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2islander2
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0 posted 2009-07-24 05:05 AM



We stopped to sleep
in the straight and common streets of Burns.
I can’t forget this ordinary city,
The summer is reassuring and warm,
our motel room looks onto a swimming pool,
our ideas listen to the sweetness of wind chimes,
the journey pass so well and the time is on our side…


To eat we found one small restaurant ,
I was hungry,
for starter I ate one bananasplit,
for main course one banana split,
in dessert one banana split,
the life is simple when we make what pleases us,
I greet you people of Burns.
I was happy to be there.

© Copyright 2009 yann rolland - All Rights Reserved
Margherita
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1 posted 2009-07-24 05:27 AM


Hello Yann, I love this very much. It has joyfulness and that sweet surrendering to what pleases us. Love the rhythm of it too.
You did such a great job here, traveller!

Wonder if you could still move with three banana splits to absorb?! If they were of the size they can be found in Switzerland, it would have been almost impossible, I fear.

Love,
Margherita

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2 posted 2009-07-24 05:39 AM


hello Margherita, thanks for the kind comment, you bet these bananas were gigantic with so much cream, such delicious and I took these day the habitude to eat banana split while travelling...however you are right I ate this night only 2 bananas splits, the third is only in the poem...thanks for the wonderful comment.

yann

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3 posted 2009-07-24 05:51 AM


Haha, between you with your banana split and James with his Bratwurst you are attempting at my dieting intentions, after all it's almost lunch time ...



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4 posted 2009-07-24 06:42 AM


Yann, though I lived in Oregon three years, that is the one area I never visited!
You've given me a new 'must see' trip!
I'll have to pass on those banana splits for the time being, but now I am hungry! LOL

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5 posted 2009-07-24 07:44 AM


quote:
life is simple when we do what pleases us


Third time back in here, but this time (had lunch meanwhile) I'm able to skip the split and appreciate your fantastic quote of wisdom!

That IS the secret, dear Yann!




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6 posted 2009-07-24 08:59 AM


Oh I would love a good helping of that banana split, even instead of lunch   You made me smile with this one dear Yann - delicious !!!
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7 posted 2009-07-24 09:52 AM


Thank you margherita, the photo is perfect and made me hungry, I think next days I will have to eat some banana split...Thanks again.

yann

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8 posted 2009-07-24 09:55 AM


Thanks midnitsun for the kind comment, I mainly remember of the sweetness of summer, I don't think there is something special to be seen in Burns...But the atmosphere was no nice that it stroke me...

have  a nice day

yann

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9 posted 2009-07-24 09:57 AM


Thanks Katriona, there are all kinds of banana splits, they are not all delicious and sometimes you have to be lucky to find well made ones...I was lucky this evening...Thanks for the kind comment.

yann

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10 posted 2009-07-24 02:55 PM


They know how to feed you in the Northwest, yann. I especially miss those great desserts. You are right, Burns is a nice, friendly little town.
                                  Ida

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11 posted 2009-07-24 03:08 PM


Yann, most times, the ordinary is the most precious, the most beautiful and the most reassuring.  I enjoyed your poem, but now I have joined the list craving a banana split!  Smiles.

Owl  

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12 posted 2009-07-24 03:40 PM


Oh, to indulge in sumptuous pleasures, is s-w-e-e-t, indeed! Mind you, the pleasure is augmented if one does not give in to the urge too often!

Margherita's banana split pic has added to the craving that you have started!

I enjoy reading your travelogs!

Happy trails! Happy Eating!


Linda

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13 posted 2009-07-24 04:46 PM


"our ideas listen to the sweetness of wind chimes,"


I loved that part

I have 9 wind chimes and enjoy them very much Oregon is nice, I miss that part of the country.

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14 posted 2009-07-24 06:17 PM


Yo Yann,

Those are all my banana splits.  You leave them alone.

Oregon is one of the few states I never worked in or visited.

Bobby

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15 posted 2009-07-26 02:10 AM



yanno

you made ice cream romantic



shellie

2islander2
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16 posted 2009-07-26 03:26 AM


yes Ida, it was a nice place to be this evening of summer...Thanks for the appreciated comment.

yann

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17 posted 2009-07-26 03:28 AM


Yes Owl, if we could keep the simpliest sensations of Youth we would happy sometimes, may be there is happiness in innocence...thanks for the kind comment.

yann

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18 posted 2009-07-26 03:29 AM


Linda I so much love and care your philosophy, you have the right words and we should indulge ourselves more frequently...thanks for the kind comment.

yann

2islander2
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19 posted 2009-07-26 03:32 AM


Thank you Sea, thanks for the kind and accurate comment.

yann

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20 posted 2009-07-26 03:34 AM


Hello Bobby, I am not sure this restaurant, I use present time but it was 15 years ago, I think it worths a visit ot two in Oregon...thanks for commenting.

yann

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21 posted 2009-07-26 03:35 AM


Thanks shellie for the ice cream comment, it is delicious.

yann

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22 posted 2009-07-26 10:41 AM


I agree with you Yann, up to a point, but I think that those simple sensations can belong to all ages (they did - and still do - to me) and I am happy more than just sometimes – not always, but almost always – sometimes in the middle of sorrow too.  I think happiness is a choice, just like the choices in your exquisite “doors” poems.  Yes, I agree that there is happiness in innocence, but I think there is infinitely more deep and lasting happiness in wisdom.  

Owl

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23 posted 2009-07-26 11:47 AM


Thank you Owl, I will take your word and wisdom and try to make things  better, like a choice I can do...Thanks for the thoughtful and helping comment...

have a great day.

yann

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24 posted 2009-07-26 05:02 PM


It's my pleasure.

I will.  You too.

Owl

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