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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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need needing words the sharp clean edges of them as they turn like breaks of clearest ice along the bottom currents of a gravel stream I waited while the scents turned from plumeria into jasmine and back again ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
along the bottom currents of a gravel stream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You've got grit dude and style all your own! This proves what a grand poet you are and have always been. Nice to see you and read you. Hope life is good. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
You have been missed. Enjoyed reading you again.latearrival |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Latearrival arrives early! It's good to visit my old home, after so long.... And Blues.....it's good in fifty dimensions to see you here..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. Good Ed John . |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed... "I waited while the scents turned from plumeria into jasmine and back again" Love the way you tell time. Great to read you here!! |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
lovely, Ed~~ just what I "needed" this evening!  M |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Hello Bro... this was excellent. As I have only ever smelled plumeria in Hawaii, this literally travelled the ocean for me [and a few sandy dunes and hilly mountains] because this is where jasmine lives... but I would be terribly remiss if I didn't guess that plumeria is also grown along your timeline... We've been needing YOU back for a long, long time! Welcome home! |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Hi Sunshine -- yes, I'm flower-lucky. I have both plumeria and jasmine in my back yard (poem hint: plumeria blooms in the daytime, and jasmine only blooms at night, so Martie got it right!)......also there are three flavors each of Angel Trumpet, hibiscus and rose, a lilac, a butterfly bush, morning glories and bouganvillea, and four kinds of citrus tree. There are times when you can walk out there without seeing and smelling flowers of at least one kind, but they're mighty few. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> ______________Ratleader______________ |
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easy1 Senior Member
since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209Southeastern USA |
Very nice: flowers for clocks, and watching ice melt in flowing water for the work... |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I have a gravel stream and it takes my time |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
And there's me, just sittin' on the porch, waitin' for a poem to come......ah, such arduous labor I do put in for my muse....! ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Very nice to read you again... truly enjoyed seeing your words, and pondering the turn of phrase. |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Ratleader - pleasant scentful write. Enjoyed reading this... BC |
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