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Sunshine
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0 posted 2012-03-06 10:03 PM



MARCH

Do I alone worship you?
    Around me, all sleep –
      I walk out to the warm winds that are
        bending time
and clouds and stars and full moonlight
    that languishes, as if it were the sun
       in full bright

It is March
    in the Midwest, ‘tis early for naught but
        cold still sweeps a gust, and some say
For such temps, beware…

It is still March,
    and you shall
       be unforgiving in a blink,
          should you choose.

It is March.
    Redbirds and Robins are telling
       upon you, betraying you. Bluebird makes a brief appearance,
       Only to say, I am not yet archived, I still live
    and friends say, how do you stay here?

And It is March.
    The deer in the gardens and upon the grassy slopes
Here upon the outskirts of town tell me
       true, life is winging, singing, ringing, lingering…

And I alone, wonder,

Do I worship

You?

Yes.

© krj
3-6-12

© Copyright 2012 Karilea Rilling Jungel - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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1 posted 2012-03-07 04:11 AM


Sometimes it takes a delving into our souls to get to the truth.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Dark Stranger
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2 posted 2012-03-07 06:01 AM


Sweetsun, the critters know don't they.

Kewl stuff lady

ice
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3 posted 2012-03-07 07:10 AM


"life is winging, singing, ringing, lingering"

Yes, indeed it is...

There are three deer eating corn, fifty feet from my back window, right now.

Bluebirds were visiting my nesting boxes yesterday, for the first time this year..
a little later than usual, but there have been robins in the woods all winter..
I have been hearing their preparing songs..

This poem wakes me to the fact that I do worship them, I do.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack of what is found there"
(William Carlos Williams)

JamesMichael
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4 posted 2012-03-13 09:56 PM


Enjoyed...James
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5 posted 2012-03-14 08:37 AM


life is winging, singing, ringing, lingering…

And we are reminded of miracles. *S*

Do you? Yes. Alone? No. *S*

jwesley
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6 posted 2012-03-14 10:25 AM


Excellent write, my friend...agree, and agree...

j.

MICHELMAS
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7 posted 2012-03-14 12:21 PM


March, the month of hope, renewed life, a host of golden daffodils and crocus here.
icebox
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8 posted 2012-03-14 02:03 PM


Wonderful!

JL
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9 posted 2012-03-14 06:47 PM


Very nice, Sunshine.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

Marchmadness
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10 posted 2012-03-14 11:44 PM


Lovely March poem, Sunshine. Makes me happy I was born in March.
                           Ida

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11 posted 2012-03-15 12:35 PM


love the Spring sounds and scents that your poem ushers in, Sunshine~*~*~

              

Martie
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12 posted 2012-03-18 03:29 PM


Sissie...March has brought our first good winter storm and blooming already started will begin again.  I'd like some of your sunshine please.   Such a lovely poem!
Kit McCallum
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13 posted 2012-03-18 06:11 PM


Oh, you made me smile with this Karilea ... Beautiful visuals all attached to feelings and reminicent scents that come with spring. I love this time too. Much enjoyed.

Best wishes,
Kit

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14 posted 2012-03-18 08:43 PM


And I alone, wonder,

Do I worship

You?

And the fields are getting ready for planting, or have been planted, so you are not alone in the wonder of March, wonderful write

Spiros Zafiris
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15 posted 2012-03-19 07:16 AM


..very melodious..very right..!
secondhanddreampoet
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16 posted 2012-03-19 07:47 AM


very well said!
Michael
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17 posted 2012-03-21 02:20 PM


You might worship alone... but suffice to say you are not alone in the worshiping.     March seemed to sneak in a little early this year for me... and that was quite welcome.  Feb. is the bleakest month of the year for me weather wise, and emotionally.

Michael

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18 posted 2012-03-21 06:51 PM


yes, I'm worshipping this March!! Loving it this year... but I suspect we will pay for all this loveliness later!! I love the way you wrote it.. very soothing
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19 posted 2012-03-22 01:02 PM


I enjoyed this one.  I don't like the cold, and when you alternate it with hot it makes my head ache.  But then, like last Saturday, I drive by a field and there are two colts with their mothers, and I'm captivated. You made me think again of the colts, so thank you.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Ron63
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20 posted 2012-03-22 01:34 PM


I really enjoyed this poem, a poem with open spaces by using indents. I tend to shy away from the 'block' look where a poem has a crammed, tight format, hence my reason for writing in free verse. I like the free looseness of its form, which is pleasing to the eye.
ebonygirl
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21 posted 2012-03-22 11:47 PM


Dear Sunshine,
Your poem describes all that is worth worshipping, in March... wonderful. Ms. E

LngJhnAg
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22 posted 2012-03-23 05:20 PM


Nice poem, Karilea.  It reflects very well the uncertainties of spring, and our own convictions.  I hope all is well with you this warm Spring day.
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