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Sunshine
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0 posted 2010-12-22 08:33 PM






Midnight Walk in Battle Creek

Night and darkness shadowed in
as heavy gray clouds felt of snow
quiet is the air, and thin,
awaiting Mother Nature’s show

O the beauty of a night first born,
a Michigan town, Battle Creek
smells of grape nuts in early morn
for these are memories I would keep.

Company had come by that night,
good times were had by all,
then it soon chimed, 'twas midnight
and snow had begun to fall

Twenty miles east of Kalamazoo
Battle Creek quietly resides,
Kalamazoo has great winds, true,
off Michigan’s great lake side

Battle Creek is a different town,
as quiet reigns over the snow,
instead of drifts and shifting hills
the white just chooses to grow.

Midnight walks on streets of white
a wondrous treat in its own,
this is when magic begins, and
why we believe in cherrystones.

Did you know that snow has song?
It's heard when winds don’t blow,
crystalline tinkling is taken to heart
and snow fairies softly glow ~

I know for we stood, quiet, still,
heard chiming tings softly surround
no one spoke, but shyly descried
as snow came twinkling down.

O Battle Creek of Michigan,
someday I’ll come to visit again.


~*~

©Karilea Rilling Jungel
29 September, 2000
revised
15 December 2003


Karilea - if I whisper, will you listen?  Keeping in mind, I must stand close...and keep my promises...



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JerryPat
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1 posted 2010-12-22 08:37 PM


What a nice and laid back poem about an almost fairytale place with the unlikely name of Battle Creek. Used to love those Grapenuts. Sunshine, I sent you an email.

http://swamprighter.wordpress.com/

Ron
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2 posted 2010-12-22 09:10 PM



Enchantress
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3 posted 2010-12-22 09:16 PM


"Did you know that snow has song?
It's heard when winds don’t blow,
crystalline tinkling is taken to heart
and snow fairies softly glow ~

I know for we stood, quiet, still,
heard chiming tings softly surround
no one spoke, but shyly descried
as snow came twinkling down.

O Battle Creek of Michigan,
someday I’ll come to visit again."

Makes me want to go back and visit too Karilea.
Beautiful exquisite write.
Merry Christmas~Nancy

ethome
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4 posted 2010-12-23 01:58 AM


Excellent Karilea!
Is this one of your first ones here at Passions?
It's just superb writing!

None of us would be here if it wasn't for Ron.
He's a silent genius that everyone could take for granted but none of us do!!

Thank you Ron for many years of pure pleasure when visiting here.

Eric

ain't doin nothin at all just answerin the call
and kinda driftin away from it all

JamesMichael
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5 posted 2010-12-24 12:04 PM


Fine writing...a pleasure to read...James
Balladeer
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6 posted 2010-12-24 05:03 AM


I have to say, in honest candor
That Ron is one fine Michigander.
In Florida we just have lizards
But Michigan has it's own wizard!

Merry Christmas, Sunshine

Oklahoma Rose
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7 posted 2010-12-24 05:30 PM


This is so beautiful Karilea!



Merry Christmas!




Amaryllis
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8 posted 2010-12-24 05:54 PM


I remember visiting Battle Creek      What a gorgeous poem, K!

Amaryllis

Denise
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9 posted 2010-12-24 09:16 PM


This could amost make me like snow, Karilea! ALMOST! Beautifully done! Merry Christmas!
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