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Listen for the echo
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Listen for the echo |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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Listen to the sigh of a mourning dove, the wail of a solitary loon gliding nowhere on an endless pond, missing his mate. Tender is the peaceful mist that gently kissed wounded spirits seeking solace 'neath a melancholy moon, as Luna turns the day-page into a soul-searching night. Even the dark raven knows when to be silent. Listen to your heart beat in synchronicity with the universal rhythm. Listen to the sighs for all returning to the source of all being. Then listen for the echo. This is in honor of all our lost poet friends. |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo dear Kacy, This is a nice tribute. Love Bobby |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
yes, a most fine and appropriate 'tribute'! much loud and long-sustained applause for this 'penning'!! |
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WindWalker11 Junior Member
since 2008-12-24
Posts 41 |
This is a very fine tribute. You really have a way with words:-) |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thank you Bobby, Bruce, Windwalker. |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
Lovely. I don't know how this could be improved--it hit me and knocked me down. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
That is a lovely tender poem dear Kacy A delight to read, and it is great to see you writing again. love. Lindsay |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
This touches the very soul, Kacy and I can't even imagine a finer tribute to our lost poet friends. Ida |
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AlexG Junior Member
since 2009-01-31
Posts 10 |
very nice... love this poem...it is definately one of the better ones I've read... |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
there is much to be said about the silences and the near silences in this world of clutter and noise |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Dear Kacy, how absolutely beautiful! It's a blessing that we can hear the echo. Love, Margherita  |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Wonderful write, Kacy, and a most fine tribute. Helen |
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Suncleaver Member
since 2009-01-18
Posts 481Stafford England |
A beautiful tribute. I enjoyed this very much and I am filled with sadness that I never knew so many people who have graced this site with their work and the touch of their hearts. Never sigh for a better world, it's already composed, played and told. |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Oh, Kacy, I am, I am, I am (listening) and I thank you for all I am hearing - right now there is a movie on TV - I have no idea what it is about as I am not watching it, but oh, oh, oh, the background music, is so very slow and so very beautiful and it is a perfect background for your poem of harmonic reverence. Thank you for this exquisite gift for Marge, and all Pipsters who hav gone before her. It is so very worthy of Marge. Thank you for sharing the beauty of your soul and your pen with us. Owl |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice  |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Midnitesun - nice tribute to the poets... BC |
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Oklahoma Rose Senior Member
since 2008-02-28
Posts 1586Oklahoma USA |
I'm listening! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The screen blurred as I was reading... I had to dry my eyes before replying. Thank you for this. |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
 Kacy, not only do you have a poetic soul, your heart is pure poetry. I adore your poetry ~ and you. I doubt that anyone could read this without their eyes glistening up. ~ Mine are... What a writer! What a luminous spirit! What a kind and caring heart! Love & Poet Light, Linda |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Beautiful!!!!! Thank You!!!!! How have you been??? I miss everyone here!!!!! HUGS!!!!!!! "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Andre Brink |
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poddarku Senior Member
since 2008-01-15
Posts 589india |
In a world where we have stopped listening to our own... it is a peaceful addition. Thanks. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
This makes me happy, to know so many 'listen' to life's tunes. Bridgette?! I am so happy to see you back on the board, you've been missed!!! How is everything in your part of Oregon these days? |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
What a pleasure to read this again! I am hearing the silences between the echoes as well . . . Owl |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Excellent poem with a perfect ending. Many many things we need to listen for. Eric |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice read |
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Osprey Member
since 2009-04-12
Posts 249 |
I am listening, and I am soothed by your words. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
glad to see this fine 'write' return near the top of the "P.I.P.-land" queue! continuing applause for this 'penning' !! |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
I wish life wasn't sooo busy sometimes. I alwayz think of everyone here. I'm doing pretty good. I got married in March. It was really cool!!! We're having a reception in May. How have you been??? |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Bridgette, congratulations!!!!  I'll send an email later today. |
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Prasad Nataraj Senior Member
since 2008-05-29
Posts 1149Bangalore,India |
Lovely writing that touched many of our hearts and will touch many more to come, heartfelt poem. "Hardwork pays in the long run" |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Osprey, thank you for reading and the kind comment! Bruce, thanks for visiting again! Prasad, thank you so much for that kind reply. ~namaste~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
glad to see this fine 'write' return near the top of the "P.I.P.-land" queue! "Luna turns the day-page into a soul-searching night. Even the dark raven knows when to be silent(!)" continuing applause for this 'penning' !! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I've read it a few times, and I'll savor it some more... And yanno? I love your poetry, but I truly wish you'd write a cookbook. It's taken me nearly 48 year to figger out I don't eat proper. (And Karen loves a burger, too. I just can't eat one of those while looking at a cow.) It may be time for a change. Lawsy but I love you. You are inspiring. thank you, kacy for being so determined to be you. |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
I heard the echo when I read your poem today. So much has been happening as your awareness reflects in this poem. Love.......jo |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Karen, a cookbook? LOL. It would be a vegetarian cookbook yanno, with maybe a shrimp, halibut, or tilapia recipe. For you, a vegetarian gumbo with Cajun sauce and a 'dirty rice' veggie style. LOL, love you lady K. Jo! I was wearing my beautiful necklace all day, thinking about you! I absolutely love the healing stones, and feel energized whenever I wear this precious necklace. Then when I came home I find you here visiting! WOW, talk about timing! I am making you a special meditation gift soon, featuring indigenous clays and stones from PA, kinda like a mini Zen garden. I hope to send it next month, if my hands cooperate. My fingers tingle and stiffen up with arthritis type symptoms after chemo, and it takes four or five days for them to recover. Chemo sucks, but since the tumor is shrinking, I am ok with these torture sessions. LOL. |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
nice tribute with a superb write...sighs, while reading, when ending, listening truly for the echo... |
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icebox Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 4383in the shadows |
All wonderful... ...this for me is best: "Listen to your heart beat in synchronicity with the universal rhythm." Brava! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Thanks for listening, Steve! Mr C, thank you, that is possibly my favorite line as well. |
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