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0 posted 2008-06-22 03:36 AM


I Like …

I like wildflowers and hay fields growing high,
tall spruce trees in groves with magic moss covering their roots.
I like sunny skies and hard rain showers with thunder
rumbling high overhead as lightening flashes.
I count – one, two, three, four, and hope it is far away.
I like liking things.  Like camping with a bottle of brandy
tucked in my back jeans pocket and fire sparks flying high.
I like hearing the tide crash onto the sand
when I am held close, breath on my salty cheek.
I like spending quiet nights at home, writing, reading,
country music playing on the radio and dogs at my feet.
I have grown up, but I still remember the thrill of lunch pails,
new crayons and school books that had never been opened.
I love fall frosty mornings, lacing coffee with Carolans
and having nowhere to go, just watching the creek flow
and hearing a fish jump in the morning silence.
I like the quiet of the day with no cars, planes, crowds
or agendas to complete – just quiet times watching the ducks
and looking for fox on the island or seeing a bird’s nest
nestled in the rose bush with four blue eggs and a nervous Mama.
I like to talk fast and I like run on sentences .
I like to laugh loud from the tummy up to the mouth
and I like nights like these,  dancing with my thoughts.

---

Alison



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OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
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1 posted 2008-06-22 04:11 AM


Oh, Alison, and I like, I like, I like AND I love (and like and love are 2 different things) this poem.  I think it is my favourite of yours that I have read.  I could be wrong, because I can't think of them all at once, but I believe that I am not.  It reminds me of a poem by Robert Frost - can't quite remember what it is called, but it was also a list of things that he loves.  

In spite of this being a list, it is stunning.  By the way, I went back a second time to check that I was right, and I like and love all the things you listed too - except that I don't like brandy (prefer wine); I don't know what lunch pails are, but they sound good; I don't know what Carolans is, but I guess it is whisky, which I don't like as a drink, but I have had some sort of alcohol in coffee which I guess must have been whisky and it was lovely, but all the rest are my favourite things - or would be if we had them here - we have jackals and wild dogs, not foxes, but I love all animals anyway.  

My favourite part - and that is a difficult one!  - oops, no, I keep changing it every time I go back and read it - my favourite part is ALL of it.

Thank you for such a wonderful experience, Alison.  It is not just wallowing in each of the lovely things you mentioned, it is the mood - no, more than the mood (but that too) - also the mindset and the character/personality trait - and I, too, like liking things - I think that was a magnificent thought of yours.  

- Owl

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12
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by the sea
2 posted 2008-06-22 08:16 AM


I like liking things...
Thank you Alison.

     yann

Dark Stranger
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West Coast
3 posted 2008-06-22 09:46 AM


ms ali-san...enjoyed this little girl side of you
Richy
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4 posted 2008-06-22 09:53 AM



I like mornings like this
Where we get to see your smooth dance steps
All over the page
And hear the soft echo of gentle thunder
In your heart

Count – one, two, three, four…

Still far,
But yet,

so close

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
5 posted 2008-06-22 12:16 PM


It is nice to know someone like you, Alison.
Someone who recognizes the truly wonderful things in life and appreciates them. I like...your view of our world.
                                     Ida

Margherita
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Eternity
6 posted 2008-06-23 05:59 PM


A joy to read and experience together with you, dear Alison!

Love,
Margherita

Topheth
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Texas
7 posted 2008-06-24 09:20 PM


I Love ...

"You inspire; I desire – and refrain; you sustain."

graeshine2006
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since 2008-06-03
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The Prairie Lands, USA
8 posted 2008-06-24 11:08 PM


This is wonderful!  I like it all too!  I have a sudden urge to sit by a campfire on a beach.  This is really beautiful Alison!
Honeybunch
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since 2001-12-29
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South Africa
9 posted 2008-06-25 07:09 AM


Truly a lovely write, Alison.  Your words  have put me there amongst all of the things you like and I feel wonderful.  Thank you!
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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Sydney, Australia
10 posted 2008-06-25 07:40 AM


my lovely Ali-girl... I like what you like and I love the way you say it... love RDB x

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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