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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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Silhouettes As I glanced upward from my page A bird appeared and then Began to gather small materials With another wren It could have been a robin, though Sparrow or other one Just shadows on lace curtains Cast by the morning sun Two silhouettes so lovely Upon the hanging lace Never flinching once as I approached Or noticing my face The front door curtains didn't conceal The details of their quest Pulling pieces off my wreath To build a little nest The location of their future home I didn't seek to detect So as not to rudely interrupt The little architects Their pillage of my spring-time wreath Was meaningless to me Compared to those two silhouettes So beautiful to see Days later from afar I noticed That my wreath had changed It seemed to me much fuller now And somehow rearranged In coming close I saw the ribbon And sitting just beneath A robin's nest with three blue eggs Cradled in my wreath What greater gift could I imagine! Who could want for more A perfect ornament from God Adorning my front door! Elizabeth Santos [This message has been edited by Elizabeth Santos (edited 12-01-1999).] |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Elizabeth Santos ! ! This is sooooooo adorable. What a joy to read what you write. Bless you, my friend. ------------------ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thanks,Marge Your Sooooooo sweet! Talk soon, n'est pas? Elizabeth |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Beautiful!!! |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Suthern, As are the thoughts in your poetry Elizabeth |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Yes, Elizabeth, this is sooooo adorable! (back to work now before I get caught playing on the internet!) ------------------ Denise |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Denise, I noticed you read this at 9:54 Better get back to work before your 10:00 break! Thanks so much Elizabeth |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Beautiful as always Elizabeth. . . Have you and I started to write about birds and other types like this more or is it just coincidence? Sven ------------------ That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Sven Thank you for the kind remark I'm glad you like the poem, my friend But it was just coincidence Just didn't have any new to send Thanks! Elizabeth |
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RSEvans Senior Member
since 1999-10-23
Posts 1147Tulsa, OK, USA |
Beautiful, Elizabeth! What a lovely Christmas thought. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, This poem is exquisite one of your best. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
RS, Thank you! But it was a spring wreath, not Christmas. which reminds me, does any one know where I can find "The Palid Wreath" by Walt Whitman, have been looking for it Thanks You RS for your very kind remarks, always Elizabeth Sy, (gulp!) Don't know what to say. Except a humble Thank You Elizabeth |
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Ohme Senior Member
since 1999-07-17
Posts 816Texas |
Elizabeth, that is fabulous. |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
What a wonderful gift...oh, and the birds nest too as I was speaking of your poetry  |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Ohme, Ruth, very sweet comments liz |
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JOY 14 Senior Member
since 1999-09-22
Posts 1419Wisconsin USA |
Smiled all the way through reading this, Elizabeth. ------------------ JOY |
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MADDavid Junior Member
since 1999-12-04
Posts 26Carrollton, TX, USA |
Liz, I loved this so much! You took something so simple in this life that most would never see;and saw it through the eyes of the spirit,I know it had to be! But you took that which was given; and shared it without a flaw! Your precious insight you shared with us, that's the greatest gift of all! God bless you (He already has} and keep the spirit flowing--- Femmes' Father... |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Joy, Glad you enjoyed Mad David, Welcome to the forum! And thank you for the comments! And the poem! Liz |
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