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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
The Green Woman's Cat "Whereforth cometh thou, ewe? Be you the one they call Toad?" "I know not, the ewe of whom you speak, but Toad I be! now and forever! Let me place a sword by my side and upon my head a hat. As you can plainly see, I'm not a ewe or toad! but the Green Woman's cat! She dressed me in fine silks and satins while speaking to me in Greek and Latin, then stuck a feather in my hat! Oh, how I love being the Green Woman's cat." [This message has been edited by Denise (08-29-2007 06:42 PM).] |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
hey wooo... I love that poem...too cool for school. |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
hey dog, glad to know someone besides me likes it! i knew [t]oad. he was a real person and so was the [g]reen [w]oman. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
Hey wooo...I could see this story/poem illustrated between two hard covers sitting and treasured upon a childs night table. Please excuse my absence, I was off the grid for a few weeks and am even now replying from a library computer....won't have my own up and running till sept.5/07...c u then Moon.. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
I like it too wooo. I thought I had answered you. The green woman and her cat must have wandered away from Beasley's pack of ghouls. Love, Joyce |
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Beasley Senior Member
since 2003-11-28
Posts 682Cheboygan,MI USA |
I like it too! Now, I'm sending my ghouls after Joyce! Barb |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
moon, joyce and barb, i am happy you enjoyed "the green woman's cat". the green woman's name was "mattie". she was freed from slavery when she was six years old and died in the '50s when she was nearly a 100. i first seen mattie, through my grandmother's witchen kindow, when i was about six. she would be walking down the alley, yelling, "here come da green woman... here come da green woman". this experience was very frightening to me as a small boy because she was brown in color but was yelling that she was the green woman. later i discovered the basket she carried contained wild greens that she had picked along the train tracks and she would sell the greens to the neighbors. in time i grew to love her as we would sit on her porch and she would share stories about her childhood. i was also intrigued by her rough wrinkled skin and the corncob pipe she smoked. |
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Beasley Senior Member
since 2003-11-28
Posts 682Cheboygan,MI USA |
What a wondeful story! Thanks for sharing that. Barb |
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pegasus111 Member Elite
since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219ocala, fl, usa |
great piece. thanks for sharing a slice of your life the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
Hey wooo, that was a great "flashback", thanks for the "clip"...moon. |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Oh I am so glad to hear the story of the green woman. I didn't think of that explanation for her name. Perhaps she helped to kindle your imagination that shows in your poetry. Very good. Love, Joyce |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
yes, joyce, mattie did have a strong influence on me and in her eyes i was always the green woman's cat but after she died, my life changed and i went away to school. |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
moon, in my mind, you have evolved from dog to moon. the adjustment from left to right did not take this "old dog" long to correct. life could not be complete without "flashbacks" and corrections. my first "fashback" occurred in '61 or '62 when toad returned "back to frogdom". my last correction occurred only moments ago. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
wooo, you're poems and comments are delightful...you are obviously in touch with you're Inner Child. You bless this site with your presence. |
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moondogz Member
since 2007-05-01
Posts 397Great White North |
my first "fashback" occurred in '61 or '62 when toad returned "back to frogdom". my last correction occurred only moments ago. I'd like to see you expand on this statement wooo, sounds very interesting. moon. |
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r v wooo Senior Member
since 2007-08-07
Posts 656 |
yes moon, let me take you there, to the "flashback"! try 08-12-2007 09:08pm. this will direct us to the same page. from the poem, "back to frogdom" we find toad returning to reality, with help from dr. rose and louise. the mayonnaise was a special arvard blend...vintage '61 or '62. the reference to the correction made "just moments ago" was in reference to a typo correction. [This message has been edited by r v wooo (09-08-2007 02:31 AM).] |
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