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Alison
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0 posted 2008-07-10 09:24 PM


    

Little Caribou


Little caribou, just what do you see
as I peek at you and you peek at me?
I see you hide behind bushes of green,
then looking out with curiosity keen.

Little caribou, where will you next go?
Will you find a patch of cold, icy snow?
You might nap together under the sun
and find some relief from mosquito’s hum.

Little caribou, you are a surprise
I had fun playing our game of “I Spy”
Be careful of bear; they’re over the hill
You’d be perfect lunch on which they could fill.

Little Caribou, goodbye for today
If we meet again, I would love to play.
Thank you for sharing your playtime with me
and for your gift of curiosity.

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Alison


© Copyright 2008 Alison - All Rights Reserved
Robert E. Jordan
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1 posted 2008-07-10 10:00 PM


Yo Alison,

This is a lovely, well written poem.  Nice spring antlers too.

Love Bobby

graeshine2006
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2 posted 2008-07-10 10:40 PM


That was sweet Alison!
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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3 posted 2008-07-10 11:10 PM


great pic and great poem my lovely Ali-girl... just wonderful!  love RDB

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

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4 posted 2008-07-11 12:14 PM


Alison~
You are soooooooooo right ... the grandie girlies, Delaney and Landry, will adore this~

Thanks for the pic too~
PRECIOUS !!!

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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5 posted 2008-07-11 12:21 PM


I love nature and animals. This was a very sweet poem.
Marchmadness
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6 posted 2008-07-11 12:47 PM


I agree, Alison. I live near a very large cemetary that is full of wild life including many deer. We often take the kids up there to see the deer, who are so tame they will walk right up to the car.
                               Ida

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7 posted 2008-07-11 04:05 PM


Beautiful sentimental piece.

·´~`·­»Garapan«­·´~`·

Jaime Fradera
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8 posted 2008-07-11 05:28 PM


Alison.
What gentleness and tenderness is in here.  It is very obvious that you have a profound reverence and respect for the miracle of life, and for it's fragile beauty ... and your desire to nurture the miracle of life comes ringing through.

It's like you say, the natural world is a kind of cathedral, and your poem an articulation of your religious faith, an expression of the love you bare within.
What a beautiful and tender person you must be inside, Ali, and I am so happy I am beginning to know you! ...
And you know what?  There is something gone awry with the plumbing in the building and the drains are backing up ...
so they are telling us not to run the water.
Pooh!
Jaime

Jaime

Margherita
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9 posted 2008-07-11 06:07 PM


Delightful, dear Alison! Thank you for this tender beauty.

Love and hugs.
Margherita

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10 posted 2008-07-11 10:48 PM


what a lovely photo.-image to match this pleasant 'penning'!

I am especially fond of the ending:

"Little Caribou, goodbye for today
If we meet again, I would love to play.
Thank you for sharing your playtime with me
and for your gift of curiosity(!)"

applause!!

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11 posted 2008-07-11 10:58 PM


OH, Ali! They are adorable! Thank you for sharing them with us. I had two 'adopted' moose in Alaska when an ignorant hunter/tourist shot their mom. My daughter and I named them  Moosatchi and Willow, and they never strayed far from our cabin. This brought back memories of those two youngsters.
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12 posted 2008-07-11 11:01 PM



Alison, the picture and the poem was so dear, and so are you!

Rich


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13 posted 2008-07-12 10:24 AM


Alison, love the pic, the poem, and you!

Now please be careful of those bears the next time that you play Caribou-Hide-and-Seek! I wouldn't want you to become a tasty treat for one of them! Oh, no! That would never do!

Love
Linda xo

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14 posted 2008-07-12 12:34 PM


Alison,

you have such a sweet and tender soul, I just popped in to see your reply to my poem desire, and I wish to thank you, deeply it touched me.

I wrote the disclaimer at the bottom of my poem because one of my poems as of late, was too mature for open and was pulled by the moderators ...thus it is no more than kids, teens, etc. see on modern day tv.

I myself do not watch soap operas either,
if you ever need anything "darling" I am just an email away...my heart is always open to you!


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15 posted 2008-07-14 07:59 PM


just had to return for another 'visit' to this most pleasant 'penning'!

continued applause!!

Alison
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16 posted 2008-07-16 01:34 AM


Thank you, Bobby.  These were young caribou - Man, there was this older male and his rack was huge.  He kind of preened and allowed me to watch him.  He was very proud of himself, that's for sure.

xoxoo
Alison

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Debra,

Thank you.  I am glad that you liked my little friends.

Alison

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RDB

Thank you, darlin'.  I love you and love sharing with you.

Ali

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Marge,

I am so glad that they will.  Please send them hugs from me and ask them to give you big hugs to you from me.

xoxoxo and thinking of you often,

Love,
Alison

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Moonkist,

I do too and thank you.

Alison

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Ida,

Thanks for sharing a piece of your world with me.  You would have loved this day, I believe.

A

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Jaime,

Thank you for all your kindness and friendship.

Hugs right back at you,
Ali

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Margherita,

Hugs and thanks to you, my friend.

Love,
Alison

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Bruce,

Thank you.  I really appreciate your thoughts in regards to my poetry and photography.

Alison

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Kacy,

We had a moose when I was little. Violet Brown was her name.  She had been hit by a car and did not survive, but she died knowing how loved she was.

Alison

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Rich,

Thank you - you make me smile.

Alison

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Linda,

Grins so big ... they are just big old cuddly things, ya know.  Yep.

Love,
Alison

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ARh,

Thank you.  I responded on your thread and ... well, you words and tribute mean the world to me.

xoxoxo
Alison

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Bruce,

You are so damned special.

Alison



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