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Perambulation and Such |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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PERAMBULATION AND SUCH 23 October 2013 Today I pondered the mechanical magic of natural travel that man can walk a hundred, hundred miles or more just by putting one foot ahead of the other over and over and over and fish can cleave the waters of the deep, by repetitively flapping their little fins and waggy tails and snakes flexing multiple muscles after multiple muscles but the most uplifting of all was demonstrated to me this morning and inspired my pondering my muse, a glossy blue starling flapping its delicate, feather-weight wings defying gravity, slicing the blue, blue air soaring high, high above my cat, my dog and me, transporting with it my heart, my soul, my spirit free. Owl |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Beautiful pondering and so true.jo |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Martyjo. It’s the wonder and the magnitude and the simplicity of it that grabs me by the throat – that such a simple movement in any creature, repeated over and over and over and over again, takes us all as far as we want to go and to exactly where we want to go. . . also it is possibly the inspiration to Copy and Paste on computers, and along with delving deep into thermodynamics, initial attempts at aeroplane flight. Often people talk about “improving on Nature” – I always want to laugh at that . . . “modifying the glory of Nature’s protoype to suit the circumstances”, in my humble opinion, is more like it . . . using the natural, unmodified brain to do so . . . and the wonder of that is that most of natural Man’s most magnificent creations, are not the brainchild of a single person, but of many, many brains together at the same time, or successively one after the other, modifying and yes, “improving on” what natural Man created before. I wonder if there are any inventions at all, that weren’t inspired – consciously or subconsciously – by Nature first – “there is nothing new under the sun” comes to mind. I wonder . . . I wonder . . . I love wondering . . . especially at wonder. When I cease to wonder, when I cease to see wonder, I will cease to live. Owl |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Diana,Love your ponderings. "They" are now very much into thinking the "Gods" that once visited earth are really the Aliens who they now think are still hovering around. "They" being all the people who are writing books and talking on the radio shows with ideas about how the pyramids were really built with the minds of "god"/aliens from other planets."they "say no ordinary man could have come up with the ideas and the hows to build them. I guess you and I will never really know. best to you,jo |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for your interesting comment, Martyjo. I guess I prefer my ponderings to "theirs", lol! Owl |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
"...Often people talk about “improving on Nature” – I always want to laugh at that . ." Indeed, it sounds so funny to me as well ) Enjoyed your poem, Owl, and your reciting too! Why haven't you posted your record here? |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Smiles, Galina. Thank you for your kind words. Since you introduced me to Sound Cloud I have recorded all my new poems there, but I haven’t been posting all the recordings because I didn’t want to overdo it and bore people to death. However, after your kind comment, I am adding this one now. http://soundcloud.com/diana-van-den-berg-2/perambulation-and-such I love your new song on Sound Cloud and posted a comment there. Owl |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
And how thoughtless to the bird that winged freedom must be, just as we forget our feet as we walk along easily. Love this musing and where it winged my thoughts off to! Lori  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Lori. Smiles. I am glad you enjoyed it. Owl |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
fine writing, indeed! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Bruce. Owl |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
Hello, Owl! I don't think that you can bother people posting your soundclowd links ) Because if they don't wanna listen to your reciting, they just won't pay their attention. But when you post your links, you give people a possibility. I saw your new records, and your comment I saw too. Thank you ) |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Galina. You have a good point there. Perhaps I will add the link to all voice recordings of new poems if I have recorded them on Sound Cloud – and as you say, I am not forcing anyone to listen if they don’t want to. My comment to your new song on Sound Cloud was my pleasure. Owl |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I just heard your voice - and it's as lovely as I imagined it would be!! I loved reading your words and sharing your ponderings... but the recording was an additional treat. *S* Beautiful work, beautiful lady!!! *S* |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, Ruth, for your ever-kind words. Smiles. Owl |
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Michael |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Love the glimpse into your beautiful mind, Diana. Ida |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for that sunny smile, Michael. Thank you, Ida, for those stunning words. My mind doesn't always feel beautiful (especially when people walk all over it), but you inspire me to get it that way and try to keep it that way. Owl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
enjoyed...James |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you, James. Owl |
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