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the gingko trees |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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When mourning doves begin to weep openly and the moon hangs its head so low it cannot be seen over the gingko trees, when waves of madness escape their boundaries, crush all that stands between them and desired reality, when the sun refuses to shine no matter how hard I beg... these are the times I seek solace in a sanctuary of nature’s beauty, drawn from my memory banks. The soft melodic sighs of a gentle breeze flowing over growing reeds in a teeming pond, the warmth of sand grains as they slip between my toes at Pacific’s edge, the scents of sage, night-blooming jasmine or lavender caressing my nose, the chilled kiss of a forgiving fog blanket as it settles on lonely lips of land that line the shores of loon lake. Listen, can you hear the sounds of the night crawlers? Did you see that flash of light reflected from the beak of a bird? Nature gives, and nature takes. But I get to choose which memories to keep. |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Amen! We sure do get to pick and choose, what a great poem Kacy! I felt this one might have been for Auguste and Sandgrain in a way, due to the choice of various words, and themes. Perhaps, wishful thinking? Beautiful, like that big heart of yours.
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Hugging you, Sharon, for seeing part of what inspired this write. |
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Juju Member Elite
since 2003-12-29
Posts 3429In your dreams |
I like this one alot Juju |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
There is much room to interpret deep sorrow here. Nature will have its way. This is a nice variation from many of your writes and it is good to see other sides of your skill. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Very nicely done Kacy..much enjoyed the read. Happy New Year. Hugs~ In the midst of winter, |
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*Alli4000*
since 2004-03-21
Posts 3188The World of Poetry |
"Nature gives, and nature takes. But I get to choose which memories to keep." I liked that ending...nice write Kacy!  ~Alli~ Happy 2005! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
thanks friends and hope you have already begun to store up some good memories from this new year |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good write  |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"these are the times I seek solace in a sanctuary of nature’s beauty, drawn from my memory banks." Kacy...Ginko trees are very lovely, great title.. I am well aware of that sanctuary. and the solace that it provides..many times I have felt that it has saved my mental life.. And we are not alone...Wordsworth called on the same refuge.. **"I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue." And he also heard, as I have , and you, the "sounds of the night crawlers" "..I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused, Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man:" And so we are never alone when nature calms our melancholy. Emerson and Thoreau and Wordsworth are listening and seeing-smiling each time we take solace.. "Nature gives, and nature takes. But I get to choose which memories to keep. Again, Wordsworth thought the same, I think he says so in these lines... (nature is) **"The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being. ** From ‘Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey’ By William Wordsworth (1770–1850) I love this poem, it hit me right in the heart, but it did not hurt..it was like a salve that balms. manaste________ice/ford [This message has been edited by ice (01-03-2005 03:02 PM).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Kacy, sometimes your poetry inspires the most insightful replies, so reading both it, and the comments, has been a tremendous blessing. |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
This is truly a moving bit of writing. Beautiful! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I am humbled by that reply, Ford. To even be mentioned alongside the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Wordsworth, brings such a deep sigh of immense pleasure. Many of your writes give me great solace and comfort, and I sense your respect and love for nature is deeply embedded within who you are, why you write as you do. Thanks to each of you, for your kind and generous comments, for reading this, a heart beat write. |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Kacy Reading that incredible trio changed my life, turned me into a pantheist.. I feel that they come alive again, whenever a poem like this one is written I saw their message in this poem, and felt warm when I read it... Thank you for writing it.... ___________ice/ford ><> |
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