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Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
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Missouri

0 posted 2000-02-26 09:24 AM



Some days my kite takes wind and soars
Touching blue sky, and sunlight

Some days, no matter how hard I run
I can't seem to get it off the ground

Other days it gets tangled in a tree
And I have to climb to set it free

Someday, no matter how hard I cling
To it's string
It will take wings of flight
And sail away beyond
All earthly sight

© Copyright 2000 Marcia Estep - All Rights Reserved
ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
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King of Prussia, PA USA
1 posted 2000-02-26 09:44 AM


Dearest Septsong: What a marvelous analogy of life's ups and downs and finally to be one with our Lord. I love this poem and the way the flow of it feels like I'm right there with you and the kite. Actually, I am, in spirit. You are a gifted poet, my dear friend.   Love, Ellie< !signature-->

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Michael
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since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666
California
2 posted 2000-02-26 10:58 AM


The term "emphatic symbolism" comes to mind here.  Wonderful work, Septsong.  

Michael

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

3 posted 2000-02-26 07:08 PM


ss...creative anology here... simple and sweet,but a clear moral. well written verse.

 ...there are places inside all our souls...
that have never been touched...
there are places inside our hearts...
that need to be loved this much...
Janet Marie

*I miss you baby...
I love you, always.*


WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
4 posted 2000-02-26 10:00 PM


True to life and our good moments and the not so good ones! I enjoyed this much!  
Willem
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since 1999-11-18
Posts 139
Inverness, FL, USA
5 posted 2000-02-27 12:09 PM


Dear friend:  I flew kites when I was a young boy, and I went thru the emotions of that sport again when I read your poem!  What
excellent imagery and what uplifting message. to ponder...This one will be one of the
favorites in my collection. Thank you!

Willem

deleeme
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766
NEW ENGLAND, USA
6 posted 2000-02-27 05:28 AM


Dear Septsong,
  How wonderfully you've captured the the soul caught up in the our changing times and circumstances, until our final release and triumph in heavenly glory,  all by the whimsical plights of a string & kite!
Very inventive-very well done!  David


 "Our Creativity points to a Higher Creator--we couldn't have just happened, and for what ability we may possess--to God be the glory." -dlw-



Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184
Missouri
7 posted 2000-02-27 05:10 PM


You all have paid me the nicest compliments here, but I have to give God the glory, who by some means, takes my life stories, and brings new meaning to them.. I never learned how to fly a kite until I was an adult, when I was a kid I was never able to get one off the ground, might have been because I had no one to show me how, or maybe it was because, California isn't as well suited to Kite flying as those Eastern States, except maybe on the beach, and I just never tried that.

Alle'cram
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since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816
Texas
8 posted 2000-03-01 12:18 PM


I love it!!
A kite in flight comparison. Great idea.
Alle'cram

rwood
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since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793
Tennessee
9 posted 2000-03-01 10:25 PM


would you mind if I memorized this one? I know it will always give me a lift! Thank you.
Sincerely, Rwood

Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184
Missouri
10 posted 2000-03-01 10:29 PM


I certainly would not mind at all! That is about the highest compliment a poet could get! Glad you enjoyed this.
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