, am sick of tufted quilts and snow, and keep looking for a cabin fever cure. If you find one, please share with your sister in the Great Frozen North!! (Loved this one, Nan...... )


Write on!
-<--<--{(@


Kethry
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5 posted 2001-01-10 12:29 PM


Nan,
no cabin fever here!... But I loved it just the same... I'm with Marge, gopher broke!
Write on
Kethry


Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.


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6 posted 2001-01-10 04:04 PM


A fortnight's nurturant avow,
Time now to shed that skin
My burdens all are lighter now
New Journeys to begin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NAN, this is an incredible write I so much enjoyed the spirit of enthusiasm behind it...
Thank you for this read...
coco


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7 posted 2001-01-10 04:08 PM


You put so nicely into words what we all feel at one time or another.
Good luck on your travels. Love the graphics.

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8 posted 2001-01-10 04:10 PM


OK... I had to take a giggle break at the Travelin' Nan line... love it! *S* Hit the road, gal! (I have an extra bedroom. *S*)
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9 posted 2001-01-10 04:46 PM


Hey!! You!! Travelin' Nan!! Swaying palm trees call your name....
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10 posted 2001-01-10 07:52 PM




Going west are you? What is really beckoning you, Nan? Do you hear the call of the wild? Will you go west and tame those pesky poets out there?


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11 posted 2001-01-10 08:19 PM


Nan my love, if your heading south I'll have a fire burning on the beach. There are some blue birds flying wild down here. *L*
PS. The poem is fabulous.

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12 posted 2001-01-10 08:29 PM


Applause! What a wonderful poem Nan! Upbeat, inspirational ... absolutely, positively just what I needed tonight! Many, many thanks lovely poet! (and I'll invite ya north when the snow melts)  

Best wishes,
/Kit

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13 posted 2001-01-10 09:19 PM


Evening Nancy,

What a beautiful writing you have done. Yes, to get up and do it, what a feeling. Took a month out on Vancouver Island to relax, and it about changed my life. Always the best Nancy, especially for a special person like you.

BC

Nan
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14 posted 2001-01-13 10:00 AM


I so appreciate all of your adulations...

Marge - Thanks, I shall... even if it brokes me...

Karilea - Um... I had clue - just a little one..

Ruth - I'm smilin' for you...

Sunny - I almost feel guilty complaining about cabin fever with you around... hehe... I've got NO snow - I just hate being cold..

Kethry - Thanks - Writing on..

Coco - Thanks for stopping by and enjoying..

inot - Thanks - It only lasts through the winter for me...

suthern - Thankya... and don't be surprised when you see me on your doorstep - I'm gonna be a gypsy for awhile this year..

Deer - I hear'em... yep.. I do..

PdV - Wild 'n" Crazy western poets, eh?  I'll have to check that out..

Sy - A fire on the beach in Lauderdale? That's a "Must See"...  

Kit - Thanks - and I'll take you up on that... AFTER the snow goes away... Tell me when the temperature goes above 80, OK?..

BCI - I do hear it's beautiful out there... I'll put it on my list... See ya there..

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15 posted 2001-01-15 10:04 PM


Hiya, Nanners!   I don't know why I passed this up until now. Delightful work as always, and hey...can you take me with you?
LOL!


Can I be your willful breeze,
Come to touch,
Your heart to ease?


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16 posted 2001-01-18 11:04 PM


Sometimes you just have to go for the gusto!! Have a great trip....and don't forget to make a pit stop in Philly!! Delightful poem, Nan!!

Denise

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17 posted 2001-01-18 11:37 PM


No more of this hibernal game
With tufted quilts and snow
I hear Adventure call my name
With all it shall bestow.

A fortnight's nurturant avow,
Time now to shed that skin
My burdens all are lighter now
New Journeys to begin.

My Quest in life to have some Fun
And write of all I see
I'll tell you when I've touched the Sun
Thence Siren's Song I'll be.
====================
Nan this is charming...
the light hearted spirit is wonderful...
love the unique vocab choices ...
and the ryhme flow reads like a melody
way cool...and look at all the invites ya got  
enjoyed this read much.


When to the sessions of sweet silent thought,
I summon up remembrance of things past ...
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought.
~Shakespeare~

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